Given name
Wilhemina
“determined protector”
Wilhemina is a variant of Wilhelmina. In German use, Wilhelmina carries the interpretation “determined protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wilhemina is a variant of Wilhelmina. In German use, Wilhelmina carries the interpretation “determined protector.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wilhemina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 956
- 0 boys · 956 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #17,132 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 17,132 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 559 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.
Wilhemina’s family of names
Wilhemina has a related form in Wilhelmina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Wilhemina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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