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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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Two tough women: Aminah Nieves as Teonna, who is on the lam.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2025

“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

When I reached home it happened even as the young magician had told me; and I had tarried but a short time in the house when Aminah came in.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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