Minter Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Minter Name Origin

Get Free Updates about Family Crests, New Information, Stories, Special Offers and more with our Occasional Newsletter Updates

* indicates required

Email Address *

First Name *

Last Name

Origin of the Name Minter

The ancient history of the name Minter was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Minter is an occupational name meaning 'the minter', from a person who made his living manufacturing money. This name is usually of English descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in that country. Examples of such are a Henry le Munetar and a Geoffrey Monetare, both of Salop who were recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England , in the year 1273. Names were recorded in these documents to make it easier for their overlords to collect taxes and to keep records of the population at any given time. When the overlords acquired land by either force or gifts from their rulers, they created charters of ownership for themselves and their vassals. In Ireland the name Minter is derived from the native Gaelic Mac an tSaoir sept, taken from a Gaelic word meaning 'craftsman'. This name was also anglicized as MacAteer. Sometimes the 'mac' part of these names was changed to 'man' or 'min' thus giving 'Minter'.