Araminta

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Gender Feminine Word/name Old English		Language(s) English Meaning Prayer and protection
Nickname(s) Minta, Minty, Minnie, Ara Related names Aminta/Amynta, Aramantha, Arminta

Araminta is a rare feminine given name. a cross between Aminta and Arabella meaning prayer and protection

Given name

Araminta Ross, who later adopted the name Harriet Tubman

Use in fiction

A similar name was used by poet Richard Lovelace for the title heroine of "Aramantha: A Pastorall" (1649). John Dryden apparently used a variant of the masculine Greek name Amyntas for a female character in "Go tell Amynta, gentle swain" (1680s).

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 Melliflua, a minor character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series—a maternal cousin of Sirius Black who once crusaded for the legalization of Muggle-hunting

Araminta Spook, title character and protagonist of Angie Sage's Araminta Spook series of children's books, first released in 2008

Araminta, one of the main characters in the Void Trilogy from Peter F. Hamilton

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 book it was based on.

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Araminta Wikipedia

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