[4] The family hails from the clan of Ratsha, a court servant (tiun) to Prince Vsevolod II of Kiev.

[6] The Russian and Nordic Aminovs are a lineage of the Kuritsyn boyar family, who, in turn, were offspring of the Novgorodian Kamensky clan.

[9] In 1611, Fyodor Grigoryevich Aminov surrendered Ivangorod Fortress to the Swedes during the Ingrian War and switched to their side.

[11][12] Aminev and his sons were naturalized into the Swedish nobility with a new surname Aminoff by the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus.

[14] The Finnish War 1808-1809 separated the two branches between Sweden and the newly formed Grand Duchy of Finland in Russian Empire.

[14] After 1809 Gregor Carl Georg Aminoff was Adjutant and Cabinet Chamberlain to King Gustav V of Sweden[11] Alexis Aminoff was an Ambassador and Chamberlain of Prince Carl, Duke and Princess Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland.

[14] Professor Gregori Aminoff (1883-1947) was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science.

[14] Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland Alexander I granted him the title of Count in 1819.

[14] Lieutenant Colonel Berndt Jonas Aminoff commanded a Finnish Jaeger Regiment in Saint Petersburg during the Napoleonic Wars between 1812 and 1815.

[14] General of the Infantry, Count Adolf Aminoff was a member of the imperial retinue of Emperor Alexander II.

[14] Emperor Alexander III made a visit to Count Aminoff's Riilahti Manor in Bromarv, Finland.

[22] Colonel Berndt Adolf Carl Gregori Aminoff enhanced the construction of the House of Nobility in Helsinki.

[26][27] The Finnish branch is reportedly seen as one of the biggest noble families of Finland,[28] in terms of number of members, along with Schauman, Blåfield and Ehrnrooth.