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Army and man elements, through the German Hermann name family.
The exact German Hermine entry identifies a nineteenth-century feminine form of Hermann. The German Hermann entry derives the name from reconstructed Germanic harjaz and mann-, army and man, corresponding to a warrior compound. These are historical roots, not a gender rule or personality judgment. The separate Greek Hermione name is not assigned this derivation.
German feminine form of Hermann.
The reviewed German name entry dates this feminine form to the nineteenth century. The separate Greek Hermione history is not assigned to this spelling.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2011 | Girls | 5 | 3310 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 45 (rounded to 5) | 878 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 1973 | Girls | 8 | 6080 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact German section documents Hermine as a female given name, with an already reviewed native reading. No English dictionary reading is treated as interchangeable with the German pronunciation.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The exact German Hermine entry identifies a nineteenth-century feminine form of Hermann. The German Hermann entry derives the name from reconstructed Germanic harjaz and mann-, army and man, corresponding to a warrior compound. These are historical roots, not a gender rule or personality judgment. The separate Greek Hermione name is not assigned this derivation.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Documented German given-name reading. This is a source-language pronunciation, not a verified English guide; personal and regional readings can differ.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Nickname option: Mina can be used for Hermine. GfdS explicitly lists this longer form in its short-form account. The relationship applies to that naming tradition, not every Mina. Popularity statistics remain separate. Credit: Frauke Rüdebusch / Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache. Source: https://gfds.de/vorname-der-woche-mina/. License: Original factual summary; source rights retained (https://gfds.de/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names wrote a brief reverse-relationship summary, retaining conditional and language-specific usage; source passages, images and recordings are not reproduced.
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The reviewed German name entry dates this feminine form to the nineteenth century. The separate Greek Hermione history is not assigned to this spelling.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Explicit parent name of the feminine form in the reviewed German entry.
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Supporting evidence for this qualified name tradition. Adapted from Wiktionary contributors; source-language readings and reconstructed roots are kept distinct.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Supporting evidence for this qualified name tradition. Adapted from Wiktionary contributors; source-language readings and reconstructed roots are kept distinct.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The German Hermina entry explicitly records a variant of Hermine; this does not merge the names or assign every same-spelling language tradition one origin.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
