Hermione (given name)
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Hermione is a female given name
, derived from Greek
and now current in various languages.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
, derived from Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
and now current in various languages.
List of people with the given name Hermione
- Hermione of EphesusHermione of EphesusSaint Hermione of Ephesus is a 2nd century Christian martyr venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. She was the daughter of Saint Philip the Deacon. She was killed during the persecutions of Christians under the Roman emperor Trajan. In the Acts of the Apostles, Hermione is...
(died 117 A.D.), an early Christian martyr - Hermione BaddeleyHermione BaddeleyHermione Baddeley was an English character actress of theatre, film and television. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Room at the Top and a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here...
(1906–1986), English actress - Hermione CobboldHermione CobboldHermione Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold known as Lady Hermione Bulwer-Lytton until 1930 was the British matriarch of Knebworth House and wife of Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold.Born in, 1905 she was the daughter of Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton and Pamela...
(1905–2004), British matriarch - Hermione CockburnHermione CockburnHermione Cockburn is a British television and radio presenter specialising in scientific and educational programmes.-Biography:...
(born 1973), British TV/radio personality - Hermione GingoldHermione GingoldHermione Gingold was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother reportedly encouraged her not to remove. She starred on stage, on radio, in films, on...
(1897–1987), British actress - Hermione GullifordHermione GullifordHermione Gulliford is an English actress, born in Somerset. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 1994.She has worked extensively in the theatre, including The Merchant of Venice, Othello, and A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company.Television...
, English actress - Hermione HammondHermione HammondHermione Hammond was an English painter who is most famous for her paintings of London damaged by the Blitz during World War II....
(1910–2005), English painter - Hermione HannenHermione HannenHermione Hannen was a popular English theatre actress.She was married twice. Her first husband was the English actor Sir Anthony Quayle and her second husband was the Welsh actor Clifford Evans , who survived her....
(1913–1983), English actress - Hermione LeeHermione LeeHermione Lee, CBE is President of Wolfson College, Oxford and was lately Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature in the University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow of New College. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature.-Biography:Hermione Lee grew up in...
(born 1948), British critic - Hermione NorrisHermione NorrisHermione Norris is an English actress.Norris attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in the 1980s before taking small roles in theatre and on television. In 1996, she was cast in her breakout role of Karen Marsden in the comedy drama television series Cold Feet...
(born 1968), English actress
Fictional people
- Hermione (mythology)Hermione (mythology)In Greek mythology, Hermione was the only daughter of Menelaus and Helen; however, some sources state that her mother also had a daughter, Iphigenia, by Theseus, as well as three younger sons, one by Menelaus, the others by Paris, prince of Troy.Hermione was nine when her mother left with Paris...
, the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology - Hermione BostockHermione BostockHermione Bostock is a fictional character in the novels of P.G.Wodehouse. Hermione is the daughter of Sir Aylmer Bostock and the erstwhile fiancee of Pongo Twistleton. In the novel, Uncle Dynamite, Pongo is engaged to Hermione but realizes that they are unsuitable when he sees Sally Painter, his...
, a character in the fiction of P. G. Wodehouse - Hermione GrangerHermione GrangerHermione Jean Granger is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She initially appears in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as a new student on her way to Hogwarts...
, a main character in the Harry Potter novels and films - Hermione Lodge, a character in the Archie ComicsArchie ComicsArchie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
- Hermione Shotover, a character in the play Heartbreak HouseHeartbreak HouseHeartbreak House is a play written by George Bernard Shaw, first published in 1919 and first played at the Garrick Theatre in 1920. According to A. C. Ward, the work argues that "cultured, leisured Europe" was drifting toward destruction, and that "Those in a position to guide Europe to safety...
of G. B. Shaw - Hermione Trumpington-BonnetHermione Trumpington-BonnetHermione Trumpington-Bonnet is a fictional character in the TV series Monarch of the Glen. Hermione is played by actress Hermione Gulliford.Hermione leads a good life with her mother, Lady Dorothy, and it gets even better when she joins Molly MacDonald's dating agency and wins herself a ranger -...
, a character in the British TV series Monarch of the Glen - Hermione, a character in the novel AtonementAtonement (novel)Atonement is a 2001 novel by British author Ian McEwan.On a fateful day, a young girl makes a terrible mistake that has life-changing effects for many people...
by Ian McEwan - Hermione, a character in the novel Women in LoveWomen in LoveWomen in Love is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence published in 1920. It is a sequel to his earlier novel The Rainbow , and follows the continuing loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, pursues a destructive relationship with Gerald Crich, an...
by D.H. Lawrence - Hermione, a character in the opera Cadmus et HermioneCadmus et HermioneCadmus et Hermione is a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The French-language libretto is by Philippe Quinault, after Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It was first performed on April 27, 1673, by the Paris Opera at the Jeu de Béquet.The prologue, in praise of King Louis...
by Jean-Baptiste Lully - Hermione, a character in the song "Letter to HermioneLetter to Hermione"Letter to Hermione" is a song written by David Bowie in 1969 for the album Space Oddity. This ballad is a love letter to Hermione Farthingale, whom Bowie met through Lindsay Kemp. She became Bowie's girlfriend and they lived together for a short while in London in 1968...
", from the album Space Oddity by David Bowie - Hermione of the House of Borromeo, a character in the Japanese animated TV series Romeo x JulietRomeo x Julietis a TV anime series, loosely based on William Shakespeare's classical play, Romeo and Juliet, along with numerous references and characters from other Shakespearean plays. Though the anime borrows mostly from Shakespeare's story, the manga adaptation differs extensively from the original...
- Hermione Gravell-Pitt, a character in the novel Around the World with Auntie MameAround The World With Auntie MameAround the World with Auntie Mame is a novel by Patrick Dennis and sequel to his bestseller Auntie Mame.-Plot:Narrator "Patrick" is seventeen, and has left his private prep school. His Auntie Mame takes him with her on an extended tour of Europe, which becomes a round-the-world tour before his...
- Queen Hermione of Sicily, a character in the play The Winter's TaleThe Winter's TaleThe Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, some modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some critics, among them W. W...
by William Shakespeare