Amina Explained
Amina
ʾĀmina آمنة
ʾAmīna أمينة |
| Pronunciation: | آمنة (ʾĀmina): pronounced as /ar/
أمينة (ʾAmīna): pronounced as /ar/ |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | آمنة (ʾĀmina): safe one, protected
أمينة (ʾAmīna): devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman |
| Origin: | Arabic |
| Related Names: | Aminah, Aminat, Aminas, Aminna, Amiina, Amine, Aminka, Aminke, Amines, Aminei, Aminata, Amiwata |
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".
Women named Āmina
- Amina bint Wahb (549–577), mother of 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 (1759), monarch, as Sultana regnant, of the Maldives from 1757 until 1759 after acting as regent from 1753 until 1757
- Amina Mohamed Abdi (1981–2022), Somali politician
- 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 Atakhanova (born 2002), Russian pair skater
- Amina Bakhit (born 1990), Sudanese middle-distance runner
- Amina Bazindre, Nigerien diplomat
- Amina Belouizdad (1931–2015), first female presenter on Algerian television
- 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 Belkadi (born 1992), Algerian judoka
- Amina Bouayach (born 1957), Moroccan human rights activist
- 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 Dagi (born 1995), Russian-Austrian model and beauty pageant titleholder
- 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 Edris, Egyptian-New Zealand lyric soprano
- 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 Gautier, American writer and academic
- Amina Gerba (born 1961), Cameroonian–Canadian businesswoman and entrepreneur
- Amina Goodwin (1867–1942), English pianist, composer, and music educator
- Amina Aït Hammou (born 1978), Moroccan runner
- Amina Helmi (born 1970), Argentine astronomer and professor
- Amina Moghe Hersi (born 1964), Somali entrepreneur
- Amina Hydari (1878–1939), Indian social worker
- Amina Ahmed El-Imam (born 1983), Nigerian microbiologist, academic and politician
- Amina Inloes, American scholar, researcher, educator, public speaker, translator
- Amina Al Jassim, Saudi Arabian fashion designer of haute couture and jellabiyas
- Amina Khalil (born 1988), Egyptian actress
- 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 Pirani Maggi (1892–1979), Italian actress
- Amina Maher (born 1992), Iranian-born queer feminist artist, activist, actress, and filmmaker
- 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 Okueva (1983–2017), Ukrainian doctor, Euromaidan activist, and police lieutenant
- Amina Lahbabi-Peters, Moroccan interpreter and translator
- Amina Priscille Longoh (born 1991), Chadian humanitarian organizer and politician
- Amina Pollard, American limnologist and ecologist
- Amina Abdi Rabar (born 1989), Kenyan TV and radio presenter
- Amina Rachid (1936–2019), Moroccan actress
- Amina Rakhim (born 1989), Kazakhstani tennis player
- Amina Rizk (1910–2003), Egyptian actress
- Amina Rouba (born 1986), Algerian rower
- Amina Al Rustamani, Emirati businesswoman
- Amina Al Said (1914–1995), an Egyptian journalist and feminist
- Amina Said (born 1953), Tunisian francophone author
- Amina Sato (born 1990), Japanese voice actress
- Amina Shah (1918–2014), anthologiser of Sufi stories and folk tales
- Amina Shah (librarian), Scottish librarian
- Amina Srarfi (born 1958), Tunisian musician
- Amina Hanum Syrtlanoff (1884–?), public figure, sister of mercy, theosophist, mason
- Amina Taher, Emirati airline marketing executive, businesswoman, and women's rights advocate
- Amina Tyler (born 1994), Tunisian activist associated with Femen
- Amina Wadud (born 1952), American feminist
- Amina Wali, Pakistani alpine skier
- Amina Yuguda, Nigerian journalist
- Amina Zakari (born 1960), Nigerian politician
- Amina Zaripova (born 1976), Russian rhythmic gymnast
- Amina Zaydan (born 1966), Egyptian novelist and short story writer
- Amina Zidani (born 1993), French boxer
- Amina Zoubir (born 1983), Algerian artist
Aminah
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
Amineh
Fictional characters
See also
