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Aminah

Aminah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“trustworthy, faithful”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
uh-MEE-nuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Arabic Amīnah, feminine of Amīn. It is a traditional Islamic name and was borne by Aminah bint Wahb, mother of the Prophet Muhammad.

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How popular is Aminah?

202476.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Aminah in 2024254

2024 rank#1,007 girls

Peak year2017

Total US babies since 18805,335

Aminah is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Aminah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Aminah questions

What does the name Aminah mean?

Aminah means "trustworthy, faithful". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic Amīnah, feminine of Amīn. It is a traditional Islamic name and was borne by Aminah bint Wahb, mother of the Prophet Muhammad.

Is Aminah a boy or girl name?

Aminah is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aminah?

254 US babies were named Aminah in 2024. Its peak year was 2017.

How do you pronounce Aminah?

Aminah is usually pronounced uh-MEE-nuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.