Amina
Rare in Poland: most people have never met one, though newborns have picked up over the last few years. The name comes from Hebrew, carrying the sense of faithful and trustworthy.
Amina Pronunciation
Amina is pronounced ah-MEE-nah (/aˈmina/).
What Amina means
Where Amina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Amina traces to a Hebrew root, the same family that gives us the word amen, which speaks of faithfulness and trust. The Hebrew verb aman means to be firm or steadfast. From there come the meanings that stay with it: faithful, trustworthy. In English you might say she who can be relied upon.
Its wider fame belongs to Arabic. Amina was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's mother, and Muslim families across many languages have carried it since. The Arabic spelling آمنة holds close to those senses, safe and secure.
In Poland the name arrives from outside the old church calendar. A teacher reading a class register finds it near Zofia and Hania. It settles into Polish speech easily. What stays is the plain meaning: faithful, safe.
How many people are named Amina
1 in 11609 women in Poland is named Amina. 1,942 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #712 among female names.
Amina's popularity over time
37 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #407 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2010.
Where parents choose Amina
Amina is most popular in Masovian, 111% above the national average (56 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+88%) and Lower Silesian (+87%). It is least common in Lublin and Pomeranian, 74% and 64% below average respectively.
-
Masovian
+111%1 in 6,326 babies
-
Lubusz
+88%1 in 7,094 babies
-
Lower Silesian
+87%1 in 7,142 babies
-
Lublin
−74%1 in 51,338 babies
-
Pomeranian
−64%1 in 36,830 babies
-
Lesser Poland
−41%1 in 22,692 babies
-
Masovian+111% 56 born1 in 6,326 babies+111%
-
Lubusz+88% 7 born1 in 7,094 babies+88%
-
Lower Silesian+87% 22 born1 in 7,142 babies+87%
-
Łódź+58% 15 born1 in 8,448 babies+58%
-
Greater Poland+18% 19 born1 in 11,329 babies+18%
-
West Pomeranian+11% 7 born1 in 12,061 babies+11%
-
Podlaskie−19% 4 born1 in 16,447 babies−19%
-
Kuyavian-Pomeranian−27% 6 born1 in 18,230 babies−27%
-
Lesser Poland−41% 10 born1 in 22,692 babies−41%
-
Silesian−41% 10 born1 in 22,758 babies−41%
-
Pomeranian−64% 4 born1 in 36,830 babies−64%
-
Lublin−74% 2 born1 in 51,338 babies−74%
Amina as a middle name
Amina is a first name for 1,942 women in Poland and a middle name for another 75, a 96/4 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 768th, between Tadeusza (76) and Amira (75).
-
#766 Stanislawa76
-
#767 Tadeusza76
-
#768 Amina75
-
#769 Amira75
-
#770 An75