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Meaning, origin and history of the name Irma

  • ️Mike Campbell

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German short form of names beginning with the Old German element irmin meaning "whole, great" (Proto-Germanic *ermunaz). It is thus related to Emma. It began to be regularly used in the English-speaking world in the 19th century.

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  1. Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 470.