Aminu

Aminu is a Hausa language name. It is a variation of "Amin", an Arabic name. Aminu means trustworthy. Amin means true-hearted, honest. People who share this name include:

Given name

 * Aminu Sule Garo (born 1962), Nigerian politician and businessman
 * Aminu Kano (1920–1983), Nigerian politician
 * Aminu Isa Kontagora, Nigerian military Administrator and governor
 * Aminu Mohammed (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
 * Aminu Mohammed (basketball) (born 2001), Nigerian basketball player
 * Aminu Safana (1961–2007), Nigerian politician
 * Aminu Saleh, Nigerian administrator, former Finance Minister, and permanent secretary in the Nigerian ministry of Defense
 * Aminu Sani (born 1980), Nigerian footballer who plays midfielder
 * Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (born 1966), Governor of Sokoto State since 2015
 * Aminu Bello Masari (born 1950), Governor of Katsina State since 2015

Surname
lawyer, author, and music minister
 * Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born 1977), Nigerian journalist and artist
 * Abdulmumini Aminu (born 1949), Nigerian politician best known as military governor of Borno State, Nigeria between August 1985 and December 1987
 * Al-Farouq Aminu (born 1990), American-Nigerian basketball player, brother of Alade Aminu
 * Alade Aminu (born 1987), American-Nigerian basketball player, brother of Al-Farouq Aminu, 2015–16 Israel Basketball Premier League rebounding leader
 * Jubril Aminu (born 1939), Nigerian professor and politician
 * Rachael 'rae' Aminu (born 1987), Nigerian-American
 * Mohammed Aminu