Hermione
Hermione is a feminine given name derived from the Greek messenger god Hermes. Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology. It was also the name of an early Christian martyr, Hermione of Ephesus, and of a character in William Shakespeare’s play The Winter's Tale.
- Greek Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Hermione
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hermione is a feminine given name derived from the Greek messenger god Hermes. Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology. It was also the name of an early Christian martyr, Hermione of Ephesus, and of a character in William Shakespeare’s play The Winter's Tale.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek Mythology
The Story of Hermione
The earliest SSA record of Hermione as a baby girl name dates back to 1898, when 6 babies received it. 2026 was its biggest year on record, with 127 newborns named Hermione — #1,631 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Hermione on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Hermione ranks #1,631 for baby girls with 127 births, rising sharply (+43% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Hermione
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- Hermione of Ephesus (died 117 A.D.), an early Christian martyr
- Hermione Asachi (1821–1900), Romanian writer and translator
- Hermione Baddeley (1906–1986), English actress
- Hermione Cobbold (1905–2004), British matriarch
- Hermione Cock (1904–2015), British female supercentenarian
- Hermione Cockburn (born 1973), British TV and radio presenter
- Hermione Corfield (born 1993), English actress and model
- Hermione Cronje , South African prosecutor
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About the name Hermione
Hermione is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1898 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Hermione's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #1,502. Use the chart and map above to compare Hermione'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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