Ermyntrude Forename

1,430,306th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Ermyntrude Forename Definition:

A female name. Old German Ermentrudis, Ermandrud, compound of Ermin, the name of a demigod, and drudi 'strength’. It was used in England in the 18th and 19th C by romantic writers and sometimes as an actual christian name. Ermegarde, with the same first element, is still common in Germany in the form Irmgard and was in use in England in the 12th to 13th C in the form Ermengarde, though this may have been a survival of the corresponding Old English Eormengard, which is on record.

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Ermyntrude Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
221:16,478,954142,653
South Africa
 
80%
71:7,790,378138,656
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
71:194,48810,722
England
100%
51:11,120,58476,686
Barbados-21:144,8942,643
Grenada
100%
21:54,0623,078
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
21:55,7904,636
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222
Zimbabwe-11:15,423,817113,731

Ermyntrude Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. Old German Ermentrudis, Ermandrud, compound of Ermin, the name of a demigod, and drudi 'strength’. It was used in England in the 18th and 19th C by romantic writers and sometimes as an actual christian name. Ermegarde, with the same first element, is still common in Germany in the form Irmgard and was in use in England in the 12th to 13th C in the form Ermengarde, though this may have been a survival of the corresponding Old English Eormengard, which is on record. Old English Eormengild also survived and is found as late as the 19th C in the form Armigil.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ermintrude9036/
Ermentrude9013/
Irmyntrude901/
Hermintrude861/
Ermmentrude861/
Irmentrude803/
Ermintruda801/
Irmintrude801/
Ermentrudis762/
Irmmentrude761/

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