Irma

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Female Female Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Short form of Old High German names containing the name element IRM [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Related Names

Irbmá
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Sami
Irma
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Faroese Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Irmi
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Swedish
Irmý
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Icelandic

See also Erma, Imma, Irmela, Irmelin

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Irmuson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Irmudóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see IRM (name element)

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Irma
Genitive: Irmas
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Irma
Accusative: Irmu
Dative: Irmu
Genitive: Irmu
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Irma
Genitive: Irman
Partitive: Irmaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Irma
Accusative: Irmu
Dative: Irmu
Genitive: Irmu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Irma
Genitive: Irmas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Irma
Genitive: Irmas

Name Days

Finland Finland

31 March

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

31 March

Sweden Sweden

7 April

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Finland Finland[11]
n.a.
19955
n.a.
19955 0 0
Sweden Sweden[12]
4318 8171 4316 8167 2 4
Denmark Denmark[13]
1377
n.a.
1377
n.a.
0
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[14]
46 61
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[15]
440
n.a.
440
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[16]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Irma (f) Sources: [12][13][15][11]


References

  1. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  7. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  9. Digitalarkivet at arkivverket.no, http://www.arkivverket.no
  10. 10.0 10.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  11. 11.0 11.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  12. 12.0 12.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  13. 13.0 13.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  14. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  15. 15.0 15.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  16. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/