Hermione
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning messenger; derived from hermes the herald god.
Hermione by the numbers
In 2025, 29 babies in England and Wales were named Hermione. In the US, 80 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hermione. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Hermione, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Hermione, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Angelinaangel; messenger; feminine form of Angelo1,550 in the US (2017)
- Angelamessenger, angel1,344 in the US (2017)
- Angelicaangelic; from angelicus570 in the US (2017)
- UrielGod is my light; angel name558 in the US (2017)
- Angieangel; messenger; a diminutive of Angela456 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hermione
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