Willemina

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/wɪˈɫɛminə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Willemina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 498(measured from records)
  • GYGuyana1 in 250K
  • SESweden1 in 309K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

34,726 people

Sources
31 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 498 (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Willemina counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Willemina is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands34,7261 in 49835K—4
US United States1541 in 2.2M151—2
SE Sweden331 in 309K33——
DK Denmark91 in 652K9——
GY Guyana31 in 250K3——

34,726 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Wil van Gogh, b. 1862Willemina Ogterop, b. 1881Willemina de Bruijn, b. 1905Willemina Kroos, b. 1914Willemina Kloosterboer, b. 1916Willemina Zijlstra, b. 1920Tonke Dragt, b. 1930Willemijn Fock, b. 1942Ella Koopman, b. 1947Jannemieke Ouwerkerk, b. 1981
  • Wil van Goghb. 1862NLnot in their usual nameDutch feminist and the sister of Vincent and Theo van Gogh (1862–1941)
  • Willemina Ogteropb. 1881USArtist, philosopher, activist, internationalist.
  • Willemina de Bruijnb. 1905NLDutch university teacher
  • Willemina Kroosb. 1914NLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
  • Willemina Kloosterboerb. 1916NLthe author of Involuntary Labour Since the Abolition of Slavery and Invo
  • Willemina Zijlstrab. 1920NLDutch musician, conductor and author, 1920-2011
  • Tonke Dragtb. 1930NLnot in their usual nameDutch children's writer and illustrator (1930–2024)
  • Willemijn Fockb. 1942NLnot in their usual nameDutch university teacher
  • Ella Koopmanb. 1947NLnot in their usual nameDutch sculptor (born 1947)
  • Jannemieke Ouwerkerkb. 1981NLnot in their usual nameuniversity teacher at Leiden University

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Willemina,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Willemina
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—35K#37
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—16K#242
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020151#44,702
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—36#8,193
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—33#17,953
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20259—
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—9#8,836
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20239—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20159—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20198—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20167—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20226—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Willemina?
In the etymology graph, Vilma, Minnie and Velma are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Willemina?
A machine transcription gives /wɪˈɫɛminə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Willemina a male or female name?
Willemina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Willemina have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 35 thousand people named Willemina, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Willemina most common?
Willemina is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 498 people carrying it.
How common is the name Willemina?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 34,726 people named Willemina, about 1 in 498 residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Willemina”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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