Entry № 4236 · Greek origin

Hermione Hermione — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ her-MIE-oh-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Helen of Troy's daughter"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "helen of troy's daughter".

Hermione (Ἑρμιόνη) is the feminine of Hermes — "messenger." The only daughter of Helen and Menelaus — left in Sparta when her mother fled to Troy, later married to Neoptolemus and then to Orestes.

Helen of Troy's daughter — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Ἑρμιόνη
Transliteration
Hermiónē
Pronunciation
/ hɜːrˈmaɪ.oʊ.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hermione stands.

Hermione does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hermiones before her.

Real people
Hermione Norris
British actress.
born 1967
In fiction
Hermione Granger
Heroine of Harry Potter.
1997-2007
Hermione
Wife of Leontes in The Winter's Tale.
Shakespeare, 1611

Names connected to Hermione.

The number behind Hermione.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hermione reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.