Irma

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proper noun

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

OriginGerman Irma ← Germanic ← Proto-Germanic *ermunaz →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Erma

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.

    - - -, 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;

    1939, Herbert Ernest Bates, The Flying Goat, Ulverscroft Large Print Books, published 1995, →ISBN, page 52
  2. A village in Alberta, Canada.
  3. A village in Lombardy, Italy.
  4. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*ermunaz
  2. Germanic
  3. GermanIrma
  4. EnglishIrma

From German Irma in the nineteenth century. Short form of Germanic names beginning with irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Cognate with English Emma.

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APA

Irma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irma

MLA

“Irma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irma. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Irma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irma.

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