I am a huge HP nerd so I am biased but I feel like for my generation
Hermione will always be associated with
Hermione Granger. Its kind of hard not to, we grew up with the story (the first book came out in 1997 and the movies are just ending). And it is definitely a distinctive name. I do think if I met someone who had named their daughter
Hermione just to roll their eyes at me if I asked about
Harry Potter would be a bit pretentious. That being said,
Hermione really isn't a bad character.
As for combos, I love
Hermione Violet and
Hermione Beatrice, not sure how I feel about them as sisters.
Hermione is so distinctive and I feel like those two are on the rise right now (as is
Penelope). How about
Hermione and
Leonora,
Hermione and
Anthea, or
Hermione and
Phyllida.