Irma
A Germanic name at root, carrying the sense of "whole" or "universal". Fewer than a thousand women in Poland answer to it, and with no newborns last year it's a name most Poles will never meet in person.
Irma Pronunciation
Irma is pronounced EER-mah (/ˈirma/).
What Irma means
Where Irma comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Irma comes from the old Germanic element irmin, which carried the sense of something great and all-encompassing. Names built on this root, such as Irmgard, spread across the early medieval Germanic world before Irma settled as a name on its own.
The same irmin appears in the Irminsul, a sacred pillar the Saxons venerated until Charlemagne's forces cut it down in 772. Behind that column stood the notion of something entire, a wholeness that later drew close to the personal name. The root points to totality. To read Irma this way is to hear a short word doing large work.
On a Polish class register the name sits complete, four letters and nothing spare. Its imieniny and its plain shape ask for no diminutive. What remains is the Germanic meaning the name began with: whole, universal, great.
When Irma celebrates name day
Irma appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 24 December.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Irma
1 in 22749 women in Poland is named Irma. 991 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #969 among female names.
Irma's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Irma as a middle name
Irma is a first name for 991 women in Poland and a middle name for another 380, a 72/28 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 349th, between Lucia (381) and Lara (377).
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#347 Erika386
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#348 Lucia381
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#349 Irma380
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#350 Lara377
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#351 Leonia373