Given name & surname
Hermie
“a soldier”
In English use, Hermie is a diminutive of Herman. One German interpretation is “a soldier.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Hermie is a diminutive of Herman. One German interpretation is “a soldier.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hermie is a diminutive of Herman. Herman comes from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Hermie is a diminutive of Herman. In English usage, Hermie is a diminutive of Hermione.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Hermie is a diminutive of Hermione. The history of Hermione gives this family its wider story. In classical mythology, Hermione is the daughter of Helen and Menelaus and later marries Orestes. Shakespeare used the name for a central character in The Winter’s Tale.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Hermie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 317
- 12 boys · 305 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 1943. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 313 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 63,371 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hermie’s family of names
In English usage, Hermie is a diminutive of Herman. Hermie has a related form in Herman. In English usage, Hermie is a diminutive of Hermione.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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