Guillermina

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Guillermina is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name60K records spelled Guillermina5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ģuillermina

• Russian given name219 records spelled Guillermina4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Гуиллермина

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Guillermina is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, a female given name, equivalent to English Wilhelmina

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 120 years between 1900–2022. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Guillermina Bravob. 1920MXMexican ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet director (1920-2013)
• Myrna Moresb. 1920ARnot in their usual nameArgentinian singer and actress (1920-2014)
• Guillermina Greenb. 1922ESSpanish actress (1922–2006)
• Flor Silvestreb. 1930MXnot in their usual nameMexican singer and actress (1930–2020)
• Guillermina Higaredab. 1939MXMexican opera singer
• Guillermina Mottab. 1942ESCatalan singer, actress, radio and television presenter (born 1942)
• Guillermina Casique Vencesb. 1961MXMexican politician
• Guillermina Mekuyb. 1982GQEquatorial Guinean politician and writer
• Guillermina Jassob. 2000USsociologist and academic
• Gloria KleinPEnot in their usual namePeruvian actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 663 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Guillermina?

We estimate roughly 21 thousand people bear Guillermina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Guillermina have the most bearers?

Guillermina is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled guillermina.

How common is Guillermina compared with other names?

In Argentina, Guillermina is the 365th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Guillermina a male or female name?

Guillermina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Guillermina mean?

Recorded meaning: Feminine of Guillermo, from Germanic Wilhelm 'will, desire' + 'helmet, protection'.