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Aminta - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Aminta
 
 

 



[ 3 syll. a-min-ta, am-i-nta ] The girl name Aminta is pronounced ahMIHNTah KEY. Aminta is of Old Greek origin. It is used mainly in English and Italian. Derived from the word amyntor with the meaning 'protector, defender'. The name was made known by the pastoral play Aminta (1573) by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso. It was later revived during the 17th century Restoration, and was often used as a poetic name. It later appeared as the name Minta Doyle in Virginia Woolf's novel To the Lighthouse (1927). Aminta is the feminine equivalent of the Greek Amyntor.

Forms of Aminta include the Spanish Aminda, the English Amynta, and the English Arminta. Other variants of the name include the English pet form Minty and the English short form Minta.

Aminta is not popular as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Aminta include the Spanish Amada, the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Amanda, the English Amandah, the Spanish and German Amata, the Spanish Aminda, the English Amita, the English Amity, the Armenian Anahid, the Spanish Anita, the Greek Annthea, the English and German Anthea, the English Anthia, the English Onita, the Italian Amedea, the Arabic Aminata, the English Amynta, the German Anahita, the English Andi, the English Andie, the English Andy, the French Anett, the French Anette, the Dutch Annet, the French Annett, the French Annette, the Italian Antea, the English Chaunta, the English Chauntay, the English Chauntelle, the Turkish Umut, the English Ande, and the English Chaunte.

KEY: Pronunciation for Aminta: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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