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Irmalee
How to Pronounce Irmalee
Pronounced UR-muh-lee /ΛΙΛr.mΙ.liΛ/Medium
Meaning: Irmalee joins Irma β a German name from the element ermen, meaning 'whole' or 'universal' β with the popular English tag-name Lee, from an Old English word for a 'meadow' or 'clearing'. It is a genuine early-twentieth-century compound in the Ida-Lee, Emma-Lou mold.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Irmalee is a compound name of the Irma-plus-Lee kind popular in the early nineteen-hundreds. Irma descends from the Germanic ermen, 'whole' or 'universal', the same root behind Emma and Ermintrude, while Lee comes from the Old English leah, a 'meadow' or 'clearing', and was a favorite second element for coined double-names.
It was always vanishingly rare, clustered in the nineteen-twenties and gone from the record within a generation. An Irmalee would today be a great-grandmother of that vintage cohort, and the name is a period piece rather than a revival candidate β though the Irma root itself is quietly fashionable again.
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What does the name Irmalee mean?
Irmalee is a compound of Irma, from the Germanic ermen meaning 'whole' or 'universal', and Lee, an Old English word for a 'meadow'.
How do you pronounce Irmalee?
It's said UR-muh-lee /ΛΙΛr.mΙ.liΛ/ β three syllables, stress on the first.
Is Irmalee a boy or girl name?
Irmalee is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Irmalee?
Irmalee has always been extremely rare, an early-twentieth-century compound that appeared only briefly.