English Explanatory Dictionary

Irma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
  2. A village in Alberta, Canada.
  3. A village in Lombardy, Italy.
  4. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Word forms

Irma Erma

Etymology

From German Irma in the nineteenth century. Short form of Germanic names beginning with irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Cognate with English Emma.

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