I know a girl called
Minta (not short for
Araminta) who's very lovely and I always thought it was quite pretty - Mint, however, loses the "feminine touch" of the -a and feels a bit abrupt, and I'm not a big fan of the name coming directly from the herb.
"Do you not find it happens very often, that you are as gay as Garrick at dinner and then by supper-time you wonder why God made the world?"