Given name
Yamina
“one who is right and proper”
Yamina is a variant of Yaminah. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is right and proper.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yamina is a variant of Yaminah. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is right and proper.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yamina is a variant of Yaminah. An origin associated with Yaminah is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yamina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 196
- 0 boys · 196 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,885 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,885 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 468 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yamina
- Yamina BachirAlgerian film director (1954–2022)
- Yamina BenguiguiFrench Algerian filmmakerborn 1957
- Yamina HalataAlgerian judokaborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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