Entry № 545 · Arabic origin

Amina Amina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-MEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Trustworthy / Queen Amina of Zazzau"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "trustworthy / queen amina of zazzau".

Amina is from the Arabic أَمِينَة (Amīnah — trustworthy, faithful, secure) + Hausa rendition. Amina is one of the Arabic + Hausa-Nigerian feminine names — central to traditional Islamic + West African heritage. Aminah bint Wahb (c. Queen Amina of Zazzau (c. 1533-c. Izu Ojukwu).

Trustworthy / Queen Amina (Arabic-Hausa).

The name in its native script.

أَمِينَة
Transliteration
Amīnah
Pronunciation
/ əˈmiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Amina stands.

Amina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Aminas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Queen Amina of Zazzau
Hausa warrior queen of Zaria.

Names connected to Amina.

The number behind Amina.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Amina reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.