Hermine is a feminine form of Herman, consisting of the elements harja- "army" and mann- "man".

It could also be a German variant of the Greek name Hermione.

Hermine, Herminie, or Hermin may refer to:

People with the given name Hermine

Mononym

  • Archduchess Hermine of Austria (1817–1842), member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
  • Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797–1817), archduchess of Austria
  • Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1827–1910), German princess

B

  • Hermine Bosetti (1875-1936), German coloratura soprano
  • Hermine Baron (1912–1996), American contract bridge player
  • Hermine “Herma” Bauma (1915–2003), Austrian athlete
  • Hermine Beckett-Hanna, who may have started National Grandparents Day
  • Hermine Berthold (1896–1990), German resistance activist during the Nazi years and politician
  • Hermine Boettcher-Brueckner (1918–?), Nazi SS auxiliary guard
  • Hermine Bosetti (1875–1936), German coloratura soprano
  • Hermine Braunsteiner (1919–1999), Nazi camp guard

C

  • Herminie Cadolle (1845–1926), inventor of the modern bra and founder of Cadolle house

D

  • Hermine David (1886–1970), French painter and wife of Jules Pascin
  • Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre, a celebrity who competed on La Ferme Célébrités
  • Hermine de Graaf (1951–2013), Dutch novelist
  • Hermine Demoriane (born 1942), French singer, writer and tightrope walker

F

  • Hermine Freed (1940–1998), American painter and video artist

H

  • Hermine Hartleben (1846–1919), German Egyptologist
  • Hermine Haselböck (born 1967), Austrian mezzo-soprano in opera, concert and lied
  • Hermine Horiot (born 1986), French cellist
  • Hermine Hug-Hellmuth (1871–1924), Austrian psychoanalyst
  • Hermine Huntgeburth (born 1957), German film director

J

  • Hermin Joseph (born 1964), Dominican sprinter

K

  • Hermine Agavni Kalustyan (1914–1989), Armenian-Turkish mathematician, educator, and politician
  • Hermine Kittel (1879–1948), Austrian contralto
  • Hermine E. Kleinert (1880–1943), American painter and artist
  • Hermine Körner (1878–1960), German actress, director and theater manager
  • Hermine Küchenmeister-Rudersdorf (1822–1882), German singer, composer and voice teacher

L

  • Hermine Lecomte du Noüy (1854-1915), French writer
  • Hermine Liska (1930–2024), Austrian Jehovah's Witness

M

  • Hermine Moquette (1869–1945), Dutch archivist

N

  • Hermine Naghdalyan (born 1960), Armenian economist and politician

O

  • Hermine Overbeck-Rohte (1869–1937), German landscape painter

P

  • Hermine Pfleger (1884–1980), better known as Mia May, Austrian actress

R

  • Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887–1947), second wife of German Emperor William II
  • Hermine E. Ricketts (1956–2019), Jamaican-born American architect
  • Hermine Riss (1903–1980), Austrian Righteous among the Nations

S

  • Hermine Santrouschitz (1909–2010), better known as Miep Gies, who hid the family of Anne Frank in her attic
  • Hermine Schröder (1911-1978), German track and field athlete
  • Hermine Stindt (1888–1974), German swimmer who competed in the 1912 Olympics
  • Hermine von Siegstädt (1844–1883), Austrian operatic soprano
  • Hermine Speier (1898–1989), German archaeologist
  • Hermine Spies (1857-1893), German concert and opera singer

V

  • Hermína Verešová (1815–1895), Hungarian (Slovak) education activist

W

  • Hermine Waterneau (1862–1916), French painter

Places

  • Hermin, Pas-de-Calais, northern France
  • Herminie, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Sainte-Hermine, Vendée, western France

Ships

  • Grande Hermine, the ship believed to have brought Jacques Cartier to Saint-Pierre in 1535
  • Petite Hermine, another of Jacques Cartier's ships

Other

  • L'Hermine, a 2015 French film
  • Hermine, a fictional character in Herman Hesse's 1927 novel Steppenwolf
  • Herminie, scène lyrique (H.29), an 1828 cantata for mezzo-soprano and orchestra by French composer Hector Berlioz
  • Hurricane Hermine, a 2016 tropical cyclone that impacted the East Coast of the United States
  • Tropical Storm Hermine (disambiguation)

See also

  • Ermine (disambiguation)
  • Hermione (disambiguation)