Given name & surname
Ermine
“a wealthy woman”
Ermine is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a wealthy woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a wealthy woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ermine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 589
- 67 boys · 522 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 29 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 7 in 1959. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1917. 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.
Ermine’s family of names
Ermine has a related form in Hermine. Ermine has a related form in Ermina. Ermine has a related form in Ermie.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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People named Ermine
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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