Wilhelmina

• The name of the intelligent young heroine in Bram Stoker's "Dracula." She went by Mina, and I thought the name was absolutely charming, though most people find it clunky and awkward. It's a name that was meant to be whispered lovingly
• My grandmother's name was Wilma but no matter how much I loved her, the name just doesn't work-------anywhere! However, the other longer, harder to pronounce name is beautiful if one says it without rushing. Will---hell-mee-nah. Romantic. Soft. As for a nickname, maybe Mina, not Willie. I gave a beloved doll this name.

Feminine form of the German name Wilhelm, this name is made up of elements meaning "will; desire" and "helmet; pretection."

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