Meaning of the nameErminia

Female
Latin origin
Er-mi-ni-a

Hermínia is the feminine form of the Roman name Herminius, whose origin is uncertain; Erminia is the spelling without the initial H.

Meaning

The meaning of Erminia is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 3,066
Rank in Brazil: #3,829
Median age: 69 years
2010 Census: 5,854; people

Erminia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Erminia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (741 people).

3,050 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Erminia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Erminia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Paraná 0.003%
São Paulo 0.002%
Bahia 0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
Santa Catarina 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	900	0.002%
Paraná	300	0.003%
Bahia	276	0.002%
Minas Gerais	266	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	200	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	185	0.001%
Santa Catarina	111	0.002%
Pernambuco	82	0.001%
Espírito Santo	81	0.002%
Goiás	79	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	71	0.003%
Mato Grosso	68	0.002%
Pará	64	0.001%
Maranhão	57	0.001%
Amazonas	56	0.001%
Ceará	55	0.001%
Piauí	35	0.001%
Tocantins	35	0.002%
Paraíba	29	0.001%
Distrito Federal	28	0.001%
Rondônia	25	0.002%
Alagoas	18	0.001%
Sergipe	15	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Erminia

Hermínia is the feminine form of Herminius, a Roman family name. Behind the Name says the origin of Herminius is uncertain: it may be Etruscan or come from the name of the god Hermes. For that reason the meaning of the name is not known with certainty. Erminia is the spelling without the initial H, listed as a spelling variant of Herminia in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,721 people named Hermínia, with a median age of 69; the name is almost always female.

It drops the initial H and is the less common of the two spellings.

Other spellings of Erminia

Spelling	People (2022)
Hermínia	4,721
Erminia	3,066

Sources

Behind the Name: Herminia · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Herminius · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Herminia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Erminia

What does the name Erminia mean?

The meaning of Erminia is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Erminia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,066 people with the first name Erminia, which ranks it number 3,829 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Erminia a boy's or a girl's name?

Erminia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,050 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Erminia?

Erminia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Erminia most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.003% of the state's population is named Erminia (300 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Erminia?

Hermínia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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