Girl, a boy's name in many Muslim families · Arabic (Punjabi usage) · Sikh · Muslim
Amanat
ਅਮਾਨਤSay it uh-MAA-nut
- Meaning
- A thing held in trust, a deposit; protection, safekeeping Mahan Kosh
- Say it
- uh-MAA-nut
- Spelling in Punjabi
- ਅਮਾਨਤ
- Spelling in English
- Amanat, Amaanat
Amanat
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Amanat meaning
Amanat (ਅਮਾਨਤ) is a Sikh and Muslim girl's name of Arabic origin (Punjabi usage).
A thing held in trust, a deposit; protection, safekeeping
Amanat (ਅਮਾਨਤ) is the Arabic word amānat, which came into Punjabi through Persian and Urdu. The Mahan Kosh defines it as something placed in another person's keeping, a deposit held in trust, and also as protection and safekeeping; it records sleep as a rarer third sense. In everyday Punjabi and Urdu an amanat is anything precious left in someone's care, to be looked after and given back. As a girl's name it has become a modern choice in Sikh families, alongside other Arabic-derived names such as Rehmat and Ibadat, while in Muslim families it is more often a boy's name, as for the classical singer Ustad Amanat Ali Khan. In Urdu it is written امانت.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਅਮਾਨਤ · See the entry · checked 30 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਅਮਾਨਤ (srigranth.org)
Popularity abroad
- #733 England and Wales, girls 2025
Office for National Statistics
Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.
Spellings
Amanat · Amaanat