Irma Forename
499th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,482,212 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Irma Forename Definition:
F. Is this cognate with the Lithuanian m. Ermas, ‘a stranger’ in Teutonic? Or is it, more probably, a contraction of the pious and charitable St. Irmina (d. 710)?
Irma Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 377,044 | 1:329 | 65 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 162,887 | 1:1,584 | 131 |
| Argentina | 100% | 137,405 | 1:311 | 74 |
| United States | 100% | 135,758 | 1:2,670 | 474 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 76,540 | 1:210 | 30 |
| Germany | 100% | 72,401 | 1:1,335 | 274 |
| Peru | 100% | 54,320 | 1:585 | 98 |
| Colombia | 100% | 34,536 | 1:1,383 | 210 |
| Chile | 100% | 31,486 | 1:559 | 127 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 29,288 | 1:121 | 23 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 28,712 | 1:1,052 | 167 |
| Brazil | 100% | 26,999 | 1:7,935 | 957 |
| Honduras | 100% | 26,784 | 1:329 | 45 |
| Italy | 100% | 23,580 | 1:2,590 | 322 |
| Ecuador | - | 20,902 | 1:848 | 170 |
| Cuba | - | 19,357 | 1:594 | 149 |
| El Salvador | - | 19,142 | 1:331 | 52 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 16,865 | 1:1,002 | 218 |
| Georgia | 100% | 15,496 | 1:241 | 41 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 15,251 | 1:695 | 175 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 14,148 | 1:512 | 106 |
| Finland | 100% | 13,594 | 1:403 | 113 |
| Philippines | 99% | 13,577 | 1:7,808 | 1,135 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 8,131 | 1:422 | 94 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 7,214 | 1:1,139 | 244 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5,817 | 1:1,975 | 446 |
| Hungary | 100% | 5,736 | 1:1,707 | 167 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5,702 | 1:1,055 | 207 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4,920 | 1:2,004 | 315 |
| Angola | 100% | 4,454 | 1:6,054 | 872 |
| Austria | 100% | 4,395 | 1:1,937 | 282 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,007 | 1:13,609 | 2,126 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,903 | 1:8,489 | 1,058 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,527 | 1:2,958 | 472 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,503 | 1:1,115 | 206 |
| India | 97% | 3,460 | 1:351,121 | 31,244 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,419 | 1:1,395 | 274 |
| Madagascar | - | 3,325 | 1:7,107 | 1,310 |
| Russia | 100% | 3,130 | 1:46,081 | 1,061 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 2,918 | 1:1,012 | 220 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2,767 | 1:1,919 | 212 |
| Albania | 100% | 2,629 | 1:1,159 | 219 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,427 | 1:19,172 | 1,147 |
| France | 100% | 2,234 | 1:29,754 | 1,152 |
| Denmark | - | 2,117 | 1:2,669 | 414 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1,774 | 1:1,136 | 229 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 1,551 | 1:19,632 | 1,991 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1,419 | 1:1,733 | 344 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1,391 | 1:175 | 22 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 1,294 | 1:57,054 | 3,574 |
| England | 100% | 1,180 | 1:47,121 | 2,272 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1,023 | 1:10,417 | 455 |
| Belize | 100% | 933 | 1:380 | 25 |
| Poland | 100% | 895 | 1:42,488 | 1,190 |
| Greece | 100% | 860 | 1:12,715 | 728 |
| Croatia | 100% | 844 | 1:4,997 | 558 |
| Gabon | 100% | 842 | 1:2,237 | 538 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Romania | 100% | 762 | 1:26,315 | 1,753 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 716 | 1:1,901 | 366 |
| Israel | 98% | 669 | 1:12,560 | 1,436 |
| Portugal | - | 461 | 1:22,583 | 1,032 |
| Suriname | 100% | 461 | 1:1,199 | 244 |
| Haiti | 100% | 406 | 1:26,421 | 2,043 |
| Norway | 100% | 404 | 1:12,704 | 984 |
| Serbia | 100% | 383 | 1:18,657 | 1,253 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 356 | 1:9,900 | 1,219 |
| Congo | 99% | 350 | 1:14,312 | 1,657 |
| Estonia | 100% | 331 | 1:3,974 | 658 |
| Australia | - | 312 | 1:43,774 | 2,196 |
| Uzbekistan | 91% | 311 | 1:98,992 | 2,890 |
| Ivory Coast | 92% | 281 | 1:82,121 | 5,263 |
| Benin | 100% | 243 | 1:43,522 | 3,564 |
| Namibia | - | 230 | 1:10,453 | 1,253 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 230 | 1:233 | 52 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 224 | 1:79,227 | 2,672 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 217 | 1:25,934 | 1,748 |
| Jamaica | - | 204 | 1:14,133 | 1,379 |
| Cameroon | 87% | 196 | 1:110,258 | 5,588 |
| Thailand | 100% | 184 | 1:380,792 | 19,665 |
| Armenia | 100% | 167 | 1:17,478 | 1,118 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 166 | 1:3,398 | 434 |
| Turkey | 100% | 163 | 1:477,311 | 6,849 |
| Belarus | 100% | 156 | 1:60,785 | 717 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 152 | 1:1,025 | 299 |
| Egypt | - | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| Ireland | 100% | 145 | 1:32,024 | 1,285 |
| Guyana | 100% | 144 | 1:5,300 | 959 |
| Aruba | - | 142 | 1:731 | 125 |
| Bahamas | - | 139 | 1:2,873 | 578 |
| Senegal | 100% | 134 | 1:108,816 | 2,988 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 112 | 1:1,735,336 | 24,866 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 111 | 1:214,141 | 18,464 |
| Burkina Faso | 89% | 107 | 1:171,771 | 8,059 |
| New Zealand | - | 104 | 1:43,616 | 2,517 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 88 | 1:79,436 | 3,141 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 75 | 1:1,463 | 301 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 72 | 1:133,930 | 5,208 |
| French Polynesia | - | 70 | 1:3,970 | 724 |
| Scotland | 100% | 65 | 1:82,313 | 2,093 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 53 | 1:2,105 | 400 |
| Cape Verde | - | 50 | 1:10,583 | 1,080 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 47 | 1:2,115 | 460 |
| Kosovo | - | 45 | 1:41,365 | 3,360 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 44 | 1:135,756 | 7,890 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 44 | 1:860 | 191 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 43 | 1:4,135 | 712 |
| Iceland | 100% | 40 | 1:9,150 | 869 |
| Singapore | 100% | 39 | 1:161,207 | 8,112 |
| Barbados | - | 38 | 1:7,626 | 930 |
| Guam | - | 38 | 1:4,228 | 780 |
| Qatar | 95% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 35 | 1:7,719 | 883 |
| Nigeria | 68% | 32 | 1:5,548,886 | 78,655 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 31 | 1:230,709 | 14,681 |
| Wales | 100% | 30 | 1:103,144 | 2,492 |
| Grenada | 100% | 28 | 1:3,862 | 674 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 28 | 1:1,959 | 443 |
| Brunei | 50% | 26 | 1:16,137 | 987 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:2,554 | 554 |
| China | - | 24 | 1:56,918,991 | 62,623 |
| San Marino | 100% | 23 | 1:1,431 | 244 |
| Uganda | 100% | 23 | 1:1,780,736 | 24,513 |
| Moldova | 100% | 22 | 1:161,870 | 1,621 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 21 | 1:30,218 | 1,806 |
| Japan | - | 20 | 1:6,399,303 | 29,954 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:1,645 | 365 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Palestine | 100% | 18 | 1:252,781 | 2,534 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 11 | 1:2,965,774 | 21,963 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Monaco | 100% | 10 | 1:3,847 | 675 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 80% | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 7 | 1:67,948 | 944 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Kenya | 100% | 6 | 1:7,717,852 | 32,954 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Nepal | 100% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Irmã (202), Írma (3), Irmâ (2) & Irmá (1) are calculated separately.
Irma (9,878) may also be a surname.
Irma Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
F. Is this cognate with the Lithuanian m. Ermas, ‘a stranger’ in Teutonic? Or is it, more probably, a contraction of the pious and charitable St. Irmina (d. 710)?
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Teutonic (feminine) - Maiden of high degree.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Maid of high degree.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Irma Forename Popularity
Irma Demographics
Irma Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 170 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Irma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Irma in the Russian language | ||
| Ирма | irma | - |
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