We've found the name but scared of people's reaactions

[Joeybee]

Baby #2 is due in October. I already have a son, Stanley.
I'm fussy with names
Nothing in top 50
Nothing with strong R or W sound (clashes with surname)
Not ambiguous to say/spell
Vintage or classic name
Has nickname options.
Middle name will be Elsie

So after a LOT of researching a name came to me out of nowhere. It's very unusual and a vintage girl name. I love it and Husband does. However when I look it up on websites, it seems to be a name people either love, or hate.
So now I'm doubting myself.
Do I just go with the name that feels right, and that meets my criteria and brace myself for a few possibly insensitive/negative comments OR just go back to the drawing board again?

Of course it's not popular you have made it up..... nickname.... polominta

Poor child

Araminta is fine. Bit of a mouthful but you like it and that's all that matters.

I love it.

Nothing wrong with that.

It’s very exotic, sophisticated name, very different from your other choices

How do you get from Araminta to Marnie?

Sounds like an Aldi brand of mints to me. Sorry.

It’s really not great but it’s not the worst name ever.

It's a real name ceecee.

I know a young Araminta. I think it's fine. Stop stressing. If your friends and family coped with Stanley they'll cope with Araminta.

I must say, though, that to me Araminta/Minty etc is Proper Posh, whereas Stanley is Proper Not-Posh. So as a pairing I don't think they're natural friends... but then I never quite understand the obsession over whether sibling names "go together".

That sounds awful - sorry it wasn’t meant to be - I was expecting something like Ethel
It’s a great name

Araminta is a fabulous name. I've only come across it in Helen Cresswell's book and childrens TV series 'Moondial', but I liked it then and still do.

I know two, one grown up and one little, both called Minty.

Go for it.

Good name! So is Stanley

I love it! Remember it from a 'chick-lit' novel- The Trials of Minty Malone.

It’s fine. A bit frilly. Totally not what I was expecting from your list of requirements. I was thinking Gertrude!

Elsie is lovely. Araminta is awful - it reminds me of one of those dolls that sit on loo rolls, just flouncy and fussy.

Araminta is lovely, reminds me of The Borrowers.

I really really like it. Stop worrying about other people for goodness sake, and just go for it!

One of my dc has a very, very unusual name. A few eyes were raised at first, and had a few comments, but a couple of years on, no one could imagine them being called anything else.

Don't sweat it. Have faith in your own convictions. Your baby, your choice.

My dd goes to school with an Araminta! They call her Minty. It is out there, but I quite like it!

Ignore the naysayers and go for it!!!

It's not great but it's not made up. I think the nicknames are too cutesy and a 4 syllable first name is not great.

I like the name but really don't think it goes with Stanley. It's like Made In Chelsea meets a dad from TOWIE.

However it's entirely your choice.

@ceecee32 it’s not made up, it’s a totally legitimate name just not well used.

I love it OP, it’s always on my long list for girls names. Go for it

Please don't name your kid Araminta.

I've only heard this name since watching Crazy Rich Asians, and while I'm not a massive fan of it, it's not the worst name in the world I've heard. I do like the nn Minty, as in the film, but probably Ara when older.

A lot of the popular names running round Mumsnet I absolutely loathe- recently Acacia and Saskia.

Only other suggestion I can make is Aria, which is similar but a bit less out there.