Ermengarde

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proper noun

A female given name from Old English.

OriginProto-Germanic *ermunaz →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. rareA female given name from Old English.

    "What is your name?" she said. [...] "My name's Ermengarde St. John," she answered. / "Mine is Sara Crewe," said Sara. "Yours is very pretty. It sounds like a story-book."

    1905, Frances Hodgson Burnett, “Ermengarde”, in A Little Princess: […], New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 26

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*ermunaz“all,whole”
  2. EnglishErmengarde

From the Old English name reinforced by its Norman cognate, from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz (“all,whole”) + *gardaz (“enclosure”), "strong protection". Cognate with the German saint's name Irmgard.

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Translations

French Ermengarde
  • Ermengardefemale given name
German Irmgard
  • Irmgardfemale given name
Italian Ermengarda
  • Ermengardafemale given name
Cite this entry
APA

Ermengarde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ermengarde

MLA

“Ermengarde.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ermengarde. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ermengarde,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ermengarde.

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