Anyone got a Hermione? What is the first thing that people say..?

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Hi,

We are thinking about Hermione as a name for dc3 - we already have a Shakesperean name (but not an obvious one) for dd2, so it would fit well. My worries are... Harry Potter! Has it been ruined forever and will people just snigger?
Also, any nickname suggestions welcome, as all I can think of is Minnie, which actually was my g.grandmother's name.

My first thought is always Hermione Granger. I think it's a lovely name.

I would think of Harry potter but I am the sort of person who would name their child after a character from a book I would definitely use it, but I have always wondered what nn I would use - I hadn't considered Minnie!

I know a Hermione who's known to everyone as Hemmy. Lovely name!

I would think HP but that's no bad thing. Hermione in HP is great!

I have a Hermione. People's first response is the inevitable Harry Potter response. Older generation (my grandmother) not so much, they remember Hemione Gingold, an actress!
My general response is, yes like Harry Potter, bu we drew our inspiration from Greek classic literature (Helen of Troys daughter with Menalaus) and she is also in Shakespeare's 'A Winters Tale'
Although, when it is someone I will never see again like a shop girl, I now just tend to smile as cannot be bothered!
What is your other daughters name?

I like it. I think, if anything, it's become more of a "normal" name since Harry Potter - people have heard of it, they know how to spell it and how to pronounce it. And if people think you named her after Hermione Granger instead of a Shakespearean character, what does it matter?

My first thought is of Hermione Lee, who writes about women writers. But I haven't read HP, which is by a woman writer too, so I hear!

Nice and 'Mima' is a pretty nickname.

I love it and it was on my list for ds if he'd of been a girl.

There's also the Bowie song "letter to Hermione"...

I have a Hermione! We shorten it to Mi. Some people spot me for the Harry Potter obessive that I am for it but there are plently of people out there that have never heard of it, or who associate it first and formost with Shakespeare. I have a fabulous bit of home video of her being chased through our local market place by a darlek asking her where her magic wand is...
Last time I checked it was still out of the top 10,000 most popular baby names. She is regularly asked to spell it, though. As we shorted it to Mi a lot of people also assume she's a Mya, Mia or something similar.
At 9 she loves her name. She's the kind of girl that can carry off a Harry Potter Hermione, though. (Same sort of girl I was, which is why I love the character.) It would feel a bit wrong if she wasn't academically strong and even a bit bossy with it. As an insurance policy she has a very ordinary middle name that I'd be happy for her to use if she ever preferred.

Really? Looks like it isn't leaving anytime soon :).

This is a very old thread

I wouldn't personally, because of HP

I do think of HP too but it's not a negative association. It's also a pretty name so I'd go for it

It does make me think of Harry Potter, and I think Harry Potter is here to stay.

But I wouldn't be put off by that.

I've only ever met one Hermione and she was absolutely lovely.

Love the name. I know of a Hermione who gets called Mimi

I was familiar with the name long before Harry Potter and pronunciation wasn't an issue

🧟‍♀️ !!!ZOMBIE ALERT!!! 🧟‍♀️

Yes, zombie alert, but it's interesting that one of the original comments was that HP would "die down in a few years" and yet here we are ten years later and people still have that association!

Harry Potter. And I don’t even like Harry Potter

I looooove the name Hermione and yes my first thought would be The Winter's Tale!

Oh heck I've been got by a zombie thread. Wonder if there's a 10 y/o Hermione around now...

I had Hermione on my list after St Hermione 😊