Given name
Hermia
“a messenger of the gods”
Hermia has a classical root and a place in Shakespeare’s dream-filled comedy.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Greek use, Hermia carries the interpretation “a messenger of the gods.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Hermia is used as a feminine counterpart of Hermes.
The story
Hermia is a character in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The name connects with the Greek god Hermes; in German naming it can also be treated as a Latinate version of Hermine.
Hermia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 0 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 9 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 5 in 1918. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1914. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 146 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.
Hermia’s family of names
Hermia is a feminine form of Hermes. Hermia has a related form in Herminia. Hermia has a related form in Hermila.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Hermionevariant
- Herminevariant
- Herminavariant
- Hermavariant
- Hermeniavariant
- Herminiavariant
- Hermilavariant
- Hermildavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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