Hermione is both a mythological name and the name of a character in the play 'Andromaque', a five-piece tragedy by French playwright Jean Racine. Hermione, daughter of Menelaus and Helen, who is betrothed to Pyrrhus, is a character in this play who asks Orestes to kill Pyrrhus and when he does, rejects him, driving him insane. Such actions have earned her a reputation as a furious lover.
In mythology, Hermione is the daughter of Menelaus and Helen, who blames the concubine Andromache for her inability to fall pregnant and attempts to engineer her murder. She later flees with her cousin Orestes, and with him had two children, a son, Tisamenus, and a daughter, Hensibal, who died in infancy.
Hermione is a popular character in plays, and stars in two more well-known plays. First is Jean-Baptiste Lully's musical tragedy, Cadmus et Hermione, where she is a daughter of Venus and Mars. In the second play, Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale', Queen Hermione of Sicily is the mother of Perdita who is ultimately reunited with her daughter.
Hermione is also the name of several historical figures. Hermione of Ephesus was an early Christian Martyr in both Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, who is cited as a prophetess. Hermione Hammond was a painter, born in 1910, who died in 2005.
The most obvious famous bearer of the name is Hermione Granger, a character in the hugely popular and successful Harry Potter books and films, written by J.K. Rowling. Although the name was scarcely known before the astronomical success of the books, which made the now almost household name, one must also remember that there are several other famous people who have been called Hermione over the years.
Other famous fictional Hermiones include Hermione Bostock in P. G. Wodehouse's books, and Hermione Lodge in the Archie comics.
Hermione Baddeley, Hermione Gingold, Hermione Hannen and Hermione Hammond were all early British actresses, whilst Hermione Norris and Hermione Gulliford are more modern actresses and Hermione Cockburn is a British radio and television personality. Hermione Lee, critic. Hermione Cobbold, British matriarch.)
Origin: (Greek, Greek Mythology)
Pronunciation: (her-MY-oh-nee, hər-MIE-ə-nee, her-MIY- ə -nee, Go to this site and run your cursor over Hermione to hear how it is said: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=hermione&submit=Submit)
Gender: Female
Well this has turned out to be a very long post but all the information which I got off Wiki name was all too fascinating to leave out. When I see the name Hermione I always think of Shakespeare's play A Winter's Tale but I never knew about the other uses of the name except the Harry Potter one. Trying to pronounce it the proper way is a bit annoyingly difficult. Other than that I think is a decent name but if anyone uses it in there novels people may think you are naming your character after J. K Rowlings Harry Potter series character Hermione Granger. But I say use the name Hermione anyway if it fits your character.
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