Irma (first name)
Irma is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The name comes from the Old High German * irmīn "large". In Old High German, the word itself is only used in the compound words irmingot "god" (literally "great god"), irmindiot "people" (literally "great people") and Irminsul . Irma can be a short form of first names with Irm-, such as B. Irmine, Irmela , Irmtraud , Irmgard and Irmelin.
Name days
The name days are January 3rd and February 19th .
Name bearers
- Irma Blohm (1909–1997), German politician
- Irma Boom (* 1960), Dutch typographer, teacher and designer
- Irma Brandes (1905–1995), German journalist and writer
- Irma von Cube (1899–1977), German screenwriter
- İrma Felegyan (1912–1992), Armenian actress
- Irma Goecke (1895–1976), German tapestry artist
- Irma Grese (1923–1945), guard in various concentration camps
- Irma Gudžiūnaitė (* 1988), Lithuanian lawyer and politician
- Irma P. Hall (* 1935), American actress
- Irma Harder (1915–2008), German writer
- Irma Holder (1925–2019), German hit writer
- Irma Hünerfauth (1907–1998), German painter, sculpture and object artist
- Irma Keilhack (1908–2001), German politician
- Irma Krauss (* 1949), German writer
- Irma Loos (1907–?), German writer
- Irma Münch (* 1930), German theater and film actress
- Irma Ursula Johanna Richter (1886–1946), German dance and theater photographer , see Ursula Richter (photographer)
- Irma Schumacher (1925-2014), Dutch swimmer
- Irma Schwager (1920–2015), Austrian anti-fascist resistance fighter
- Irma St. Paule (1926–2007), American film actress
- Irma Stern (1894–1966), South African artist
- Irma Sztáray (1864–1940), lady in waiting for Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary
- Irma Thomas (* 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 (* 1943), Finnish opera singer (soprano)
- Irma Weiland (1908–2003), German painter and draftsman
- Irma (* 1988), Cameroonian singer
- Irmelin Krause (* 1938), German actress and voice actress
- Irm Hermann (1942-2020), German actress
See also
- Irma (disambiguation)