Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Amina Name Meaning in Islam
Trustworthy, at peace, from the Arabic root أ-م-ن, security and faith.
- Meaning
- Trustworthy, at peace, from the Arabic root أ-م-ن, security and faith; the mother of the Prophet ﷺ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- أ-م-ن
- Urdu
- آمنہ
- Pronunciation
- AA-mi-na
- Lucky number
- 6
Is Amina an Islamic name? Yes. Amina is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Trustworthy, at peace, from the Arabic root أ-م-ن, security and faith; the mother of the Prophet ﷺ. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
أ-م-ن. From '-m-n, security, trust, same root as iman (faith) and amīn (trustworthy).
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Alif origin, Mim love, Nun depth, Ta completion.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Amina joins fire to earth, the will that decides with the patience that lasts. This is a name that asks its bearer to burn steadily rather than in bursts, and to plant what the fire has cleared. Running through the reading is Al-Ahad, the One, carried as a singular, undivided presence, and beside it Al-Tawwab, the Relenting, adding the readiness to return and be returned to. A person named Amina is the kind of person a village grows around.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Trustworthy, the one who is at peace and gives peace. Amina bint Wahb: the mother of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. She carried him for 9 months before he was born into the world. When she was pregnant, she reported seeing a light emerge from her that illuminated the palaces of Syria. She died when the Prophet was only 6 years old, returning from visiting his father's grave in Madinah.
The Prophet had no greater loss in childhood, the death of his mother. But he always spoke of her with love. When he passed her grave later in life, he wept and said: 'I asked permission to seek forgiveness for her and was not given permission. I asked permission to visit her grave and was given permission. So visit graves, for they remind you of death.'
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Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Āmina bint Wahbc.549–577 CE·ArabiaMother of the Prophet Muhammad
How to Pronounce Amina
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Variants of this name
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Names sharing the آ Alif influence
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Amina
What does the name Amina mean?
Each letter under this meaning has its own quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read in Amina? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Amina? →
Is Amina mentioned in the Quran?
Quranic vocabulary lies behind a large share of Muslim names, Amina included where its root appears. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Amina mean in Urdu?
Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Amina carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Amina a good Islamic name?
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What is the spiritual meaning of Amina in Ilm ul Huroof?
In Ilm ul Huroof, the science of letters that Ibn Arabi worked within, every letter of Amina is a principle, not a phoneme. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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