Amina
Meaning
traditionally meaning trustworthy
The story
Amina has closely related Arabic routes. One spelling is the feminine form of Amin, from a word meaning truthful, faithful, or trustworthy. Another is linked with a word meaning safe or secure. The two are distinct in Arabic script even though English commonly writes both as Amina. Aminah bint Wahb, the mother of the Prophet Muhammad, gives the name a central place in Islamic history, and the form is used widely across Arabic, African, European, and Asian communities. The US curve begins to register in the 1960s, stays low for several decades, rises from the 1990s, and holds its highest band in the 2010s and 2020s. That combined record cannot separate every language or Arabic spelling. Amina is internationally portable, but its apparent simplicity in Latin letters contains more than one valid path to ideas of trust and safety.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Amina peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
378 people · the #16,233 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 33
Among people named Amina living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Amina
Most people given the name Amina in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Amina deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Amina truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Amina fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Amina travels
Somali · A familiar traditional choice in Somali families.
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