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Irma

name

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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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