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Forms of Wilhelmina include the Italian and English Elma, the Polish Minka, the Irish Uilleag, the Scandinavian Vilhelmina, the Scandinavian Vilhelmine, the German Wilhelma, the German Wilhelmine, and the Latinized Williamina. The short forms Helma (German and Hungarian), Helmine (German), Ilma (English, Hungarian, and Latvian), Mina (English and German), Mine (German and Scandinavian), Velma (English and Italian), Vilma (English and Russian), Willa (English), and Wilma (English, German, and Italian), and the pet forms Billie (English), Minna (English and German), Minne (German), Minnie (English), and Willie (English) are other variants of the name. 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, German, and English Mina was the most widely used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Wilhelmina include the German Wilhelma, the German Wilhelmine, the Latinized Williamina, and the English, German, and Italian Wilma. KEY: English 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)"
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