Aminata
/ ah-mee-NAH-tah /
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- 🇸🇳 Senegal
- Religion
- Islam
- First Seen
- —
- Trait
- Kind
Meaning & Etymology
Trustworthy, faithful (a form of Aminah).
A West African form of the Arabic Aminah, "trustworthy" — the name of the Prophet Muhammad's mother.
Famous People
Aminata Sow Fall
Literature · Senegal · b. 1941
Pioneering Senegalese novelist, among the first women writers of Francophone Africa.