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In the entire world, Aminta (Aminta , อมินตา , Amyntas ) is quite a common dominantly female, but uncommonly masculine first name. The first name Aminta is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Panama, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Mexico, the United States, and Colombia. Also, Aminta is the last name as well as the forename.
Aminta is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Aminta , the shepherd, protagonist of the play Aminta by Torquato Tasso and its derivatives; Aminta , the operatic character in the opera L'Olimpiade by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, L’olimpiade; Aminta , the operatic character in the opera Il re pastore by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; a shepherd, rightful heir to Sidon; Aminta , the operatic character in the opera Euridice (Caccini) and Aminta , the operatic character in the opera Die schweigsame Frau by Richard Strauss; Henry Morosus wife, among other works.