Amina (disambiguation)
Amina (died 1610) was a Hausa warrior queen of Zazzau (now Zaria), in what is now north west Nigeria.
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Amina, also spelled Amineh, Amna and Ameena (in Arabic أمينة), is an Arabic female given name meaning "peace".
Amina is the Swahili name for God.
Amina may also refer to:
People
Amina
- Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (1954–2012), Moroccan 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 (1930–2004), Tatar writer and Islamic theologian
- Amina Afzali (born 1957), Afghani politician and government minister
- Amina Alaoui (born 1964), Moroccan interpreter of Andalusian classical music
- Amina Annabi (born 1962), French-Tunisian singer
- Amina Bakhit (born 1990), 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 (1976–2007), Tanzanian politician and MP
- Amina Clement (born 1963), Tanzanian politician and MP
- Amina Desai (?–2009), South Africa's longest serving female Indian political prisoner
- Amina Dilbazi (1919–2010), Azerbaijani folk dancer
- Amina Doherty, Nigerian women's rights advocate
- Amina Figarova (born 1964), 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 Gerba (born 1961), Cameroonian–Canadian businesswoman and entrepreneur
- 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 1973), Nigerian woman convicted by Islamic Sharia court in 2002
- Amina Lemrini, Moroccan human rights activist
- 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 (born 1989), Kazakhstani tennis player
- Amina Rizk (1910–2003), Egyptian actress
- Amina Rouba (born 1986), Algerian rower
- Amina Said (born 1953), Tunisian francophone author
- Amina Said Ali, Somali author, poet, and medical scientist
- Amina Shah (1918–2014), anthologiser of Sufi stories and folk tales
- Amina Hanum Syrtlanoff (1884–?), public figure, sister of mercy, theosophist, mason
- Amina Tyler (born 1994), Tunisian activist associated with Femen
- Amina Wadud (born 1952), American feminist
- Amina Wali, Pakistani alpine skier
- Amina Zaripova (born 1976), Russian rhythmic gymnast
- Amina Zaydan (born 1966), Egyptian novelist and short story writer
- Amina Zoubir (born 1983), Algerian artist
Aaminah
- Aaminah Haq, Pakistani model and actress
Aminah
- Aminah, or Aminah bint Wahb, the mother of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
- Aminah Assilmi (1945–2010), American broadcast journalist
- Aminah Cendrakasih (born 1938), Indonesian actress
- Aminah McCloud, American Professor of Religious Studies and Islamic World Studies
- Aminah Robinson (1940–2015), American artist
- Amīnah al-Saʿīd (1914–1995), Egyptian journalist and women's rights activist
Amena
- Amena Begum, Pakistani politician, former MP of East Pakistan
Ameena
- Ameena Ahmad Ahuja, Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist
- Ameena Begum (1892–1949), birth name Ora Ray Baker, wife of Sufi Master Inayat Khan[
- Ameena Begum (politician), Bangladeshi politician and Member of Parliament
- Ameena Hussein (born 1964), Sri Lankan sociologist, novelist, editor
- Ameena Saiyid, Pakistani publisher
Ameenah
- Ameenah Ayub Allen, British film actress
- Ameenah Gurib (born 1959), 6th President of the Republic of Mauritius
- Ameenah Kaplan (born 1974), American actress, musician and choreographer
Amineh
- Amineh Kakabaveh (born 1970), Swedish politician of Iranian Kurdish descent
- Amineh Kazemzadeh (born 1963), Iranian painter
Film and television
- Amina (2012 film), a 2012 Nigerian film
- Amina (1951 film), a 1951 Egyptian 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
- Amiina, Icelandic quartet
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