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
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Grammatical form
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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

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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.