Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Erminia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Erminia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,497
- 0 boys · 1,497 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 39 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 8 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,043 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.
Erminia’s family of names
Erminia may belong to the same name family as ERMINNIA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Erminia
- Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoymarchduchess of Austria (1797-1817)
- Archduchess Hermine of AustriaArchduchess of Austria (1817-1842)
- Erminia Frezzolinisinger (1818-1884)
- Erminia Borghi-MamoItalian opera singer (1855–1941)
- Erminia MazzoniItalian politicianborn 1965
- Erminia Fuà FusinatoItalian poet, patriot (1834-1876)
- Erminia Dell'OroItalian writerborn 1938
- Erminia PerfettoItalian karatekaborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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