Araminta
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | African name Aminata |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Minta, Minty, Minnie, Ara |
| Related names | Aminta/Amynta, Aramantha, Arminta |
Araminta is a feminine given name linked to the plant Amaranth.
People with the given name
[edit]- Araminta Ross (1822–1913), African-American abolitionist who adopted the name Harriet Tubman
- Araminta Estelle Durfee, the birth name of American screen actress Minta Durfee (1889–1975)
Use in fiction
[edit]- Araminta Lee, character in Kevin Kwan's novel Crazy Rich Asians (2013) and film based on the novel
- Araminta, character in William Congreve's comedy The Old Bachelor (1693)
- Araminta, character in Sir John Vanbrugh's play The Confederacy (1705)
- Matilda Angelina Araminta Phelps, the name given to Tom Sawyer's baby cousin in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)
- Araminta, mother of Velvet Brown, the title heroine of Enid Bagnold's novel National Velvet (1935)
- Araminta Meliflua, a minor character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
- Araminta Spook, title character and protagonist of Angie Sage's Araminta Spook/ie series of children's books, first released in 2008
- Araminta, one of the main characters in the Void Trilogy from Peter F. Hamilton
- Araminta Gunningworth, previously Reilling, (née Wincheslea) Countess of Penwood, the main antagonist of the Regency romance novel "An Offer From a Gentleman", the third entry in the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn. She will be portrayed by Katie Leung as Araminta Gun in the upcoming fourth season of the Netflix adaptation of the series.
- Araminta "Minta" Herrick (née Cardew), one of the main characters in Victoria Holt's The Shadow of the Lynx
- Araminta Station, a science fiction novel by Jack Vance; first book of the "Cadwal Chronicles"
- Araminta 'Minty' Cane, character from the TV series Moondial and the Helen Cresswell book it was based on
- Harriet Araminta Lee, main character from Helen Oyeyemi's novel, Gingerbread
- A similar name was used by poet Richard Lovelace for the title heroine of "Aramantha: A Pastorall" (1649)
- John Dryden used a variant of the masculine Greek name Amyntas for a female character in "Go tell Amynta, gentle swain" (1680s)
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