Given name
Ermalinda
“one who is complete; universal”
Ermalinda is a variant of Erma. One German interpretation is “one who is complete; universal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ermalinda is a variant of Erma. One German interpretation is “one who is complete; universal.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ermalinda is a variant of Erma. An origin associated with Erma is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ermalinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 331
- 0 boys · 331 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 320 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ermalinda’s family of names
Ermalinda has a related form in Erma.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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