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Mintie

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Pronounced MIN-tee /ˈmɪn.ti/Medium

Meaning: Mintie is a homey pet form, most likely of Araminta or its short form Minta, an eighteenth-century literary name; it also chimes with the plant word 'mint'. It stood as a given name in the vintage manner.Low

In 30 seconds: Mintie is a vintage pet form, likely of Araminta or Minta. A rare nineteenth-century name, said MIN-tee.
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Origin LowEnglish, American
MeaningMintie is a homey pet form, most likely of Araminta or its short form Minta, an eighteenth-century literary name; it also chimes with the plant word 'mint'. It stood as a given name in the vintage manner.
U.S. rank (1943)#5151 ↘ Falling
1943 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1885
Total births (all-time)≈ 446

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 188818801943

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Mintie is an affectionate pet form, most plausibly of Araminta or its clip Minta, a name invented for the stage in the seventeenth century; the sound also brushes against the fresh plant word 'mint'. Like many Victorian diminutives, Mintie was recorded as a given name in its own right, especially in rural America.

It was always rare, given to only about twenty girls a year around its 1885 peak - one of the earliest peaks in this group - and it faded by the mid-twentieth century. A Mintie would be of great-great-grandparent age now, and the name reads as a deep-vintage endearment.

Did you know? Araminta was a coined literary name of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and Harriet Tubman's birth name was Araminta - the fuller name behind cozy short forms like Minta and Mintie.
Overall data confidence 30%
References - Mintie — Diminutive, likely of Araminta/Minta; 'mint' echo; route uncertain

Variations

MintaAramintaMinty

Nicknames

MinMinta

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Araminta— the fuller literary parent name
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Frequently Asked

What does the name Mintie mean?

It is a pet form, most likely of Araminta or Minta, and it also echoes the plant word 'mint'.

How do you pronounce Mintie?

It is said MIN-tee /ˈmɪn.ti/, two syllables with the stress on the first.

Is Mintie a boy or girl name?

Mintie has been used as a girl's name.

Is Mintie a popular name?

No, it was always rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the eighteen-eighties.

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