English

Alternative forms

• Hermionë

Proper noun

Hermione

1. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale: Act III, Scene II:

     Hermione, queen to the worthy Leontes, King of Sicilia, thou art here accused and arraigned of high treason

2. A female given name
   • 2002 March 7, "Sirius Black" (username), "Re: JKR is wrong!", in alt.fan.harry-potter, Usenet:

     Some literature uses a diaeresis over the e to show that it is pronounced: so Bronte, Terpsichore, Hermione, could be written as Brontë, Terpsichorë, Hermionë, but since diaereses take effort to put in there on English keyboards, writers typically leave out the optional, yet helpful, diacritical mark. I think Hermionë is a rather learnèd [ooh-another diacritical mark] girl and will decide to use the diaeresis when writing her name; when people ask why, it will give her opportunity to say “So you’ll pronounce my name correctly, ninny.”

Translations

See also

• Hermine (unrelated German name, used in German translations of the Harry Potter series)

References

1. ↑ “Hermione” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Catalan

Proper noun

Hermione f

1. Hermione