Aminata

/ ah-mee-NAH-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
🇸🇳 Senegal
Religion
Islam
First Seen
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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.

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Aminata Sow Fall

Literature · Senegal · b. 1941

Pioneering Senegalese novelist, among the first women writers of Francophone Africa.

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