Ermelinda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- er-meh-LEEN-dah
- Origin
- Germanic
Ermelinda is a girls' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ermelinda mean?
Germanic: Romance-language form of Ermelinde, from Germanic ermen 'whole, universal'
A Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Ermelinde, a Germanic name built on ermen, 'universal'.
Is Ermelinda a girl's or a boy's name?
Ermelinda is a girls' name.
How popular is Ermelinda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1964, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Ermelinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ermelinda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 28 | #2,599 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,632 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,190 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,835 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,988 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,368 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,233 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,984 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,562 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,181 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,052 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,916 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,660 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,891 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,338 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,927 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
Names like Ermelinda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Linda, Elizabeth, Ramona, Virginia, Regina, Loretta, Teresa, Laura, Veronica, Rebecca, Eloisa, Priscilla
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ermelinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ermelinda, updated 20 October 2026.