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Does anyone know the origin and pronunciation of these names? Ymre Stiekema is a Dutch model. Her daughter is called Lymée. I tried searching at the Nederlandse Voornamenbank but it didn't list the meanings of the names.
I thought Ymre could come from Imre, but Imre is a Hungarian masculine name and Ymre is feminine.
I thought Ymre could come from Imre, but Imre is a Hungarian masculine name and Ymre is feminine.
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Ymre isn't listed in my Dutch name dictionary. Imre is, but it's listed as the male Hungarian name. The closest it comes to Ymre besides that with a feminine form is Ymke (and Ymkje, Ymme, Ympkje, Ymtsje, Imme) all of which are listed as a form of Ime (m). Ime is a strongly shortened name for Germanic names which contain the element ermen (like Ermenrich and Irmentrud for example).
Another name that comes close is Irme, which is listed as a form of Irminbert. So it basically refers to the same as the other forms; the element ermen.
I'm not 100% sure, since the name Ymre itself isn't listed, but if it's not meant as a feminization of Imre, I'd suspect it's likely of a name with the ermen ("universal, whole, great").
Googling Lymée in Dutch leads to some remarks that they apparently made up the name themselves. I really never heard of it (and I'm Dutch) and the name doesn't even look Dutch at all. In my name dictionary the closest I get is Lymke (f), which is a feminine form of Limme (m), which is a shortened version of names starting with the element liud (meaning "people") where the second stem of the name starts with an m-. An example of this is Litman (liud "people" & man "man"). Maybe their choice was influenced by Limme or Lymke with some inspiration af the ending of the here more common Esmée. Again, I'm not 100% sure, I only read that they made it up from second hand sources.
EDITED - I tried to find the video and indeed: Ymre said they made up Lymée themselves.
Another name that comes close is Irme, which is listed as a form of Irminbert. So it basically refers to the same as the other forms; the element ermen.
I'm not 100% sure, since the name Ymre itself isn't listed, but if it's not meant as a feminization of Imre, I'd suspect it's likely of a name with the ermen ("universal, whole, great").
Googling Lymée in Dutch leads to some remarks that they apparently made up the name themselves. I really never heard of it (and I'm Dutch) and the name doesn't even look Dutch at all. In my name dictionary the closest I get is Lymke (f), which is a feminine form of Limme (m), which is a shortened version of names starting with the element liud (meaning "people") where the second stem of the name starts with an m-. An example of this is Litman (liud "people" & man "man"). Maybe their choice was influenced by Limme or Lymke with some inspiration af the ending of the here more common Esmée. Again, I'm not 100% sure, I only read that they made it up from second hand sources.
EDITED - I tried to find the video and indeed: Ymre said they made up Lymée themselves.
This message was edited 5/5/2013, 9:31 AM
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Thanks!
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