Given name
Yaminah
“one who is right and proper”
Yaminah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is right and proper.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is right and proper.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yaminah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 483
- 0 boys · 483 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 382 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.
Yaminah’s family of names
Yaminah has a related form in Yamini. Yaminah has a related form in Yamina. Yaminah has a related form in Yameena.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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