'araminta' is likely a literary elaboration of the name 'Aminta' (Italian), where the element 'am-' traces to Latin 'amare' meaning 'to love', with an added prefix-like element 'Ara-' forming the fuller name 'Araminta'.

'Araminta' developed in English usage in the 17th–18th centuries as an elaborated form of the name 'Aminta' (itself known from Italian literature such as Tasso's 'Aminta'), and thereafter entered use as a given name in Britain and America.

Initially tied to the root sense related to 'love' via 'Aminta' ('to love'), over time 'Araminta' evolved into a personal name without an active lexical meaning; its modern significance is primarily as a proper name.