The baby name Abinah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ah-BEE-nah (ə-BEE-nə).
The baby name Abinah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ah-BEE-nah (ə-BEE-nə).
Abinah is Akan, Hebrew in Origin.
Abinah is a rare feminine given name with multi‑layered roots. In West African (Akan) usage, it aligns with Abena/Abina, the female day name for a Tuesday‑born child, and thus inherits the day‑name’s virtues of sociability and vitality. Some speakers also read it through a Semitic lens as a spelling of Avinah/Aviannah, built from Hebrew avi “my father” + anah “answered,” giving the devotional sense “my father has answered” or “God has answered.”
Documented in Ghanaian and diaspora records in the 20th–21st centuries, Abinah remains uncommon in English‑language statistics but appears in contemporary registries and social‑media name pools. Variants and near‑equivalents include Abina, Abena, Avinah, Aviannah, and the elaborated Abinahh; culturally adjacent names sometimes chosen alongside it are Abeni (Yoruba, “we asked and she came”) and Aminah/Amina (Arabic, “trustworthy”). Common pronunciations are ah-BEE-nah and AH-bee-nah.
Abinah is vanishingly rare. In all, it appears just 10 times, across 7 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #362 | 1 | 8,539 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
Abinah is popular in 7 countries — most recent births per country:
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