Samina is a feminine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

that may derive from Arabic or Hebrew. The Hebrew derivation has numerous variants and is popular in Scandinavian countries.

Politicians

* Samina Abid, Pakistani politician * Samina Khalid Ghurki (born 1956), Pakistani politician * Samina Khan (born 1970), Pakistani politician * Samina Matloob, Pakistani politician * Samina Noor (born 1986), Pakistani politician * Samina Mushtaq Pagganwala, Pakistani politician

Art and literature

Samina Ahmad Samina Ahmad is a Pakistani film and television actress, stage performer, producer and director. She is a veteran television actress with over 50 years of work experience in the Urdu entertainment industry. Ahmad performed for many of PTV's ma ...

(born 1950), Pakistani actress, director and producer *

Samina Ali Samina Ali is an American author and activist born in India. Her debut novel, '' Madras on Rainy Days'', won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction. Career She has served ...

, American author *

Samina Awan Samina Awan (born 3 January 1985) is a British-born actress best known for her role as Naseema in '' Love + Hate'' (2005) and has been nominated for BIFA. Life and career Samina's role in ''Love + Hate'', won her a nomination for a BIFA award ...

(born 1985), British actress * Samina Chowdhury, Bangladeshi singer *

Samina Peerzada Samina Peerzada (, Punjabi, ) is a film and television actress, producer and director from Pakistan. Personal life Samina was born into an educated Kashmiri Butt family in Lahore, but was raised in Karachi, Sindh Pakistan. After graduating in ...

(born 1955), Pakistani actress, director and producer * Samina Quraeshi (1944-2013), American writer *

Samina Raja Samina Raja ( ur, ‎ 11 September 1961 – 30 October 2012) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, editor, translator, educationist and broadcaster. She lived in Islamabad, Pakistan, and worked in the National Language Authority as a subject ...

(1961–2012), Pakistani poet *

Samina Humayun Saeed Samina Humayun Saeed is a Pakistani producer and wife of actor Humayun Saeed. She is best known for producing drama serials such as ''Kuch Pyar Ka Pagalpan'', ''Kaash Main Teri Beti Na Hoti'', ''Akbari Asghari'', ''Sadqay Tumhare'', ''Mann Mayal'' ...

, Pakistani producer *

Samina Syed Samina Hasan Syed (1944 – 17 September 2016), was a Punjabi-language singer and music teacher. Her music can be found on https://m.soundcloud.com/saminahasansyed She learnt with great masters like Bhai Chhaila, Ustad Chhottay Ghulam Ali K ...

(1944-2016), Pakistani singer

Other

Samina Baig Samina may refer to: * MS Express Samina MS ''Express Samina'' ( el, Εξπρές Σάμινα) was a French-built RoPax ferry that struck the charted Portes Islets rocks in the Bay of Parikia off the coast of Paros island in the central Aegea ...

(born 1990), Pakistani mountaineer *

Samina Malik Samina Malik was the first person to be convicted under the UK's 2000 Terrorism Act. Malik, then a 23-year-old Heathrow Airport shop clerk from Southall, west London, was found guilty of "possessing a document or a record of information of a kin ...

, British terrorist *

Samina Yasmeen Samina Yasmeen is an Australian–Pakistani author and intellectual who is known for her work in political and strategic development in South Asia and the role of Islam in International relations, world politics. She has published articles on t ...

, Australian academic

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