Wilhelmina

Wilhelmina (alternatively spelled Wilhelmine) is a female given name, originating from the German language and meaning "willing to protect". Wilma, Willa, Willy, Mine, Minna and Mina are short forms of the name, and male versions include William and Wilhelm.

Further information: Wilhelmina (given name)

People

• Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804–1860), German operatic soprano
• Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909–1976), German American gold medalist in the Olympics
• Wilhelmina Cooper (1939–1980), high-fashion model and owner/founder of Wilhelmina Models'
• Wilhelmina Drucker, (1847–1925) Dutch politician and writer
• Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski (1910–2007), American classical archaeologist
• Wilhelmina Skogh (1849–1926), hotel and restaurant owner from Sweden
• Wilhelmine Schröder, Swedish writer
• Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull, Swedish courtier

Artists and art patrons

• Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004), British abstract artist
• Wilhelmina Gravallius (1809–1884) Swedish writer
• Wilhelmina Holladay (born 1922), American art collector and patron
• Wilhelmina Krafft (1778–1828), Swedish painter and miniaturist
• Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (1663–1740), Swedish painter and poet

Royalty

• Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880–1962)
• Princess Wilhelmine of Denmark (disambiguation), several Danish princesses
• Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick (1673–1742), empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, Queen of the Germans
• Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758), German princess (the older sister of Frederick the Great) and composer
• Wilhelmina of Prussia (1750–1820), German princess
• Wilhelmine of Prussia (1774-1837), German princess and later queen of the Netherlands
• Wilhelmine of Baden (1788–1836), German Grand Duchess of Hess and the Rhine

Fictional characters

• Wilhelmina Carmel from the Shakugan no Shana light novels
• Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank from the Harry Potter book series
• Mina Harker (née Wilhelmina Murray) from Dracula
• Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Wilhelmina Slater from Ugly Betty
• Wilhelmine, an evil witch and major antagonist in The Mighty Hercules animated series from the 1960s
• Princess Wilhelmina or "Willie" from Bruce Coville's The Dragonslayers
• Wilhelmina "Will" Vandom of the Italian comic/cartoon series W.I.T.C.H.

Places

• Wilhelma, zoo and botanical garden in Stuttgart, Germany
• Wilhelma, Palestine, a former German templer colony
• Wilhelmina Bay in Antarctica
• The Wilhelmina Mountains in Suriname
• The Queen Wilhelmina State Park in Mena, Arkansas
• Wilhelmina Rise is a residential street in the eastern part of Honolulu, Hawaii, infamous for being steep
• Vilhelmina, a locality and the seat of Vilhelmina Municipality, Sweden
• Vilhelmina Municipality, a municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden

Fictional places

• Wilhelmina, Georgia, a dairy village in Georgia depicted in the Bollywood film My Name is Khan

Other

• 1 guilder Wilhelmina, former currency in the Netherlands
• 392 Wilhelmina, a large main belt asteroid
• USS Wilhelmina (ID-2168), transport for the United States Navy during World War I
• Wilhelmina Models, modeling agency founded by supermodel Wilhelmina Cooper