Given name & surname
Irmgard
“a universal woman”
Irmgard is a variant of Irma. One German interpretation is “a universal woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Irmgard is a variant of Irma. One German interpretation is “a universal woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Irmgard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 469
- 0 boys · 469 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 28 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 6 in 1962. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,740 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.
Irmgard’s family of names
In German usage, Irmgard has a diminutive in Imke. Irmgard has a related form in Irma. In German usage, Irmgard has a related form in ARMGARD.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Irmgard has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
10 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Irmavariant
- Irmdiminutive · gmw-ecg
- Irmengardvariant · German
- Imkediminutive · German
- Ermengardevariant · German, English
- Irmingardvariant · German
- Irmgartvariant · German
- Imgardvariant · German
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Irmgard
- Irm HermannGerman actress (1942–2020)
- Irmgard KeunGerman writer (1905-1982)
- Irmgard SeefriedAustrian soprano of German birth (1919–1988)
- Irmgard PraetzGerman athletics competitor1920–2008
- Irmgard Flügge-LotzGerman mathematician (1903–1974)
- Irmgard GrissAustrian jurist and politicianborn 1946
- Irmgard Furchnerstutthof concentration camp personnel1925–2025
- Irmgard of ChiemseeBeatified German nun831–866
- Saint IrmgardisGerman saint1000–1065
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