Given name
Hermalinda
“bearing a powerful shield”
Hermalinda is a variant of Hermelinda. One Spanish interpretation is “bearing a powerful shield.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hermalinda is a variant of Hermelinda. One Spanish interpretation is “bearing a powerful shield.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hermalinda is a variant of Hermelinda. An origin associated with Hermelinda is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hermalinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 0 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 8 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 1965. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 225 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.
Hermalinda’s family of names
Hermalinda has a related form in Hermelinda.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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