Hermione (given name)
Hermione |
Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology |
Pronunciation |
English: /hərˈmaɪ.ɵniː/ |
Gender |
Female |
Origin |
Word/Name |
Greek |
Meaning |
derived from Hermes |
Other names |
Related names |
Herminie |
Hermione (from Greek Ἑρμιόνη; English pronunciation /hərˈmaɪ.əniː/ hər-my-ə-nee) is a female given name, derived from Greek and now current in various languages.
List of people with the given name Hermione
- Hermione of Ephesus (died 117 A.D.), an early Christian martyr
- Hermione Baddeley (1906–1986), English actress
- Hermione Cobbold (1905–2004), British matriarch
- Hermione Cockburn (born 1973), British TV/radio personality
- Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), British actress
- Hermione Gulliford, English actress
- Hermione Hammond (1910–2005), English painter
- Hermione Hannen (1913–1983), English actress
- Hermione Lee (born 1948), British critic
- Hermione Norris (born 1968), English actress
Fictional people
- Hermione (mythology), the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology
- Hermione Bostock, a character in the fiction of P. G. Wodehouse
- Hermione Granger, a main character in the Harry Potter novels and films
- Hermione Lodge, a character in the Archie Comics
- Hermione Shotover, a character in the play Heartbreak House of G. B. Shaw
- Hermione Trumpington-Bonnet, a character in the British TV series Monarch of the Glen
- Hermione, a character in the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan
- Hermione, a character in the novel Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
- Hermione, a character in the opera Cadmus et Hermione by Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Hermione, a character in the song "Letter to Hermione", from the album Space Oddity by David Bowie
- Hermione of the House of Borromeo, a character in the Japanese animated TV series Romeo x Juliet
- Hermione Gravell-Pitt, a character in the novel Around the World with Auntie Mame
- Queen Hermione of Sicily, a character in the play The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
See also