Wilhelmina
wil-hel-MEE-nah
Germanic
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Resolute protector; Will-helmet
- Origin
- Germanic
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Wilhelmina does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Resolute protector; Will-helmet", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Wilhelmina.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- 1880s (0.049% of births), currently steady
- Spiritual meaning
- Wilhelmina wears the helmet of hope — salvation guarding, Spirit's sword wielded, the resolute protector who stands sober and armored in faith and love.
- Verses on this meaning
- Ephesians 6:17
"And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8
"But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation."
- Ephesians 6:17