Aminata

Gender: 
Female

Meanings:

  • Form of Amina: Trustworthy, faithful (ah-MEE-nah—Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa).
  • Form of Amina: Amen (Mende, West Africa).
  • Popular name with the Hausa people of West Africa.
  • Form of Aminah, the name of Muhammad’s mother: peaceful, secure (Arabic, North Africa).
  • Personal name (Mandinka).
  • Popular female name among the Wolof of Senegal.