Name: Wilhelmina
Gender: Female
Usage: Wilhelmina is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Wilhelmina are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Wilhelmina across the world, see Wilhelm.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Wilhelmina is: Resolute protector, Desire to protect.
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Numerology of the first name Wilhelmina: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Wilhelmina is ranked on the 10,735th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 23200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Wilhelmina has ten characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Wilhelmina for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Wilhelmina is 25 June.
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History and Origin
Wilhelmina (also: Wilhelmine) is a feminine given name, the Dutch and German form of Wilhelm or William, which is derived from the Germanic wil, meaning "will, desire" and helm, meaning "helmet, protection." Wilhelmina was ranked in the top 1000 most popular names for girls in the United States between 1900 and 1940 but is rarely used today. In many European countries, this name is once again very popular.
German: feminine version of Wilhelm, formed with the Latinate suffix -ina. This name was introduced to the English-speaking world from Germany in the 19th century. It is now very rarely used.
Variant: Wilhelmine.
Cognates: Swedish: Vilhelmina. Danish, Norwegian: Vilhelmine.
Short forms: German: Wilma, Helmine, Helma, Mine. Danish: Mine.
Pet forms: German: Minna, Minne. English: Minnie.
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