Irma (name)
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Irma is a female given name
. It is also used in combination with other names in the abbreviated form "Irm-," for example, Irmine, Irmela, Irmgardis, Irmentraud. The name comes from the Old High German
irmin, meaning world
. The anglicised form is Emma.
The name day
s for Irma are February 19 (Germany), April 7 (Sweden), November 14 (Slovakia), September 18 (Poland), March 31 (Finland) and May 3 (Hungary).
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...
. It is also used in combination with other names in the abbreviated form "Irm-," for example, Irmine, Irmela, Irmgardis, Irmentraud. The name comes from the Old High German
Old High German
The term Old High German refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of...
irmin, meaning world
World
World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....
. The anglicised form is Emma.
The name day
Name day
A name day is a tradition in many countries in Europe and Latin America that consists of celebrating the day of the year associated with one's given name....
s for Irma are February 19 (Germany), April 7 (Sweden), November 14 (Slovakia), September 18 (Poland), March 31 (Finland) and May 3 (Hungary).
People
- Irma S. Rombauer, cookbook author
- Irma Rangel (Texas politician)Irma Rangel (Texas politician)Irma Lerma Rangel was an attorney and state legislator in South Texas. Her office was based in Kingsville, Texas.-Biography:Rangel was born on May 15, 1931 She was the youngest of three daughters. Her father, Presciliano Martinez Rangel, from Duval County, was orphaned at an early age and was...
- Irma BaltuttisIrma BaltuttisElsbeth Johanna Irma Baltuttis was a German singer and entertainer based in Leipzig, Germany. After some training in music during the Third Reich, her singing career took place entirely within the German Democratic Republic after the Soviet occupation of the East Zone...
, German singer - Irma BrandeisIrma BrandeisIrma Brandeis was a Jewish-American scholar of Dante Alighieri. Her work The Ladder of Vision was acclaimed as a breakthrough in Dantean studies, upon its publication in the 1960s....
, Jewish-American Dante scholar - Irma Bunt, a villain from Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- Irma Capece MinutoloIrma Capece MinutoloIrma Capece Minutolo is an Italian former opera singer who was one of the last companions of King Farouk I of Egypt. In recent years, she has claimed to have been the king's last wife and now uses the name Irma Capece Minutolo Farouk...
, Italian opera singer - Irma M. Eriksson, Swedish-American web cartoonist ("Imy")
- Irma FlaquerIrma FlaquerIrma Flaquer Azurdia , was a Guatemalan psychologist and reporter known for her vicious critiques against the Guatemalan government. Born to a Catalan theater producer father, Fernando Flaquer, and Guatemalan opera singer mother, Olga Azurdia, she spent her childhood travelling and living...
, Guatemalan government critic - Irma GreseIrma GreseIrma Ida Ilse Grese was employed at the Nazi concentration camps of Ravensbrück and Auschwitz, and was a warden of the women's section of Bergen-Belsen....
, Holocaust concentration camp supervisor - Irma Heijting-SchuhmacherIrma Heijting-SchuhmacherIrma Heijting-Schuhmacher was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who won two medals at the Summer Olympics during her career...
, Dutch freestyle swimmer - Irma HuertaIrma HuertaIrma Huerta is a former female freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics for her native country. Her best result in Los Angeles, California was the 11th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay, alongside Patricia Kohlmann, Teresa Rivera and Rosa...
, Mexican freestyle swimmer - Irma NioradzeIrma Nioradzethumb|Irma Nioradze in 2011Irma Nioradze |Georgia]]), is a Georgian ballerina.- Biography :Irma Nioradze was born in Tbilisi .1987 - the graduation of Tbilisi Choreographic School. Her teachers were Serafima Vekua and Vakhtang Chabukiani....
, Georgian ballerina - Irma S. RakerIrma S. RakerIrma S. Raker is an American lawyer and jurist from Rockville, Maryland. Judge Raker has served as a judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, that state's highest court, since 1994. She retired from that Court in 2008 and currently sits by designation.She was born Irma Steinberg in Brooklyn, New...
, American lawyer - Irma SerranoIrma SerranoIrma Serrano is a Mexican actress of film, television, and theater; and also a singer, screenwriter and politician. Thanks to her beauty, her figure and her way of being controversial, coming out of the standards of the time, Serrano managed to attract the attention of directors and producers, so...
, Mexican actress - Irma ThomasIrma ThomasIrma Thomas is an American Grammy Award-winning soul and rhythm and blues singer from New Orleans. She is known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans"....
, soul singer - Irma von CubeIrma von CubeIrma von Cube was a German-American screenwriter. She began as an actress and a writer for films in Germany in the early 1930s, and continued when she arrived in the United States in 1938....
, German-American screenwriter - Irma (artist)Irma (artist)Irma is a singer-songwriter from Cameroon. She is living in France.-Life:Irma is from a family with a musical background. Her father is guitarist and her mother was in a church choir. As a child Irma was performing at masses too. At age 15 she went to a high school in Paris to improve her school...
, Cameroon singer/songwriter
Fictional characters
- the title character of Irma la DouceIrma la DouceIrma la Douce/Irma la Dolce is a 1963 romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, directed by Billy Wilder.It is based on the 1956 French musical Irma La Douce by Marguerite Monnot and Alexandre Breffort.-Plot:...
, a 1963 comedy film by Billy Wilder - the title character of the My Friend Irma television and radio situation comedies and a 1949 film
- Irma LairIrma LairIrma Lair is a fictional character in the comic book W.I.T.C.H. and the animated series of the same name. Irma is a 13 year old teen, who is going through her last year of middle school/early high school at the Sheffield Institute. She is also a member of W.I.T.C.H....
, a character in W.I.T.C.H. series - Irma (Tintin character), a minor character in the Tintin series
- Irma Langinstein, in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon
- Irma Pince, librarian in the Harry Potter series