Irma

Gender Feminine
Usage German, English, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Slovene, Germanic [1]
Scripts ირმა(Georgian)
Pronounced Pron. IR-ma(German) UR-mə(English) EER-mah(Finnish) EER-ma(Spanish) EER-maw(Hungarian)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

German short form of names beginning with the Old German element irmin meaning "whole, great" (Proto-Germanic *ermunaz). It is thus related to Emma. It began to be regularly used in the English-speaking world in the 19th century.

Related Names

VariantsErma(English) Emma, Ima(Germanic)
Other Languages & CulturesEma(Bosnian) Emma(Catalan) Ema(Croatian) Ema(Czech) Emma, Emmy, Emy(French) Ime, Imke(Frisian) Emma(Icelandic) Imke(Low German) Emma(Norwegian) Irmina(Polish) Ema(Portuguese) Ema(Slovak)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   strong   strange   simple   serious   nerdy  

Name Days

Austria: February 19
Czechia: September 10
Estonia: March 31
Finland: March 31
Hungary: May 3
Latvia: October 13
Lithuania: March 20
Poland: September 18
Poland: December 24
Slovakia: November 14
Sweden: April 7

Categories

completion, currently out of the US top 1000, Edens Zero characters, Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest, Fire Emblem characters, greatness, Harry Potter characters, isograms, Maud Hart Lovelace characters, My Summer Car characters, pop music, pop singers, R'n'B singers, retired Atlantic hurricane names, rock singers, Shining characters, storms, WITCH characters, Xeno characters

Sources & References

  1. Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 470.
Entry updated December 7, 2022