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?

I know 2. Minty for short. Suits them very well.

When I read Araminta on page 1 I wasn’t 100% sure and now on page 3 I really like it.

So that grew on me rather quickly! I really like it.

I worked with a Aramintia,but she went by Tia.
We called our son with the risk of people negatively commenting...I couldn't care less as we loved it.
If you both love the name, then use it 😊

Araminta: Comedy posh girl/Sloane name from the 80s. Also harsh and unattractive sounding.

Stanley: working class old man name.

I don't like either and they definitely don't go together imo.

I'm not a fan it sounds like a flavoured rice to me and no way does it go with Stanley!
But it's your choice so go for it if you like it.

I also think of Moondial!

Nice! I like it.
Got this from wiki:
Araminta is a rare feminine given name, a cross between Aminta and Arabella meaning prayer and protection.

I used to teach a little Stanley, the other children ,nursery age ,couldn't get their tongues round it for some reason, so he was Stamley....

Too wordy for me but at least it’s a recognisable name!

Araminta is great, and now that Arabella is relatively popular, won't seem particularly 'out there', I think.

oh dear.... its not the worst name, but it is..awful.

sorry OP - poor kid!!

Is Stanley still a working class name? All the little Stanleys I know have parents towards the upper-middle class end of the scale with hispsterish leanings.

I like it, but prefer Hilda

It's a bit tennis club. It definitely doesn't go with Elsie and doesn't go with Stanley but in fairness OP hasn't specified that it needs to go with her son's name.

Anyone over a certain age is going to immediately think of the boxer Alan Minter. I knew an Araminta who would be late 40’s now, she really went through it with the boxer pisstake.

is your surname Fortesque....its a posh sloane name.....doesnt go with Stanley which i love, your choice though. Only Minty i know was in Eastenders and was a bloke!

It’s a tad pretentious, but then you probably know that.

I like Araminta.

Fwiw, the one Minty I knew was short for Clementine.

I like the name but it does not go with Elsie

This.

Actually like the name, but think I have to disagree regarding the need for spelling it, I have a short, more common name which should be super easy to spell and still people get it wrong or asking me to spell it out.

It’s okay. Sounds like aromatic - where did Marnie come from??

It’s likely to get shortened to Aram, Arry (Frank Bruno), or Minty which to me are quite boyish.

Up to you though, your baby.

It's a Noamita from me

It doesn’t work with Elsie though, the a and the e are difficult to get off the tongue.

I don't think it goes with Elsie, but I do like it.
Prefer Ada Elsie
Harriet Elsie
Winifred Elsie

I like it, and I also like Minty, but it definitely doesn't go with Elsie. (imo Elsie matches Stanley. Araminta matches Charles or Sebastian.)