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Hemma - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Hemma

[ syll. hem-ma, he-mma ] The girl name Hemma is pronounced HHEHM-ah KEY. Hemma's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in German. Derived from the word heim which is of the meaning 'home, homeland'. The name is known from Emma of Altdorf (808-876), also known as Hemma, who was the Queen consort of Eastern Francia and wife of Louis the German. Hemma is the feminine form of the German Heimo.

Hemma is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Hemma include the Hungarian Hajna, the name Hama, the Czech, English, Polish, Slavic, Yiddish, and Japanese Hana, the Japanese Hanae, the English Hanah, the Arabic Hanan, the Finnish Hani, the Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Latvian, Polish, Scandinavian, and Ukrainian Hanna, the English, French, German, Hebrew, and Yiddish Hannah, the English, Finnish, and German Hanni, the English and Dutch Hannie, the English Hanny, the Yiddish Hena, the English Henie, the Finnish Henna, the Dutch, English, and German Henny, the English Honey, the Korean Hyun, the English Jaima, and the English Jaime.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Hemma: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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