Irma

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Gender Feminine
Usage German, English, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Hungarian (Rare), Ancient Germanic
Scripts ირმა(Georgian)
Pronounced Pron. IR-ma(German)
 UR-mə(English)
 EER-mah(Finnish)
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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

VariantsErma(English) Emma, Ima(Ancient Germanic)
DiminutiveIrmuska(Hungarian)
Other Languages & CulturesEma(Croatian) Ema(Czech) Emma(Danish) Emma, Emmy, Emy(French) Emma(Icelandic) Emma(Norwegian) Ema(Portuguese) Ema(Slovak) Ema(Slovene) Emma, Emmy(Swedish)

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Sources & References

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

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