Williamina
About Williamina
Sometimes heard in Scotland, where its heyday was in the times of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott, this feminization of William was notably borne by Williamina Fleming, an astronomer who is famous for discovering the Horsehead Nebula, and for devising a system of classifying stars based on the amount of hydrogen they emit.
This form last ranked in Scotland back in the 1950s, while elsewhere, the Germanic Wilhelmina or short form Willa are preferred.
Pronounced wil-yuh-MEE-nuh.
As of October 2026, Williamina ranked #4185 in US births in 1914 SSA.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Williamina on lists
Famous Williaminas
- Williamina Fleming
Scottish,born astronomer. During her career, she helped develop a common designation system for stars and cataloged thousands of stars and other astronomical phenomena.