Ermelinda
Two old Germanic roots build it: ermin for great and lind for mild, giving a name that reads as "universally tender." In Poland it's genuinely rare, one most people will never meet, and newborns no longer carry it.
Ermelinda Pronunciation
Ermelinda is pronounced er-me-LEEN-dah (/ɛrmɛˈlinda/).
What Ermelinda means
Where Ermelinda comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ermelinda grows from two old Germanic words. The first, ermin, meant whole, great, exalted. The second, lind, meant soft or mild. Together they give what the name means now: universally tender. The sense lives in the roots, not in a legend added later.
Italy made the name its own. Ermelinda reads as Italian today, though its bones are Frankish. A real woman stands behind it. Saint Ermelinde of Meldaert died in 594, and her feast falls on 29 October. She cut off her hair to refuse an arranged marriage, then lived as a hermit near Beauvechain.
On a Polish class register it would sit in full, Ermelinda, rarely shortened. The two halves still hold. Ermin gave it greatness and lind gave it tenderness, which is how the name came to mean universally tender.
When Ermelinda celebrates name day
Ermelinda appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 29 October.
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 Ermelinda
1 in 5635958 women in Poland is named Ermelinda. 4 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #29806 among female names.