Comments for the name Wilhelmina

Pronounced Wele-mee-na, Queen of the Netherlands. Though she sought refuge in England in WW2, she still was consistant in encouraging the Dutch resistance.

Tbird is quite correct, in the Netherlands we pronounce it as: Will-hell-MEEN-ah.

A famous bearer was Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker, the main character in Bram Stoker's legendary horror novel "Dracula".

The French form of this name is Wilhelmine, a name borne by many Belgian and Luxembourgish royals.

Wilhelmina´s pet forms are Will, Billie, Mina, Wilusha, Wilma, Wilja.

Wilhelmina is the full name of Will in the European version of the WITCH comics.

It´s also the Czech and Slovak form. Name Day: 7th January.

Wilhelmina Slater is one of the main characters on the hit show Ugly Betty. She is played by Vanessa Williams, and is a conniving fashion editor willing to do anything to take over the magazine.

This name isn't often used in Spanish-speaking countries, but it's pronounced Wih-lehl-mih-nah. (The 'h' is not pronounced in Spanish.) I like this name, but a nickname is Willa, Wila in Spanish, which is slang for "prostitute". :(

Spanish speaking countries usually spell it as "GUILLERMINA" pronounced gee-yer-MI-na. It's very rare, its masculine form is more common. I'm from a Spanish speaking country, take my word not BornOnRoshHashanah, don't know where in the world does Wila means that!

Very outdated and elderly name.

I used to think this name was so old sounding -- but now I think it'd be really adorable on a little girl. :)

Strong and elegant.

Wilhelmina Cooper was a model in the 50s and 60s and the founder of modeling agency Wilhelmina Models.

Dutch pronunciation is wil-hel-MEE-nah.

I really love Wilhelmina because of Wilhelmina Harker. Another nickname for Wilhelmina is Minka.

This name is extremely hard to pronounce for me. Oddly enough I still like it.

This name is also used in Poland. I find it to be lovely. [noted -ed]

My mind goes blank just looking at the name. Hard to decide on its pronunciation. Very odd, very weird, very unpleasant name. What are the shorter versions? "Wil", or "Mina"? Whatever else you make out of it is stupid sounding and ugly.

Wilhelmina is so pretty. Nicknames Willa, Willow, Mina, Minka and Minnie.

I think this name is strong and elegant and has plenty of cute nicknames.

I really do love this name but I'm not sure my love of the name would be shared by everyone else.

I am learning German, and often a word / name starting with ' W ' is said as the English letter ' V ', even words we recognize. ( Such as 'Wind' )

Wilhelmina "Mina" Wylie was one of the first Australian female representatives at the Olympics. Mina won a silver; she was beaten by fellow Australian and friend Sarah "Fanny" Durack.

This name makes me think of Wilhelmina Slater from Ugly Betty; beautiful, witty and strong minded.