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Aminah

American  
[ah-mee-nuh] / ɑˈmi nə /
Or Amina

noun

  1. a first name: from an Arabic word meaning “honest and faithful.”


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“I don’t want to die,” Aminah Williams, one of the first of the group to be certified as a doula, recalled more than one Black expectant mother telling her.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2023

For the St. John’s girls, Aminah Martin, affectionately referred to by Dunham as the team’s godmother, is one of the seniors who was instrumental in the team’s success.

From Washington Post May 21, 2022

Aminah, a 6th year pupil at Cumbernauld Academy in North Lanarkshire, told BBC Scotland that she had never sat a formal exam.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2022

Aminah Mae Safi: Someone who understands what it is to make L.A. home.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2022

It is below the present level of the ground, and in the centre is a kind of tent, concealing, it is said, a hole in the floor upon which Aminah sat to be delivered.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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