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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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Police say the family contacted them after the woman - identified only as Aminah - was buried, suspicious that she had not died of natural causes.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“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

The subject of her cheers, Aminah Mae Safi, just announced she’s narrating the audiobook of her 2019 rom-com novel, “Tell Me How You Really Feel.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Aminah Mellion, 39, a public school employee from Springfield, Va., was at the march with her 6-year-old daughter, Ella, who was holding a “Black Lives Matter” sign.

From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2020

Accompanied by poor Halimah, now recovered from her anguish, he led Mohammad into the presence of Aminah, his mother.

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne

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