Ermentrude or Ermintrude is a feminine given name of German origin derived from the elements ermen or irmen, meaning "wholeness", and traut or trût, meaning "beloved", or þryþ, meaning "strength". The name Emma evolved as a short form of names such as Ermentrude.[1]
Gender | Female |
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Language(s) | German |
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Meaning | Entirely beloved or Entirely strong |
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Related names | Emma, Ermengarde, Ermentraut, Ermentrud, Ermentrudis, Erminie, Ermyntrude, Irmentrud, Irmtraud, Irmtrud |
Notable people with the name include:
- Erminethrudis (died c. 600), a Merovingian-era nun
- Ermentrude of Orléans (823–869), queen of the Franks by her marriage to Charles the Bald
- Ermentrude, daughter of Louis the Stammerer (born c. 875/78), wife of Count Eberard of Sulichgau
- Ermentrude de Roucy (958–1005), countess consort of Burgundy
- Ermentrude of Maine (d. 1126), Countess of Maine and the Lady of Château-du-Loir
- Ermyntrude Harvey (1895–1973), British tennis player
Fictional characters
edit- Ermintrude, in the television series The Magic Roundabout
- Ermintrude, in Terry Pratchett's Nation (novel)
Notes
edit- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 92, 316. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.