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This article is about people bearing the given name
Hermione . For other uses, see
Hermione .
Hermione (
Ancient Greek : Ἑρμιόνη
[hermi.ónɛː] ) is a feminine given name derived from the Greek messenger god
Hermes .
Hermione was the daughter of
Menelaus and
Helen in
Greek mythology . It was also the name of an early Christian martyr,
Hermione of Ephesus , and of a character in
William Shakespeare ’s play
The Winter's Tale .
[2] Usage of the name has increased in recent years due largely to a
character with the name in the
Harry Potter series by
J.K. Rowling .
[3]
People
Hermione of Ephesus (died 117 A.D.), an early Christian martyr
Hermione Asachi (1821–1900), Romanian writer and translator
Hermione Baddeley (1906–1986), English actress
Hermione Cobbold (1905–2004), British matriarch
Hermione Cock (1904–2015), British female supercentenarian
Hermione Cockburn (born 1973), British TV and radio presenter
Hermione Corfield (born 1993), English actress and model
Hermione Cronje , South African prosecutor
Hermione Darnborough (1915–2010), English ballerina
Hermione Eyre (born 1980), British journalist and novelist
Hermione Farthingale (born 1949), English dancer, yoga teacher, and dated David Bowie and inspired some of his songs
Hermione FitzGerald (1864–1895), Duchess of Leinster
Hermione FitzGerald (born 1985), Irish professional golfer
Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), English actress
Hermione Gulliford , English actress
Hermione Hammond (1910–2005), English painter
Hermione Hannen (1913–1983), English actress
Hermione Harvey (1931–2016), English actress and dancer
Hermione Ruth Herrick (1889–1983), New Zealand Guide leader and women's naval administrator
Hermione Hobhouse (1934–2014), British architectural historian
Hermione Hoby (born 1985), British author, journalist, and cultural critic
Hermione Kitson (born 1984), Australian news presenter and reporter
Hermione Knox , (1913–2001), British author, Countess of Ranfurly
Hermione Lambton (1906–1990), Countess of Durham
Hermione Lee (born 1948), British biographer and critic
Hermione Lister-Kaye (born 1990), British naturalist and journalist, daughter of John Lister-Kaye
Hermione Norris (born 1967), English actress
Hermione Peters (born 1994), Belgian canoeist
Hermione von Preuschen (1854–1918), German painter and author
Hermione Rogers (1895–1917), British nurse who died when HMS Osmanieh was torpedoed
Hermione (Hennessy) Ross (born 1966), British singer-songwriter
Hermione Shirley (1891–1969), Countess Ferrers
Hermione Underwood , Australian actress
Hermione Wiltshire (born 1963), English photographer
Fictional characters
Hermione (mythology) , the daughter of
Menelaus and
Helen in Greek mythology
Hermione, a character in the novel
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Hermione, a character based on the mythological
Harmonia in the opera
Cadmus et Hermione by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Aunt Hermione, a character in the BBC TV Series
The Durrells played by Barbara Flynn
Hermione, a male character in the 1582 court drama The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune
Hermione, Queen of Sicily, a character in the play
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
Hermione, a character in the novel
Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
Hermione Bagwa, a character in
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Hermione de Borromeo, a character in the Japanese animated TV series
Romeo x Juliet
Hermione Bostock , a character in the fiction of
P. G. Wodehouse
Hermione Gart, an autobiographical character in the novel
HERmione by
H.D.
Hermione Granger , a main character in the
Harry Potter novels and films
Hermione Gravell-Pitt, a character in the novel
Around the World with Auntie Mame
Hermione Herman, the sister of character
Pee-wee Herman
Hermione Lodge , a character in the Archie Comics and in the TV series
Riverdale
Hermione Makepeace (Minnie the Minx) , comic strip character from The Beano
Hermione Montego, a character in the 1966 episode of
Batman (TV series) , "The Thirteenth Hat"
Hermione Morton, a character in the British TV series
Ripper Street
Hermione Pennistone, the main character in the 1932 novel Marriage of Hermione by
Richmal Crompton
Hermione Seymour, the main character in the 1791 novel Hermione, or the Orphan Sister by
Charlotte Lennox
Hermione Shotover, a character in the play
Heartbreak House of G. B. Shaw
Hermione Trumpington-Bonnet, a character in the British TV series
Monarch of the Glen
See also
Look up
Ἑρμιόνη in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
References