Wilhelmina

//ˌwɪl.əˈmiːn.ə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from German, masculine equivalent Wilhelm.

    "She comforted herself however, on the first appearance of her pregnancy, that so odious a surname should be qualified in her children with the genteelest and most elegant Christian names that history or romance could supply. - - - My eldest sister, who came into the world a year after, was called Wilhelmina Charlotta, the second Penthesilea, the third Telethusa, and the fourth Honoria."

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"She comforted herself however, on the first appearance of her pregnancy, that so odious a surname should be qualified in her children with the genteelest and most elegant Christian names that history or romance could supply. - - - My eldest sister, who came into the world a year after, was called Wilhelmina Charlotta, the second Penthesilea, the third Telethusa, and the fourth Honoria."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wilhelmina, equivalent to Wilhelm + -ina.

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