Arminda

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Arminda is a feminine name derived from the Roman name Arminius.

Notable people with the name Arminda include:

  • Arminda, a main character in Mozart's opera La finta giardiniera.
  • Arminda, a character in the 1985 British video game Dread Dragon Doom
  • Arminda Aberastury (1910–1972), Argentinian psychoanalyst
  • Jane Arminda Delano (1862–1919), nurse and founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service
  • Arminda Schutte (1909–1995), Cuban pianist
  • Arminda Lopes Coelho de Mira (1887–1964), Portuguese physicist. Pioneered early studies on radioactivity and radiation in Portugal during the 1920s - relatively new concepts at the time.
  • Arminda Elisabeth, Countess von Schmettau (1676–1753), Prussian noblewoman

Flightless grasshopper genus:

  • Arminda (Orthoptera, Acrididae), on the Canary Islands