Wilhelmina (given name)

Wilhelmina

Queen Wilhelmina was a German princess and queen of the Netherlands.
Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Germanic
Meaning	"will helmet" or "willing to protect"
Other names
Related names	Wilhelm, Wilma, Helmi

Wilhelmina (also: Wilhelmine and Wilhemina) is a feminine given name, the Dutch and German form of Wilhelm or William, which is derived from the Germanic wil, meaning "will, desire" and helm, meaning "helmet, protection". Wilhelmina was ranked in the top 1000 most popular names for girls in the United States between 1900 and 1940 but is rarely used today. In many European countries, this name is once again very popular.

Notable persons with this name

• Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804–1860), German operatic soprano
• Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909–1976), German American gold medalist in the Olympics
• Vilhelmina Bardauskienė (1958), Lithuanian long jumper
• Wilhelmina Cooper (1939–1980), high-fashion model and owner/founder of Wilhelmina Models'
• Wilhelmina Drucker, (1847–1925) Dutch politician and writer
• Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski (1910–2007), American classical archaeologist
• Vilhelmina Gyldenstolpe (1779–1858), Swedish court official
• Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett (1861–1929), Native Hawaiian suffragist
• Vilhelmína Lever (1802–1879), Icelandic shopkeeper and restauranteur
• Wilhelmina Skogh (1849–1926), hotel and restaurant owner from Sweden
• Wilhelmine Schröder, Swedish writer
• Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull, Swedish courtier
• Mary Wilhelmine Williams (1878–1944), American feminist, pacifist, professor, and Latin American historian

Artists and art patrons

• Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004), British abstract artist
• Wilhelmina Gravallius (1809–1884) Swedish writer
• Wilhelmina Holladay (born 1922), American art collector and patron
• Wilhelmina Krafft (1778–1828), Swedish painter and miniaturist
• Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (1663–1740), Swedish painter and poet

Royalty

• Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880–1962)
• Princess Wilhelmine of Denmark (disambiguation), several Danish princesses
• Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick (1673–1742), empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, Queen of the Germans
• Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758), German princess (the older sister of Frederick the Great) and composer
• Wilhelmina of Prussia (1750–1820), German princess
• Wilhelmine of Prussia (1774–1837), German princess and later queen of the Netherlands
• Wilhelmine of Baden (1788–1836), German Grand Duchess of Hess and the Rhine

Fictional characters

• Wilhelmina Carmel from the Shakugan no Shana light novels
• Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank from the Harry Potter book series
• Mina Harker (née Wilhelmina Murray) from Dracula
• Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Wilhelmina Slater from Ugly Betty
• Wilhelmine, an evil witch and major antagonist in The Mighty Hercules animated series from the 1960s
• Princess Wilhelmina or "Willie" from Bruce Coville's The Dragonslayers
• Wilhelmina "Will" Vandom of the Italian comic/cartoon series W.I.T.C.H.

Variants

• Billie (English)
• Elma (Dutch), (German)
• Guilla (Spanish)
• Guillaumette (French)
• Guillaumine (French)
• Guillerma (Spanish)
• Guillermina (Spanish)
• Guilhermina (Portuguese)
• Guilette (French)
• Helma (German)
• Helmi (Finnish), (Swedish)
• Helmine (German)
• Ilma (Spanish)
• Jeltje (Dutch), (Frisian)
• Jeltsje (Dutch), (Frisian)
• Miina (Finnish)
• Mimi (French)
• Mimmi (Finnish)
• Mina (English), (German), (Polish)
• Mine (German)
• Minchen (German)
• Minette (French)
• Mini (Finnish), (Spanish)
• Minka (Czech), Polish, (Slovakian)
• Minna (Finnish), (German)
• Minnie (English)
• Velvela (Yiddish)
• Vilhelmiina (Finnish)
• Vilhelmina (Finnish), (Swedish), (Hungarian),
• Vilma (Czech), (German), (Portuguese), (Slovakian), (Spanish), (Swedish), (Finnish)
• Wilhelmine (French), (German)
• Wilja (Scandinavian)
• Willa (English)
• Willamina (Scots)
• Willemijn (Dutch)
• Willemina (Dutch)
• Willie (English)
• Willy (English)
• Wilma (English), (German)

See also

• Wilhelmina (disambiguation)