Comments for the name Irma

Irma is also Spanish in usage. In this language it is sometimes confused with Inma (short form of Inmaculada). They are different names - while Inma (Inmaculada) is Latin, Irma is Germanic, and Inma is a short form of a name, not Irma.

Shirley MacLaine played the title role in the 1963 movie "Irma la Douce."

This name also means in Portuguese "sister".

Irma Gobb is the name of Mr Bean's girlfriend in the children's cartoon.

Irma Lair is the water guardian in the TV/book/comic series WITCH.

Also a feminine name in Slovenia. [noted -ed]

This name sounds horrible in English, but Europeans pronounce it in a bearable way (aside from the Brits, of course, ha ha). It's a bit of a grandmother name, but it's not as bad as Elma and Alma for some reason, despite the two having a softer sound. Certainly not a name I'd use for my daughter, but bearable if pronounced the non-English way.

Irma was a recurring character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series. She was a friend of April O'Neil.

I prefer the name Emma, than Irma.

Irma Grese was a Nazi and a concentration camp guard. She was probably one of the most well-known female Nazis. She was quite cruel to inmates, and has thus kind of ruined the name for me.

The German pronunciation is EER-mah. [noted -ed]

This isn't right. In German we pronounce it 'ürmah', the 'i' has nearly no sound.

I know a young woman whose given name is Irmela, a diminutive of Irma. Her German father pronounces it IR-me-la, and her English mother (and all her friends) say ER-me-la.

Actually it is pronounced IRR-mah (it might sound almost like Ür-mah). This my grandma's name. We live in Germany.

Actually, this is my grandfather's name, though he pronounces it EAR-ma. I am not sure where this comes from. Still, this name in English sounds like it belongs to an old woman.

This is what my friend calls me. It sounds like my real name, Emma.

The name Irma is on the 2017 storm name list. Starting in 2017, Irma will be used, replacing the name Irene, which was retired after Hurricane Irene in 2011.

I like it pronounced eer-ma. Ur-ma is kind of ugly.