Girl · Old High German
Irma
Say it: IR-mah
Meaning
Short form of names beginning with Germanic ermen/irmin 'whole, great', such as Irmgard.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Became popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Germany and the United States.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 73,700 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1905, about 1 in 681 girls
- 69 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Erma
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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