Yaminah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-MEE-nah
- Origin
- Arabic
Yaminah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “blessed, of the right hand”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yaminah mean?
Arabic: variant of Yamina
“blessed, of the right hand”
A spelling of Yamina, linked to Arabic yamin 'right hand' and yumn 'blessing', both associated with good fortune.
Is Yaminah a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaminah is a girls' name.
How popular is Yaminah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 girls.
Yaminah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Yaminah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Yaminah in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yaminah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Yaminah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Nusaybah, Safa, Sumayyah, Farah, Aaminah, Umaymah, Safiya, Umamah, Ayah
Names related to Yaminah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yaminah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yaminah, updated 20 October 2026.