Aminu

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Hausa (Nigeria/Niger)

Meaning

a Hausa masculine name from the Arabic Amin meaning trustworthy, faithful, honest, and the one in whom trust is placed — an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad, who before his prophethood was called Al-Amin — the Trustworthy — by the Meccans who knew him; the name Aminu is the Hausa rendering of Amin with a characteristically Hausa final -u vowel, and is one of the most widely given masculine names across Hausa-speaking communities; it is borne by numerous prominent Nigerians including Aminu Kano — the celebrated northern Nigerian political leader and social reformer — and Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto State; the name expresses the fundamental Islamic virtue of trustworthiness — al-amana — which along with truthfulness forms the bedrock of the Prophet's character and the ideal Muslim personality

Gender

male

Also spelled

Amin, Ameen, Aminu