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View Name: Hermione


HERMIONE
GENDER: Feminine
OTHER SCRIPTS: ‘Ερμιονη (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: hər-MIE-ə-nee (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Derived from the name of the Greek messenger god HERMES. In Greek myth Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen. This is also the name of the wife of Leontes in Shakespeare's play 'The Winter's Tale' (1610).



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