Amina (disambiguation)

Amina, also spelled Aminah and Ameena (in Arabic أمينة), is an Arabic female given name meaning truthful or trustworthy. Derived from the masculine given name Amine / Amine/ Ameen.

Amina may refer to:

People

Amina

• Amina, a Nigerian princess
• Amina of the Maldives, or Amina Rani Kilegefa’anu (fl. 1759), monarch, as Sultana regnant, of the Maldives from 1757 until 1759 after acting as regent from 1753 until 1757
• Amina Bint al-Majlisi, female Safavid mujtahideh
• Amina Adil (c. 1930–2004), Tatar writer and Islamic theologian
• Amina Afzali (born 1957), Afghani politician and government minister
• Amina Alaoui, Moroccan interpreter of Andalusian classical music
• Amina Ali, Somali politician
• Amina Annabi, a French-Tunisian singer
• Amina Bakhit, Sudanese middle-distance runner
• Amina Bazindre, Nigerien diplomat
• Amina Benkhadra (born 1954), Moroccan politician
• Amina Bettiche (born 1987), Algerian steeplechase runner
• Amina Cachalia (1930–2013), South African anti-Apartheid activist, women's rights activist and politician
• Amina Chifupa (1981–2007), Tanzanian politician and MP
• Amina Clement (born 1963), Tanzanian politician and MP
• Amina Desai (c. 1920-2009), South Africa's longest serving female Indian political prisoner
• Amina Dilbazi (1919-2010), Azerbaijani folk dancer
• Amina Figarova, 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 Aït Hammou (born 1978), Moroccan runner
• Amina Inloes, American scholar, researcher, educator, public speaker, translator
• Amina Al Jassim, Saudi Arabian fashion designer of haute couture and jellabiyas
• Amina Lawal (born 1972), Nigerian woman convicted by Islamic Sharia court in 2002 and sentenced to death by stoning for adultery and for conceiving a child out of wedlock. The father of the child was not prosecuted. Conviction overturned later
• 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 Rakhim, Kazakhstani tennis player
• Amina Rizk (1910-2003), Egyptian actress
• Amina Rouba (born 1986), Algerian rower
• Amina Said, also spelled Amina Saïd (born 1953), Tunisian francophone author
• Amina Said Ali, Somali author, poet, and medical scientist
• Amina Shah (born 1918), anthologiser of Sufi stories and folk tales
• Amina Hanum Syrtlanoff (1884—1939), public figure, sister of mercy, theosophist, mason
• Amina Taylor, British journalist
• Amina Tyler, Tunisian activist associated with FEMEN
• Amina Wadud, American feminist
• Amina Wali, Pakistani alpine skier
• Amina Zaripova (born 1976), Russian rhythmic gymnast
• Amina Zaydan (born 1966), Egyptian novelist and short story writer

Aminah

• Aminah bint Wahb, the mother of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad

Ameena

• Ameena Begum (1892–1949), birth name Ora Ray Baker, wife of Sufi Master Inayat Khan[
• Ameena Saiyid, Pakistani publisher

Ameenah

• Ameenah Gurib, 6th President of the Republic of Mauritius.

Film and television

• Amina (film), a 2012 Nigerian film
• Ameena Badawi, fictitious character in TV series EastEnders
• Amina (1957 film), see List of submissions to the 30th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Media

• Amina (magazine), a French-language magazine for black women in Africa, Europe, the Antilles and North America
• Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari, fictional character or hoax persona created and maintained by American Tom MacMaster online until exposed
• Amina - Chechen Republic Online, a Chechen web portal

Music

• Amiina, an Icelandic quartet