Amina

 ( Arabic-language Feminine Given Names ) 

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".

• 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

• 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 Abbas (born 1942), First Lady of Palestine
• 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 Chaouk (born 1972), Abir Chaouk's mother
• 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
• Amina Crudu (born 2010), Gurinel artist #gurineltv #AminaCrudu #ShakeUpChristmas

• 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 Begum, Pakistani politician, former MP of East Pakistan
• Amena Khan (born 1983), British-Indian model and fashion designer

• 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 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 Kakabaveh (born 1970), Swedish politician of Iranian Kurdish descent
• Amineh Kazemzadeh (born 1963), Iranian painter

• 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

• Amna
• Iman (Islam)