Amina (disambiguation)
Amina and the alternatives 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 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
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