Irma (name)

Irma is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

The name comes from the althochdt. * Irmin 'big' fro. In Old High German the word is irmingot itself only in the compound words "God" (literally " large - god "), " people" ( literally "large folk " ) and Irminsul irmindiot occupied. Irma may be a short form of names with Irm, such as Irmine, Irmela or Irmgardis, Ermengarde and Irmgard.

Name Days

The names of days are January 3 and February 19.

Famous names winners

• Irma Blohm (1909-1997), German politician
• Irma Boom ( born 1960 ), Dutch typographer, teacher and designer
• Irma Felegyan (1912-1992), Armenian actress
• Irma Goecke (1895-1976), German Tapisseriekünstlerin
• Irma Grese (1923-1945), a guard in several concentration camps
• Irma Harder (1915-2008), German writer
• Irma P. Hall ( born 1935 ), American actress
• Irma Holder ( * 1930), German Schlager writer
• Irma Keilhack (1908-2001), German politician
• Irma Krauss (* 1949), German writer
• Irma Münch ( * 1930), German theater and film actress
• Irma Schumacher (1925-2014), Dutch swimmer
• Irma Schwager ( * 1920 ), Austrian anti-fascist resistance fighter
• Irma St. Paule (1927-2007), American film actress
• Irma Stern (1894-1966), South African artist
• Irma Sztáray (1864-1940), maid of honor of Empress Elisabeth of Austria - Hungary
• Irma Thomas ( b. 1941 ), American blues, soul and gospel singer
• Irma von Troll - Borostyáni (1847-1912), Austrian writer and campaigner for women's rights
• Irma Tübler (1922-1992), German politician
• Irma Urrila ( born 1943 ), Finnish opera singer (soprano )
• Irma Ursula Johanna Richter (1886-1946), German Dance and theater photographer, see Ursula Richter ( photographer )
• Irma von Cube (1899-1977), German script writer
• Irma Weiland (1908-2003 ibid.), German painter and illustrator
• Irma (* 1988), Cameroonian singer

• Irm Hermann ( b. 1942 ), German film, theater and television actress