Amina (given name)
Amina (or Aminah) is the loose transcription of two different Arabic female given names:
- ʾĀmina (Arabic: آمنة, also anglicized as Aaminah or Amna) meaning "safe one, protected"
- ʾAmīna (Arabic: أمينة, also anglicized as Ameena), the feminine form of Amin, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman".
| Pronunciation | آمنة (ʾĀmina): Arabic: [ˈʔaː.mi.na] أمينة (ʾAmīna): Arabic: [ʔa.ˈmiː.na] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | آمنة (ʾĀmina): safe one, protected أمينة (ʾAmīna): devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Aminah, Aminat, Aminas, Aminna, Amiina, Amine, Aminka, Aminke, Amines, Aminei, Aminata, Amiwata |
Women named Āmina
- Aminah (549–577), mother of prophet Muhammad
- Amina bint Affan, was the sister of third Muslim caliph Uthman (r. 644–656).
- Aaminah Haq, Pakistani model and actress
- See also people listed at Amna
Women named Amīna
- Amina (Queen of Zazzau) (died 1610), Hausa warrior queen of Zazzau (now Zaria), in what is now northwest Nigeria
- Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (1954–2012), Moroccan princess
- Amina of the Maldives, or Amina Rani Kilegefa’anu (fl. 1759), monarch, as Sultana regnant, of the Maldives from 1757 until 1759 after acting as regent from 1753 until 1757
- Amina Bint al-Majlisi, female Safavid mujtahideh
- Amina Adil (1930–2004), Tatar writer and Islamic theologian
- Amina Afzali (born 1957), Afghani politician and government minister
- Amina Alaoui (born 1964), Moroccan interpreter of Andalusian classical music
- Amina Annabi (born 1962), French-Tunisian singer
- Amina Bakhit (born 1990), Sudanese middle-distance runner
- Amina Bazindre, Nigerien diplomat
- Amina Benkhadra (born 1954), Moroccan politician
- Amina Bettiche (born 1987), Algerian steeplechase runner
- Amina Begum, mother of Shuja-ud-Daula the last ruler of Bengal
- Amina Cachalia (1930–2013), South African anti-Apartheid activist, women's rights activist and politician
- Amina Chifupa (1976–2007), Tanzanian politician and MP
- Amina Clement (born 1963), Tanzanian politician and MP
- Amina Desai (?–2009), South Africa's longest serving female Indian political prisoner
- Amina Dilbazi (1919–2010), Azerbaijani folk dancer
- Amina Doherty, Nigerian women's rights advocate
- Amina Figarova (born 1964), Azerbaijani jazz composer and pianist
- Amina Filali, Moroccan 16-year-old girl who committed suicide in 2012 after she was forced to marry her rapist
- Amina Gerba (born 1961), Cameroonian–Canadian businesswoman and entrepreneur
- Amina Aït Hammou (born 1978), Moroccan runner
- Amina Hydari (1878–1939), Indian social worker
- Amina Inloes, American scholar, researcher, educator, public speaker, translator
- Amina Al Jassim, Saudi Arabian fashion designer of haute couture and jellabiyas
- Amina Lawal (born 1973), Nigerian woman convicted by Islamic Sharia court in 2002
- Amina Lemrini, Moroccan human rights activist
- Amina Luqman-Dawson, American author
- Amina Mama (born 1958), Nigerian-British writer, feminist and academic
- Amina Mohamed (born 1961), Somali lawyer, diplomat and politician
- Amina J. Mohammed (born 1961), United Nations Special Adviser
- Amina Claudine Myers (born 1942), American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and musical arranger
- Amina Rakhim (born 1989), Kazakhstani tennis player
- Amina Rizk (1910–2003), Egyptian actress
- Amina Rouba (born 1986), Algerian rower
- Amina Al Said (1914–1995), an Egyptian journalist and feminist
- Amina Said (born 1953), Tunisian francophone author
- Amina Said Ali, Somali author, poet, and medical scientist
- Amina Shah (1918–2014), anthologiser of Sufi stories and folk tales
- Amina Shah (librarian), Scottish librarian
- Amina Hanum Syrtlanoff (1884–?), public figure, sister of mercy, theosophist, mason
- Amina Tyler (born 1994), Tunisian activist associated with Femen
- Amina Wadud (born 1952), American feminist
- Amina Wali, Pakistani alpine skier
- Amina Zaripova (born 1976), Russian rhythmic gymnast
- Amina Zaydan (born 1966), Egyptian novelist and short story writer
- Amina Zoubir (born 1983), Algerian artist
- Aminah Assilmi (1945–2010), American broadcast journalist
- Aminah Cendrakasih (1938–2022), Indonesian actress
- Aminah McCloud, American Professor of Religious Studies and Islamic World Studies
- Aminah Robinson (1940–2015), American artist
- Amīnah al-Saʿīd (1914–1995), Egyptian journalist and women's rights activist
Amena
- Amena Begum, Pakistani politician, former MP of East Pakistan
- Amena Khan (born 1983), British-Indian model and fashion designer
Ameena
- Ameena Ahmad Ahuja, Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist
- Ameena Begum (1892–1949), birth name Ora Ray Baker, wife of Sufi Master Inayat Khan
- Ameena Begum (politician), Bangladeshi politician and Member of Parliament
- Ameena Hussein (born 1964), Sri Lankan sociologist, novelist, editor
- Ameena Saiyid, Pakistani publisher
- Ameena, Indian trafficking victim of the Ameena case
Ameenah
- Ameenah Ayub Allen, British film actress
- Ameenah Gurib (born 1959), 6th President of the Republic of Mauritius
- Ameenah Kaplan (born 1974), American actress, musician and choreographer
Amineh
- Amineh Kakabaveh (born 1970), Swedish politician of Iranian Kurdish descent
- Amineh Kazemzadeh (born 1963), Iranian painter
Fictional characters
- Amina, a sleepwalking character in the opera La sonnambula
- Ameena Badawi, in TV series EastEnders
- Amina Hydrose, in the 1991 Indian film Amina Tailors
- Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari, fictional character or hoax persona created and maintained by American Tom MacMaster
- A character in The Equalizer 3
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