Given name
Herminio
“a soldier”
Herminio is a variant of Herman. One German interpretation is “a soldier.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Herminio is a variant of Herman. One German interpretation is “a soldier.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Herminio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,419
- 1,419 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,644 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.
Herminio’s family of names
Herminio has a related form in Herman.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Herminio
- Herminio MasantonioArgentine footballer (1910-1956)
- Herminio MenéndezCanoe racerborn 1953
- Herminio Díaz ZabalaSpanish bicycle racerborn 1964
- Herminio MirandaParaguayan footballer (1985-)
- Herminio GiménezParaguayan musician (1905–1991)
- Herminio IglesiasArgentine politician (1929–2007)
- Herminio HidalgoPanamanian wrestlerborn 1962
- Herminio TevesFilipino businessman and politician1920–2019
- Harry RoquePhilippine lawyer and neonationalist politicianborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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