Hermione (given name)
Hermione (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμιόνη [hermi.ónɛː]) is a feminine given name derived from the Greek messenger god Hermes. Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology. It was also the name of an early Christian martyr, Hermione of Ephesus, and of a character in William Shakespeare’s play The Winter's Tale.[2] Usage of the name has increased in recent years in part due to a character in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.[3]
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| Pronunciation | /hɜːrˈmaɪəni/ hur-MY-ə-nee[1] |
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| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | derived from Hermes |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Herminie, Minnie, Mimi |
People
- Hermione of Ephesus (died 117 A.D.), an early Christian martyr
- Hermione Baddeley (1906–1986), English actress
- Hermione Cobbold (1905–2004), British matriarch
- Hermione Cockburn (born 1973), British TV and radio presenter
- Hermione Cock (1904–2015), British female supercentenarian
- Hermione Corfield (born 1993), English actress and model
- Hermione Darnborough, (1915–2010), English ballerina
- Hermione Eyre (born 1980), British journalist and novelist
- Hermione FitzGerald (born 1985), Irish professional golfer
- Hermione Farthingale (born 1949), English dancer and yoga teacher who was an ex-girlfriend of David Bowie and inspired his songs Letter to Hermione and Life on Mars
- Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), English actress
- Hermione Gulliford, English actress
- Hermione Hammond (1910–2005), English painter
- Hermione Hannen (1913–1983), English actress
- Hermione Harvey (1931–2016), English actress and dancer
- Hermione (Hennessy) Ross (born 1966), British singer-songwriter
- Hermione Ruth Herrick (1889–1983), New Zealand Guide leader and women's naval administrator
- Hermione Hobhouse (1934–2014), British architectural historian
- Hermione Hoby (born 1985), British author, journalist, and cultural critic
- Hermione Kitson (born 1984), Australian news presenter and reporter
- Hermione Lee (born 1948), British biographer and critic
- Hermione Norris (born 1967), English actress
- Hermione Cronje, South African prosecutor
- Hermione Wiltshire (born 1963), English photographer
- Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly (1913–2001), British author
- Hermione von Preuschen (1854–1918), German painter and author
- Hermione Underwood, Australian actress
- Hermione FitzGerald (1864–1895), Duchess of Leinster
- Hermione Lambton (1906–1990), Countess of Durham
- Hermione Lister-Kaye (born 1990), British naturalist and journalist, daughter of John Lister-Kaye
- Hermione Shirley (1891–1969), Countess Ferrers
- Hermione Rogers (1895–1917), British nurse who died when HMS Osmanieh was torpedoed
- Hermione Peters (born 1994), Belgian canoeist
- Hermione Asachi (1821–1900), Romanian writer and translator
Fictional characters
- Hermione (mythology), the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology
- Hermione Bostock, a character in the fiction of P. G. Wodehouse
- Hermione Granger, a main character in the Harry Potter novels and films
- Hermione Gravell-Pitt, a character in the novel Around the World with Auntie Mame
- Hermione Herman, the sister of Pee-wee Herman
- Hermione Lodge, a character in the Archie Comics and in the Netflix series Riverdale (2017 TV series)
- Hermione Makepeace (Minnie the Minx), comic strip character from The Beano
- Hermione, a male character in the 1582 court drama The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune
- Hermione Montego, a character in the 1966 episode of Batman (TV series), "The Thirteenth Hat".
- Hermione Pennistone, the main character in the 1932 novel Marriage of Hermione by Richmal Crompton
- Hermione Seymour, the main character in the 1791 novel Hermione, or the Orphan Sister by Charlotte Lennox
- Hermione Shotover, a character in the play Heartbreak House of G. B. Shaw
- Hermione Trumpington-Bonnet, a character in the British TV series Monarch of the Glen
- Hermione, a character in the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan
- Hermione, a character in the novel Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
- Hermione, a character based on the mythological Harmonia in the opera Cadmus et Hermione by Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Hermione Morton, a character in the British TV series Ripper Street
- Hermione de Borromeo, a character in the Japanese animated TV series Romeo x Juliet
- Hermione, Queen of Sicily, a character in the play The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
- Aunt Hermione, a character in the BBC TV Series The Durrells played by Barbara Flynn
- Hermione Gart, an autobiographical character in the novel HERmione by H.D.
- Hermione Bagwa, a character in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
References
- "Hermione". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
- Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 122. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
- Gamerman, Ellen (29 December 2021). "Harry Potter and the Children Whose Parents Named Them After Wizards". The Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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