Aminah dilahirkan di [[Mekkah]]. Ayah Aminah adalah pemimpin [[Bani Zuhrah]], yang bernama [[WahabWahb bin AbdulmanafAbdu Manaf|WahabWahb]] bin AbdulmanafAbdu Manaf bin [[Zuhrah bin Kilab]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ahya.org/amm/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=109 |title=The story of a man who accepted Islam in its early days |access-date=2006-10-18 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716090214/http://www.ahya.org/amm/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=109 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Sedangkan ibu Aminah adalah Barrah binti Abdul-Uzza bin Usman bin [[Abduddar bin Qushay|Abduddar]] bin [[Qushay bin Kilab|Qushay]].<ref name="Aminah">Aisyah Abdurahman binti Syathi. Sayidah Aminah: Ibunda Nabi Muhammad''. [[Jakarta]]: [[Penerbit Lentera|Lentera]], [[2004]]. ISBN 979-3018-73-9''</ref>
