Message: "What does the name Germelina mean?"

What does the name Germelina mean?

by I like old names

11/26/2021, 7:45 PM

My grandmother's cousin was named Germelina, and I've recently been fascinated by that name. I also learned that the daughter of the half-sister of the grandfather of my grandma and her cousin was named Germilina.

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- thegriffon +1

11/27/2021, 7:50 AM

diminutive (a grammatical form with varied uses) of Germelo, apparently a variant of Hermelo, possibly referring to the locality Ermelo in Spain, possibly a variant of Hermilo (a form Germilo also exists), which is a Spanish diminutive of Hermes.

This message was edited 11/27/2021, 3:49 PM

- ! (I like old names)

11/29/2021, 6:18 AM

Thank you very much! :)

- Anneza +1

11/27/2021, 1:49 AM

Germen, in Dutch and Frisian, means German. Germelina would be a female form of that name - perhaps just because it was a name her parents liked, or because the family was originally German themselves, or to honour a relative or friend named Germen.

- I like old names

11/29/2021, 6:17 AM

Well, her parents were Filipino, like my grandmother's, and I doubt there would have been any Dutch or Frisian people named Germen in a random town in the province in the 1920s. Thanks anyway, though! :)

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