Given name & surname

Ermina

“a wealthy woman”

Ermina is a variant of Ermine. One Latin interpretation is “a wealthy woman.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ermina is a variant of Ermine. One Latin interpretation is “a wealthy woman.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Ermina is a variant of Ermine. An origin associated with Ermine is Latin.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Ermina through the years

Babies since 1880
291
0 boys · 291 girls
Most popular year
1917
20 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02040601900192019401960198020002025Highest share 18860.0
Ermina in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1885–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 459 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.

Ermina’s family of names

Ermina has a related form in Ermine. In Greek usage, Ermina is a transliteration of Ερμίνα.

Walk Ermina’s family in the name graph

ErminaΕρμίναErmine

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Ermina

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Ermina, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

English · Old-fashioned

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“filled with grace”

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“one who is complete; universal”

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Old-fashioned

Elinore

“shining light”

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German

Verena

“protector and defender”

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German · Old-fashioned

Elma

“having God's protection”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Ermina’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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