Entry № 0069 · West African, Arabic origin

Aminata Aminata — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-mee-NAH-tah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

West African, Arabic

Meaning

"Trustworthy, honest"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (West African)

The meaning

A name that means "trustworthy, honest".

Aminata is the West African (Senegalese, Malian, Guinean) form of the Arabic Amina — meaning "trustworthy" or "honest." Amina was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's mother.

Aminata Touré (born 1962), the Senegalese politician and former Prime Minister, is a contemporary bearer.

Trustworthy. The mother of the Prophet.

Popularity

Where Aminata stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Aminata · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Aminatas before her.

Real people

Aminata Touré

Senegalese former Prime Minister.

born 1962

In fiction

Aminata Diallo

Heroine of Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes.

2007 novel

Names connected to Aminata.

Numerology

The number behind Aminata.

The Seeker

Aminata reduces to seven — the number of honest persistence.

Parents on Aminata

Why families chose this name.

"The mother of the Prophet. Aminata held that in West African form."

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