Amna

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled อำนา in TH Thailand.

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 7 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◐

Amna is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name11K records spelled Amna4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Âmñâ, Amña

• French given name9.5K records spelled Amna23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Brazil

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ãmñã, Amnâ, Ámñâ, Amnà, Amnā

• Turkish given name2.2K records spelled Amna4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Syria, Türkiye, Pakistan, United States

  Languages: Turkish, Uzbek, Azerbaijani

  Also written Âmñå

• Croatian given name1.3K records spelled Amna15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Russia, Syria

  Languages: Croatian, Russian, Bosnian

  Also written Амна, Âmñá, Amnå

• Japanese given name366 records spelled Amna3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Japan, Pakistan, United States

  Also written Ãmñą, Âmnå

• Finnish given name357 records spelled Amna4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, India, United States, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Amnã, Amnå

41 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●

Amna is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, safety

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Swedish, Amna är ett arabiskt namn bildat till ett ord som betyder ’trygghet’.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Swahili, variant of Amina; safe, secure

  as a name·African Muslim 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) — 96 years between 1913–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aminahb. 550SAnot in their usual nameMother of Muhammad
• Amna Elsadik Badrib. 1969SDSudanese academic, writer, and activist for women's rights
• Amna Guellalib. 1972LYLibyan-Tunisian jurist
• Amna Nawazb. 1979USUS broadcast journalist for public television
• Amna Suleimanb. 1988PSPalestinian bicycle advocate
• Amna Elhassanb. 1988SDSudanese painter and architect
• Amina Bakhitb. 1990SDnot in their usual nameSudanese distance runner
• Amna Ilyasb. 1990PKPakistani actor and model
• Amna Al Qubaisib. 2000USEmirati racing driver
• Sakina bint HusaynSAnot in their usual nameIslamic princess

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 · 636 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Amna?

We estimate roughly 5.6 thousand people bear Amna (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Amna have the most bearers?

Amna is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled amna.

How common is Amna compared with other names?

In the United Arab Emirates, Amna is the 57th most common given name of 29,311 given names recorded there.

Is Amna a male or female name?

Amna 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 Amna mean?

Recorded meaning: safe, secure; also a female name in Islamic tradition