Amna

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Beja (Sudan/Eritrea)

Meaning

a Beja feminine name of Arabic origin meaning safe, secure, or one who brings safety, connected to the Arabic root amn from which the word aman (peace, security) and the Islamic greeting assalamu alaykum derive; among the Beja — the ancient Cushitic-speaking people of the Red Sea hills who are among the oldest historically attested populations of northeastern Africa, mentioned in Egyptian records as the Medjay — Arabic names coexist with indigenous Beja-language names, reflecting over a millennium of Islamic cultural contact while the Beja language itself, also known as Bedawi or To Bedawie, has maintained its distinctiveness within the Afroasiatic family

Gender

female