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Irma
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irma irmá irmã
English
Alternative forms
en Erma
Etymology
From en de Irma in the nineteenth century. Short form of en gem names beginning with irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire", from en gem-pro *ermunaz. Cognate with en Emma.
Proper noun
en female Germanic languages.
en 1939 Herbert Ernest Bates The Flying Goat 52 Ulverscroft Large Print Books 1995 0708934234 - - -, she thanked God for Irma: thanked God that Irma's hair was rich and beautiful, that she had the aristocratic richness of a name like Irma and not the common poverty of a name like May or Flo;
en village p/Alberta c/Canada.
en village r/Lombardy c/Italy.
en unincorporated community s/Wisconsin.
Anagrams
en aimr Rima raim rami AMIR Mari Amir Mira RIMA amir mair rima Rami RAIM Mair
Albanian
Proper noun
f
sq female
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
cs female Irma
Declension
f
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female of da de - origin
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from nl de Irma.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɪr.maː/
nl Nl-Irma.ogg
nl Ir ma
Proper noun
f
nl female
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female of et de - origin
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Irmuson Irmudóttir
Declension
Irma Irmu Irmu Irmu
Finnish
Etymology
From fi de Irma in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
Declension
Irm a
Related terms
fi Irmeli
Statistics
dvv_20250813 8929 1065 84
References
Anagrams
fi aimr Armi Mari Mira Rami armi mari rami rima
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr female Irma
German
Etymology
Short form of female compound given names beginning with the de gem element irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire". Made popular through nineteenth century German fiction.
Pronunciation
de De-Irma.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female
1865 Berthold Auerbach, Auf der Hohe (translated as On the Heights by Simon Adler Stern):
de Die Angst gewann die Uebermacht, und wie ein Hülfeschrei aus der Tiefe rang sich von die Lippen der Königin der Ruf los: "Irma! Irma!" und Irma! Irma! tönte es wieder und wieder von den Bergen. Die weite Welt ringsum rief den Namen Irma... Fear gained the mastery and, with a wailing shriek for help, she cried out: "Irma! Irma!" and "Irma, Irma" was echoed again and again from the mountains. The whole world was shouting Irma's name.
Related terms
de Irmgard
de Irmela, de Irmelin
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1888. From lv de Irma.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Irma was the only given name of 803 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
i̇̀rma
Proper noun
f
lt female
Slovak
Etymology
sk :der de:Irma + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f Irmuška
sk female
Declension
f
Derived terms
sk Hypocoristics Irmuša Irmuľa
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Irma
Swedish
Etymology
From sv de Irma. First recorded in Sweden in 1868.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Irma.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
Anagrams
sv aimr Mari