Erminie
Erminie is a feminine given name related to the Old German word element ermen, meaning wholeness. A variant, Ermine, is considered a feminine version of Herman that was influenced by associations with the fur of the ermine, which was traditionally worn by members of the peerage. Notable people with the name include:Erminie Cohen (1926–2019), Canadian politician Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin…
Meaning & Origin of Erminie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Erminie is a feminine given name related to the Old German word element ermen, meaning wholeness. A variant, Ermine, is considered a feminine version of Herman that was influenced by associations with the fur of the ermine, which was traditionally worn by members of the peerage. Notable people with the name include:Erminie Cohen (1926–2019), Canadian politician Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin…
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The Story of Erminie
Erminie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1907, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1921: 8 births, good for #3,666 nationwide. About 54% of every Erminie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Erminie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1930, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 63 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Erminie
Erminie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1907 and has accumulated 63 births in the dataset. Erminie's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #3,666. Use the chart and map above to compare Erminie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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