Girl · Greek
Hermione
Say it: her-MY-uh-nee
Meaning
A feminine name formed from Hermes, the messenger god.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' and in 19th-century England; known today mostly from the Harry Potter books.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,331 babies given this name since 1898
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 17,600 girls
- 91 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Greece800 BC to 146 BC
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Greek | Ermioni |
|---|---|
| Italian | Ermione |
Famous bearers
- Hermione, daughter of Helen in Greek myth
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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