Given nameFeminine

Amina

/ah-MEE-nah/

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Meaning

Trustworthy; the warrior queen’s name.

Amina means "trustworthy, secure". Among the Hausa it also summons Queen Amina of Zazzau, the 16th-century warrior queen who expanded her city-state and whose walls (ganuwar Amina) still bear her name.

A name that offers a girl both a virtue and a heroine.

Who carries it

Hausa Muslim communities of Africa

Provenance

generated: 2026-07-04
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