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 [ syll. a-mi-na, am-ina ] The girl name Amina is pronounced ahMIYNah KEY. Amina's origin and use are both in the Arabic language. Derived from the word amin which is of the meaning 'faithful, truthful, trustworthy'. Amina is known as the name of the mother of prophet Muhammad. Amina is the feminine form of the Arabic and East Indian Amin. Forms of the name include the Arabic Amineh, the Turkish Emina, and the Turkish Emine. The pet form Aminata (Arabic), and the spelling variants Ameena (Arabic) and Aminah (Arabic) are other forms of Amina. Amina is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2000s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2008, 0.018% of baby girls were named Amina. It was #763 in rank then. Out of all girl names in its family, Amina was the most commonly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Amina include the Arabic Ameena, the Arabic Aamina, the Basque and Spanish Ainhoa, the Swahili and English Aiyana, the English Allonia, the Basque and Spanish Amaia, the Hebrew Amana, the Arabic Amani, the name Amaui, the Basque and Japanese Amaya, the English Amiee, the Arabic Aminah, the English Amya, the Spanish Anahi, the Greek Anemone, the Indian Anima, the Czech and Italian Anina, the English Aniya, the English Aniyah, and the Finnish Anniina. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Amina: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
