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Araminta, is this too posh?

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seasonsturvey · 27/07/2009 12:39

Sorry to be so blunt in the title.
Araminta is my new love. I just think it is really pretty and not over popular or silly.
My worry is that it is too posh.
What do you think and what are your opinions of the name? Help!

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mrsradders · 28/07/2009 15:37

Mumcentreplus · 28/07/2009 15:31

a real one mrsadders

mrsradders · 28/07/2009 15:23

ha ha ha all kids have a trust fund now (whether there is much in ot or not!! lol)

i was thinking moondial too...it was such a random film though didn't think anyone else would know it!!! lol (i loved it)
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Mumcentreplus · 28/07/2009 15:15

...does she have a trust fund?

bevlin · 28/07/2009 15:04

Araminta, Minty. Nope I don't get it. I couldn't say if it's posh, poncy or even neddish as I don't think it has reached us Scots yet. What about Arrianna (don't know how to spell) as a near but not so far out!

hester · 27/07/2009 19:28

I agree with the others - it IS posh. Up to you if that's a problem or not!

audley · 27/07/2009 19:26

Love Araminta, the sound and feel of the name as I say it is dreamy and would be ever so impressed to meet one, I wouldn't be brave enough though and am quite sad about that!

MrsToffeeCrisp · 27/07/2009 18:56

oops! juggling wriggly baby too, really must feed him!

MrsToffeeCrisp · 27/07/2009 18:55

Very posh but very lovely too.

I love Arabella too. Prefer the NN Bella to Minty (which reminds me of the Eastenders character!)

MrsToffeeCrisp · 27/07/2009 18:55

Very posh but very lovely too.

I love Arabella too. Prefer the NN Bella to Minty (which reminds me of the Eastenders character!)

LouMacca · 27/07/2009 16:01

Some friends of friends who are very posh have a daughter called Araminta (she is known as Minty).

They are loaded, live in a very posh area and she goes to a prep. school. IMO I think this is the criteria you would need to get away with a name like this.

mrswoolf · 27/07/2009 15:29

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shootfromthehip · 27/07/2009 15:22

Where I come from if you gave a child that name, you may as well start saving for the therapy she's going to need too .

It is very, very poncey. Minty is actually worse- it's what you should call a horse and not a child. Oh dear- I am being mean but really.

Caitni · 27/07/2009 15:19

'Fraid I hate this name - it's my favourite example of a ludicrous posh English female name. The full name sounds like brand name for a car or something. The inevitable NN is a flavour. Not a good combo IMO.

I worked in book publishing for years and worked with my share of Minties and it's just a horrible name. And extremely hard to take a grown woman seriously in a meeting when she is universally called Minty.

CarriePooter · 27/07/2009 14:58

I love it. It was on my list for dd but sounds stupid in my accent.

AramintaCane · 27/07/2009 14:52

no its lovely

notsoteenagemum · 27/07/2009 14:42

I used to love Moondial

It is v.posh though, but I think I like it.

Nancy66 · 27/07/2009 14:26

It's very posh BUT it's also not very nice.
Very unfeminine I think.

AtheneNoctua · 27/07/2009 14:14

I don't like it at all. Way too pretentious for me. (And I tend to like posh things)

Homebird8 · 27/07/2009 14:13

I know a lovely little Araminta. She's 7 and my friend's little boy thinks the sun shines out of her!

GetOrfMoiLand · 27/07/2009 13:55

Lol Moondial!

I can't remember anything about it other than a poor victorian orphan and a girl called Araminta with hair like Tracy Beaker.

artichokes · 27/07/2009 13:47

I quite like Araminta (although it is uber posh) but I HATE the nn Minty.

Your OP says Araminta is nice because it is not silly, maybe so, but Minty is very silly.

sandyballs · 27/07/2009 13:46

Don't do it!! It's awful, I can just picture a little brat with ringlets stamping her feet because she hasn't got her own way . 'Oh daddy pleeeeeeease', with a lisp.

PuppyMonkey · 27/07/2009 13:44

I think it is ludicrously posh. Poncey indeed.

UnquietDad · 27/07/2009 13:44

Moondial!

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