Amina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Амина in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan and 1 more, Amani in FR France, ES Spain, SA Saudi Arabia, 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 12 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◐

Amina is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name25K records spelled Amina13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Nigeria, Indonesia, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Aminà, Àminà, Ámïná, Åmīnå, Ãmîna

• a separate given name13K records spelled Amina8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, United States, India, Ethiopia

  Also written Amīnā, Āmina, Äminä, Āmīna, Amīna

• Norwegian Bokmål given name11K records spelled Amina38 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Aminah, Aminaa, Ãmïnå, Aminã, Ãminā

• Khmer given name10K records spelled Amina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Russia, Spain, United States

  Languages: Khmer, Vietnamese

  Also written Ämîñà

• Turkish given name10K records spelled Amina13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Azerbaijan, India

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen

  Also written Ämîńä, Ãmïñã, Ãmiñã, Äminâ, Amînà

58 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●

Amina 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, safe, secure, protected; trustworthy, faithful, honest; mother of the Prophet Muhammad

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Somali, Somali/Muslim: 'trustful, honest'; also associated with Muhammad's mother. Popular with the Hausa of West Africa.

  as a name·African Names

• In Arabic, ‘trustworthy, faithful’; a classic Arabic Muslim name.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• ‘Peaceful’, ‘secure’; name of the Prophet's mother.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A female given name from Arabic, meaning “faithful, trustworthy”, masculine equivalent Amin.

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

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) — 98 years between 1899–2016. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Queen Aminab. 1533NGHausa Muslim Warrior Queen of Zazzau
• Amina Ilhamib. 1858TREgyptian princess (1858-1931)
• Amina Wadudb. 1952USAmerican Islamic scholar
• Lalla Amina of Moroccob. 1954MAMoroccan royal (1954-2012)
• Amina J. Mohammedb. 1961NGNigerian-British diplomat and Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Amina Mohamedb. 1961KEKenyan diplomat and politician
• Amina Annabib. 1962TNFrench-Tunisian singer and actress
• Amina Okuevab. 1983UAUkrainian surgeon and servicewoman, People's hero of Ukraine
• Amina Inoueb. 1988JPJapanese actress
• Amina Tylerb. 1994TNTunisian feminist and activist

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 · 1,158 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Amina?

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

In which country does Amina have the most bearers?

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

How common is Amina compared with other names?

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

Is Amina a male or female name?

Amina 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 Amina mean?

Recorded meaning: ) (ameenah) (¢2|): trustworthy, honest; fem.