Given name & surname
Hermina
“a messenger of the gods”
Hermina is a variant of Hermia. In Greek use, Hermia carries the interpretation “a messenger of the gods.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hermina is a variant of Hermia. In Greek use, Hermia carries the interpretation “a messenger of the gods.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hermina connects to the Hermes name family through Hermia. A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Hermina is a variant of Hermia. The history of Hermia gives this family its wider story. Hermia is a character in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Hermia connects with the Greek god Hermes; in German naming it can also be treated as a Latinate version of Hermine.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Hermina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,587
- 0 boys · 1,587 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 71 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 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 71 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 894 as a first name in 2020; 157 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hermina’s family of names
In German usage, Hermina has a related form in Hermine. In Polish usage, Hermina has a conventional equivalent in the French form Hermine. Hermina has a related form in Hermia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hermina
- Hermina PipinićCroatian actress (1928-2020)
- Princess Hermine of Schaumburg-LippeGerman noble1845–1930
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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