Given name
Araminta
“one who is lofty and exalted”
Araminta is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is lofty and exalted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is lofty and exalted.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Araminta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 348
- 0 boys · 348 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,173 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +76%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,173 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 321 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Araminta’s family of names
In English usage, Araminta has a diminutive in Minty. Araminta has a related form in Aramintah. Araminta has a related form in Araminte.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Araminta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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