Amani

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Amina in IN India, US United States, SY Syria and 11 more, Амина in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan and 1 more, Aminah in ID Indonesia, MY Malaysia and Amena in BD Bangladesh.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Amani is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Malay given name10K records spelled Amani11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Tanzania

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written Amani', Amănï, Âmãní, Ãmãnï, Amãni

• Spanish given name8.4K records spelled Amani55 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Spain, Tanzania

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Amañi, Amaní, Amànî, Âmáñì, Āmáñi

• a separate given name2.2K records spelled Amani4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Tunisia, Pakistan

  Also written Amān̲ī, Amaní, Amānī

• Danish given name1.8K records spelled Amani10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Ãmānį, Amàni, Ämånį, Àmàni, Ämǻni

• Pashto given name924 records spelled Amani2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Syria, Afghanistan

  Also written Amānī

• Macedonian given name469 records spelled Amani14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Kazakhstan, Syria, Tunisia

  Languages: Macedonian, Bulgarian, Croatian

  Also written Амани, Ãmani, Àmăňĭ, Âmãñî, Åmănį

• Polish given name457 records spelled Amani5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Syria, Tanzania

  Also written Amãñï, Amānį, Ãmâńĭ, Amañį

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Amani is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, wishes, aspirations, hopes; plural of Umniyah

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, plural of Umniya, wish, aspiration, hope

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Swahili, peace

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Arabic, security, trust.” See Amani (A)

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Swahili, Kiswahili: 'peace'

  as a name·African Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 82 years between 1915–2014. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Amani Abeid Karumeb. 1948TZ6th President of Zanzibar (2000-2010)
• Amani Williams Hunt Abdullahb. 1953MYMalaysian social activist/politician
• Amani Yaob. 1963CIassociation football player
• Amani Toomerb. 1974USAmerican football player
• Saukratesb. 1978CAnot in their usual nameCanadian rapper
• Amani Ballourb. 1987SYSyrian pediatrician and activist
• Amani Al-Khatahtbehb. 1992USAmerican author, tech entrepreneur
• Mariah the Scientistb. 1997USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (born 1997)
• Amani Fancyb. 1997GBBritish figure skater
• Amani Liab. 1998GBBritish actress and singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 602 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Amani?

We estimate roughly 113 thousand people bear Amani (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Amani have the most bearers?

Amani is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled aminah.

How common is Amani compared with other names?

In Indonesia, Amani is the 5th most common given name of 232,466 given names recorded there.

Is Amani a male or female name?

Amani is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Amani mean?

Recorded meaning: pl. of Umniya Us.i, wish, aspiration, hope.”