Amina
[əˈmiːnə]Meaning
from Arabic, "safe, secure"; related to a root meaning "to be faithful"
Background Story
Amina is the loose transcription of two different Arabic female given names: ʾĀmina, meaning "safe one, protected", and ʾAmīna, the feminine form of Amin, meaning "devoted, honest, faithful". ʾĀmina was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's mother, who died when he was young. The name is used in Azerbaijani, Dhivehi, Fula, Indonesian, Malay, Persian, Somali, Turkish and Western African, and in French-speaking West Africa it is rendered as Aminata.
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