Hermelinda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- er-meh-LEEN-dah
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Hermelinda is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “great + gentle”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Hermelinda mean?
Germanic: Spanish form of the Germanic name Ermelinda
“great + gentle”
An old Germanic name kept alive in Spain, Portugal and Latin America as Ermelinda or Hermelinda.
Is Hermelinda a girl's or a boy's name?
Hermelinda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hermelinda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Hermelinda, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1953, with 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more girls named Hermelinda than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Hermelinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hermelinda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,212 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,747 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,375 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 32 | #2,079 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,768 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,835 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,753 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,112 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,837 |
| 1960 | 48 | #1,616 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,740 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,629 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,680 |
| 1956 | 41 | #1,661 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,802 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,676 |
| 1953 | 59 | #1,260 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,486 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,361 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,494 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,511 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,385 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,544 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,918 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,940 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,807 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,916 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,875 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,525 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,836 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,522 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,169 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,291 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
Nicknames for Hermelinda
- Linda 15 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Hermelinda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Linda, Ramona, Priscilla, Alicia, Rebecca, Paula, Teresa, Veronica, Diana, Regina, Rosalinda, Barbara
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, “Hermelinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hermelinda, updated 20 October 2026.