Given name
Hermelinda
“bearing a powerful shield”
Hermelinda is used as a given name. One Spanish interpretation is “bearing a powerful shield.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “bearing a powerful shield.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
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
Hermelinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,039
- 0 boys · 2,039 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 59 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,087 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,087 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 59 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,339 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.
Hermelinda’s family of names
Hermelinda has a related form in Hermalinda. Hermelinda has a related form in Hermalenda. Hermelinda has a related form in Hermalynda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hermelinda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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