Irma
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: Germanic hypocoristic from a root irmin/ermins, 'strength'
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/irma/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Irma is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. In Honduras it is the 39th most common given name.
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 407(inferred from the name graph)
- HNHonduras≈1 in 446
- ARArgentina≈1 in 510
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Irma itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (inferred from the name graph)
- #714 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 400 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 407 (inferred from the name graph)
≈89,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
El Salvador, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Germanic hypocoristic from a root irmin/ermins, 'strength'.
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
How Irma is read(measured from records)
Irma is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish63%
Germanic hypocoristic from a root irmin/ermins, 'strength'.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- English22%
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Irma 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #179 | ≈89,000 est. | ≈1 in 510 | 19 | Irma | 84 |
| US United States | — | 84,440 | 1 in 3.9K | 84K | Irma | 400 |
| PE Peru | #166 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 686 | — | Irma | 68 |
| GT Guatemala | — | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 550 | 160K | — | 44 |
| HN Honduras | #39 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 446 | — | Irma | 42 |
| GE Georgia | #57 | 20,113as ირმა | 1 in 199 | 20K | Irma | 52 |
| SV El Salvador | #125 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 407 | — | Irma | 35 |
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: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAP — annual births; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Irma is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
of the nature of wind. moves constantly; instigates everything.
as a nameThe Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
In Swedish, Irma är ett tyskt namn, ursprungligen en smekform till namn på Irm(in)- ’stor, väldig’ (jfr → Emma och → Irmeli). En känd namnbärare är musikern Irma Schultz (f. 1965). I den rikssvenska almanackan 7 april och i den finlandssvenska 31 mars.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In French, Germanique, probablement de irm « grand, entier ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In Russian, de /еза'ай, Yahvé est délivrance. Mcas Jssaïa est sa forme canonique. Fêtes : 14 (27) janvier, 16 février (29 février / 1 mars), 9 (22) mai, 15 (28) mai, 23 mai (5 juin), 28 septembre (11 octobre). Îsaïe ou Esaïe est son équivalent français. Fêtes : 6 juillet, 16 février.
as a nameRussian Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Irma von Cubeb. 1899DEGerman screenwriter (1899-1977)
- Irma Greseb. 1923DEGerman concentration camp guard (1923–1945)
- Irma Wymanb. 1928USAmerican computer scientist (1928–2015)
- Irma Johanssonb. 1932SESwedish cross-country skier
- Irma Serranob. 1933MXMexican singer, actress, politician, theatre entrepreneur and author (1933–2023)
- Irma P. Hallb. 1935USAmerican actress
- Irma Raushb. 1938RURussian actress and film director (*1938)
- Irma Thomasb. 1941USAmerican soul and rhythm and blues singer
- Irma Lozanob. 1943MXMexican actress (1943–2013)
- Irma Testab. 1997ITItalian boxer
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 104 sources across 60 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT Guatemala | RENAP — annual births | 2024 | 160K | #6 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 84K | #625 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 151 | #625 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 50 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 19 | #1,613 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- 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 does the name Irma mean, and where does it come from?
- Germanic hypocoristic from a root irmin/ermins, 'strength'. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- In which country does Irma have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 89 thousand people named Irma in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled irma.
- What are other forms of the name Irma?
- In the etymology graph, Emma, Ema and Erma are forms of the same name in other languages; Irmuska is a recorded short or pet form.
- How do you pronounce Irma?
- A machine transcription gives /irma/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Irma a male or female name?
- Irma 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.
- How common is the name Irma?
- In the United States, the national register counted 84,440 people named Irma in 2020, about 1 in 3.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Irma compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Irma is the 179th most common given name of 119,825 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Irma?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/irmaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Irma” — the 179th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.