# Araminta

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**Araminta** is a feminine [given name](/source/Given_name) linked to the plant [Amaranth](/source/Amaranth).

## People with the given name

- Araminta Ross (1822–1913), African-American abolitionist who adopted the name [Harriet Tubman](/source/Harriet_Tubman)
- Araminta Estelle Durfee, the birth name of American screen actress [Minta Durfee](/source/Minta_Durfee) (1889–1975)
- [Lady Araminta Spencer-Churchill](/source/Lady_Araminta_Spencer-Churchill) (born 2007), British equestrian

## Use in fiction

- Araminta Lee, character in [Kevin Kwan](/source/Kevin_Kwan)'s novel *[Crazy Rich Asians](/source/Crazy_Rich_Asians)* (2013) and film based on the novel
- Araminta, character in [William Congreve](/source/William_Congreve)'s comedy *[The Old Bachelor](/source/The_Old_Bachelor)* (1693)
- Araminta, character in Sir [John Vanbrugh](/source/John_Vanbrugh)'s play *[The Confederacy](/source/The_Confederacy_(play))* (1705)
- Matilda Angelina Araminta Phelps, the name given to [Tom Sawyer](/source/Tom_Sawyer)'s baby cousin in Mark Twain's *[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](/source/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn)* (1884)
- Araminta, mother of Velvet Brown, the title heroine of [Enid Bagnold](/source/Enid_Bagnold)'s novel *[National Velvet](/source/National_Velvet)* (1935)
- Araminta Meliflua, a minor character in J. K. Rowling's *[Harry Potter](/source/Harry_Potter)* series
- [Araminta Spook](/source/Araminta_Spook), title character and protagonist of [Angie Sage](/source/Angie_Sage)'s *Araminta Spook/ie* series of children's books, first released in 2008
- Araminta, one of the main characters in the *[Void Trilogy](/source/Void_Trilogy)* from [Peter F. Hamilton](/source/Peter_F._Hamilton)
- Araminta Gunningworth, previously Reilling (née Wincheslea), Countess of Penwood, the main antagonist of the Regency romance novel *[An Offer from a Gentleman](/source/An_Offer_from_a_Gentleman)*, the third entry in the *[Bridgerton](/source/Bridgerton_(novel_series))* series by [Julia Quinn](/source/Julia_Quinn). She is portrayed by [Katie Leung](/source/Katie_Leung) as Araminta Gun in the fourth season of the [Netflix adaptation of the series](/source/Bridgerton).
- Araminta Cowper, Lady Cowper, mother of Cressida Cowper, in the first three seasons of Netflix adaptation of the *Bridgerton* series. She is portrayed by [Joanna Bobin](/source/Joanna_Bobin).
- Araminta "Minta" Herrick (née Cardew), one of the main characters in [Victoria Holt](/source/Victoria_Holt)'s *The Shadow of the Lynx*
- *[Araminta Station](/source/Araminta_Station)*, a science fiction novel by [Jack Vance](/source/Jack_Vance); first book of the *[Cadwal Chronicles](/source/Cadwal_Chronicles)*
- Araminta 'Minty' Cane, character from the TV series [*Moondial*](/source/Moondial_(TV_serial)) and the Helen Cresswell book it was based on
- Harriet Araminta Lee, main character from [Helen Oyeyemi](/source/Helen_Oyeyemi)'s novel, *Gingerbread*
- A similar name was used by poet [Richard Lovelace](/source/Richard_Lovelace_(poet)) for the title heroine of "Aramantha: A Pastorall" (1649)
- [John Dryden](/source/John_Dryden) used a variant of the masculine Greek name *[Amyntas](/source/Amyntas)* for a female character in "Go tell Amynta, gentle swain" (1680s)

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