Minta

English, diminutive of Araminta, invented hybrid name

"loveable; unyielding + defender; unfading"

Minta Origin and Meaning

The name Minta is a girl's name of English origin.

Minta is an eighteenth century short form of a literary beauty still used in England today, but yet to be discovered by American baby namers. It has a fresh and dainty feel.

Virtually unheard today, Minta was on the U.S. popularity lists for most years between 1880 and 1901. Minta (born Araminta) Durfee was a popular silent screen actress married to Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle; Minta Doyle was a character in the Virginia Woolf novel To the Lighthouse.

Minta Rank in US Top 1000

# 739 in the US

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Famous People Named Minta

• Araminta Estelle "Minta" Durfee American silent film actress

The name Minta in Pop Culture

• Araminta "Minta" Hurd character in 'Marcella' by Mrs Humphry Ward
• Minta Hoyer character in 'The Living' by Annie Dillard