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Gender Feminine
Usage Dutch
Pronounced Pron. HER-nah  [key]

Meaning & History

Dutch contracted form of Hendrina and Hermina and of some other names starting with He- and ending in -na (who also have an -r- somewhere inbetween).

A known bearer of this name is Herna Verhagen (b. 1966), the CEO of the Dutch mail and parcel corporation PostNL. Her full name is Hendrica Wilhelmina Petronella Maria Agatha Verhagen, so in her particular case, the name is either taken from Hendrica (as all the letters of Herna are present in that name) or a combination of Hendrica and Wilhelmina.
Added 12/21/2016 by Lucille