IRM

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old High German 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

irmina = 'all-encompassing, big' ^[1]
ermana = 'all-encompassing, big' ^[1]

Old High German

irmin = 'world, world wide, entire' ^[2]
ermen = 'world, world wide, entire' ^[2]

Related Names

See Arminius, Erma, Irma, Ema

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRT	see Ermanberht (German)
FRID	see Emfrid
GERD	see Irmingard (German)
MAR	see *Ermin-mēraz (German)
RIK	see Ermanrich (German) and Ermanareiks (Gothic)

First Element Forms

Arm-
Em- Eme- Emm- Emme-
Erman- Ermana- Erme- *Ermin- *Ermino-
Irm- Irme- Irmen- Irmin-
Jormun- Jórmun-

References

1. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)