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, Minna

Wilhelmina (also: Wilhelmena, Wilhelmine, Wilhemina, and Wilhelmowna) 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.^[1] In many European countries, this name is once again very popular. Nicknames for Wilhelmina include, but are not restricted to, Minna, Mina, Minnie, and Willie.

Notable persons with this name[]

Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel (1905–1973), American silent and early sound film actress
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg (born 1951), British-American actress
Katherine Elizabeth Wilhelmina Sharon Beuving Langbroek (born 1965), Australian comedian, radio and television presenter
Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804–1860), German operatic soprano
Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909–1976), German American gold medalist in the Olympics
Vilhelmina Bardauskienė (born 1958), Lithuanian long jumper
Wilhelmina Cooper (1939–1980), Dutch-American high fashion model and 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 Hay Abbott (1884-1957), Scottish suffragist and feminist
Wilhelmine Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett (1861–1929), Native Hawaiian suffragist
Wilhelmina Skogh (1849–1926), hotel and restaurant owner from Sweden
Wilhelmina Houdini (1876–1943), American stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini
Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly (1946–2019), African-American genealogist
Wilhelmina Koskull (1778–1852), Swedish courtier
Vilhelmína Lever (1802–1879), Icelandic shopkeeper and restaurateur
Wilhelmina Rietveld (1949–1973), Dutch-Canadian model
Wilhelmina Angela Schmidt (1897–1998), Dutch author, playwright and cabaret singer
Vera Wilhelmowna Tschechowa (born 1940), German actress, producer, director, and screenwriter
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 Pruit (1865-1947), American poet
Wilhelmine Schröder (1839–1924), Swedish writer
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
Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1866–1913), Canadian-born American author, illustrator, art teacher
Wilhelmina Fuller Webb (1915–2012), American writer

Royalty[]

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880–1962), Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948
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
Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1755–1776), German princess and first wife of Paul I of Russia
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
Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cambridge (1833–1897), Member of the British royal family
Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard (born 1938), Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013

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)
Guglielma (Italian)
Guglielmina (Italian)
Guilette (French)
Helma (German)
Helmi (Finnish), (Swedish)
Helmine (German)
Ilma (Spanish)
Jeltje (Dutch), (Frisian)
Jeltsje (Dutch), (Frisian)
Mien (Dutch)
Mientje (Dutch)
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)
Willene (English)
Willie (English)
Willy (English)
Wilma (English), (German)

References[]

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