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 [ 4 syll. wi-(l)hel-mi-na, wil-helm-ina ] The girl name Wilhelmina is pronounced WIHLHHehLMIYNah KEY. Wilhelmina's origin is Germanic, and its use, Dutch, English, and German. Two-element name from wil and helm with the meanings 'will, desire' and 'helmet, protection' respectively. The name is derived as a feminine form of Wilhelm with the Latinate suffix '-ina'. The name was introduced from Germany to English speakers in the 19th century, and is today mostly used in Scotland, Canada, and the USA. Wilhelmina is the feminine version of the English and French William. Wilhelmina is a widely used name; it has 54 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Billi, Mimi (used in German, Italian, and French too), Min (used in Chinese too), Minette (used in German and French too), Mini (used in Finnish and Spanish too), Minni, Minny, Valma (used in Finnish too), Wiletta, Wilette, Wilhelmine (used in French and German too), Wilhemina, Willena, Willene, Willi, Williemae, Willy, Wilmette, and Wylma. Other English forms include the short forms Helma (used in German, and Hungarian too), Helmine (used in German too), Ilma (used in Hungarian, Latvian, and Spanish too), Mina (used in German, Polish, and Spanish too), Velma (used in Italian too), Vilma (used in Czech, Hungarian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish too), Willa, and Wilma (used in German, Italian, and Scottish too), the pet forms Billie, Elma, Elmina, Minna (used in German too), Minnie, Willetta, Willette, Willia, and Willie, and the spelling variant Willamina. Forms of Wilhelmina used in foreign languages include the French Guilette, the Spanish Guilla, the Spanish Guillerma, the Spanish Guillermina, the Italian Gulielma, the German Minchen, the Polish Minka, the Irish Uilleag, the Italian Vilelma, the Scandinavian Vilhelmina, the Scandinavian Vilhelmine, the German Wilhelma, and the Latinized and Scottish Williamina. The short form Mine (German and Scandinavian), and the pet forms Hilma (Scandinavian), Minetta (German), and Minne (German) are other foreign variants. Wilhelmina is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1901, 0.043% of baby girls were named Wilhelmina. It had a ranking of #289 then. The baby name has seen a marked decline in frequency since then, and is currently of only irregular use. Within the family of girl names directly related to Wilhelmina, the Scottish, Spanish, Indian, German, English, and Polish Mina was the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Wilhelmina include the English Wilhemina, the English Willamina, the German Wilhelma, the English, French, and German Wilhelmine, the English Willena, the Latinized and Scottish Williamina, the English Williemae, the English Willene, the English, German, Italian, and Scottish Wilma, and the English Wylma. KEY: Pronunciation for Wilhelmina: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
