Irma
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Given Name IRMA

GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: German, English, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Hungarian (Rare), Ancient Germanic
OTHER SCRIPTS: ირმა (Georgian)
PRONOUNCED: IR-ma (German), UR-mə (English), EER-mah (Finnish)  [details]

Meaning & History

German short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ermen, which meant "whole, universal". It is thus related to EMMA. It began to be regularly used in the English-speaking world in the 19th century.

Related Names

VARIANTS: Erma (English), Emma, Ima (Ancient Germanic)
DIMINUTIVE: Irmuska (Hungarian)
OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Ema (Croatian), Ema (Czech), Emma (Danish), Emma (French), Emma (Icelandic), Emma (Norwegian), Ema (Portuguese), Ema (Slovak), Ema (Slovene), Emma (Swedish)

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Sources & References

  • Ernst Förstemann, Altdeutsches namenbuch (1900), page 470

Categories

currently out of the US top 1000, retired Atlantic hurricane names, storms
Entry updated December 8, 2017