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 [ 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 Italian Amintore and the Greek Amyntor. Forms of the name include the Spanish Aminda, the English Amynta, and the English Arminta. Other variants of Aminta include the English pet form Minty and the English short form Minta. See also the related form, the English Araminta. 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, German, and Scandinavian Amata, the Spanish Aminda, the English and Indian Amita, the English Amity, the Tamil Amutha, the English Anadia, the Armenian Anahid, the Indian Ananda, the Indian Anandi, the Indian Ananta, the Indian Anantha, the English and Spanish Anita, the Italian Annetta, the Greek Annthea, the English and German Anthea, the English Anthia, and the name Onida. 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)"   |
