What do you think of Araminta?

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What do you think of Araminta as a girl's name?

And do you think it sits well with sibling Isobel?

Don't like it - sorry

I love it

You realise she will be called Minty?

I like Isobel, but not Araminta and the chances of it not being Minty or similar are nil!

I like it but prefer Aramita (if that is a name?) as got the same sound but without the Minty element

I like Minty, but we'd try not to shorten it at all, as we do with Isobel's name.

Unfortunately you have no control over their name once they get to about 5yrs and Isobel will only remain Isobel if she wants to and she may prefer Izzy or, as one 11yr old I know, Is.

its dreadful

Sorry - the only Minty I know is a lazy pothead with an overdeveloped sense of entitlement.

(People who teach have problems with some names for rather specific reasons )

I think Minty is a fab nickname.

I think they both sound super dumb unless, well, you're the type of person who would use such a name and, if you're not, well, you're not.

Are you trippin' ?? Straight from a 1980's Jilly Cooper novel.

Tamara Mellon's daughter is a Araminta and I think she is called Minty - I don't dislike it and I think it goes quite well with Isobel. But it might be a little pretentious

It's lovely.
My favourite girl's name, actually, but dh wouldn't entertain it for dd.
Wish I had used it now. Hope you're brave enough to choose it

Um...not sure how to say this tactfully but I loathe it! But then I don't like mint.

What about Astrid as an alternative - I think it would go quite well with Isobel. It means divine beauty.

When this was mentioned by my friend as a potential name my dh thought she said "Arry Minter" and thought she was talking about a boxer!

Not a name I like, sorry.

Pretentious!

I love it but I think you have to be very, very posh, live in the country, own a couple of horses and go to private school to really be able to pull it off.

dreadful. it's probably the poshest girl's name I can think of. but if that's what floats your boat....

Post, pretentious and reminds me of the fat bloke off Eastenders.

Oddly enough, I still like it though

Don't like it.

I love Minty. It's a great nickname. Araminta however, unless you're one of the landed gentry, seems a bit try hard to me.

Don't like it at all, sounds like a dodgy liqueur.