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Arraminta

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SuperManStoleMyPants · 06/11/2016 15:57

I have always loved this name, it would be shortened to Minty. Thoughts?

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allegretto · 12/11/2016 13:16

Moondial for me too! I loved that programme (and so wanted to look like the actress who played Araminta) so it's a yes from me.

PlymouthMaid1 · 06/11/2016 22:05

It sounds very 'jolly hockey sticks' and Mallory Towers like to me but maybe that is what you want.

Valeriemalorie · 06/11/2016 21:53

Sounds posh. Makes me think of Moondial too!

Pipilangstrumpf · 06/11/2016 21:44

Araminta is beautiful

Wanderingraspberry · 06/11/2016 21:25

Yes Moondial! The book is by Helen Creswell.

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SuperManStoleMyPants · 06/11/2016 21:16

RiverTam well she'll most likely be (if it's a she) a dark haired frizzball who will never get a London flat from mummy and daddy as we can barely afford to rent here as it is!

Ledehe Janet and Roy from the round robins? How does it remind you of them?

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gratefully · 06/11/2016 20:32

When I was a kid I wanted a pony called Araminta, Minty for short.

Just saying....

Normandy144 · 06/11/2016 20:28

Love it, very pretty. And Minty is cute, but I prefer Araminta in full so would use that.

Baylisiana · 06/11/2016 20:15

Love this name. Shame it does have some Sloaney associations but maybe they will fade soon.

Ohyesiam · 06/11/2016 20:08

Cute, infact for some reason I occasionally call my daughter that!

user1478450549 · 06/11/2016 20:05

It's very sloany. She'll need a velvet alice band and some pearls to wear in her range rover!

Ledehe · 06/11/2016 20:04

This reminds me of the Janet and Roy thread......

RiverTam · 06/11/2016 20:02

Minty sounds like a Sloane ranger boarding school gal with swishy blond hair, probably not the brightest spark. Works in a posh shop and lives in a central London flat paid for by Mummy and Daddy.

Really not keen (in case you hadn't guessed!)

GinIsIn · 06/11/2016 19:57

Be warned - it's quite sad though!

GinIsIn · 06/11/2016 19:56

It's a book by Helen Cresswell, and was also a children's tv series in about 1989. Both were fab!

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SuperManStoleMyPants · 06/11/2016 19:54

I've never heard of Moondial, I'll have to look it up.

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Pluto30 · 06/11/2016 19:22

I don't like it. Very OTT. And I hate Minty.

legotits · 06/11/2016 19:12

Me too Fen Grin

GinIsIn · 06/11/2016 18:12

I love it, largely because of the book 'Moondial'! Grin

PoldarksBreeches · 06/11/2016 18:04

Oh no it's awful! 80s posho.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 06/11/2016 18:01

Yep, go for it. 😄

legotits · 06/11/2016 17:00

Love it.

Madbengalmum · 06/11/2016 16:58

then go for it.

MadameSilva · 06/11/2016 16:58

It's one of my favourite names but I can't stand Minty

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SuperManStoleMyPants · 06/11/2016 16:04

I live in London.

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