Entry № 0746 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Eormenburg Eormenburg — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AYR-men-burg /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Great-fortress (Kentish queen)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "great-fortress (kentish queen)".

Eormenburg combines the Old English eormen (great, universal) and burh (fortress). **Eormenburg (7th c.)** was the Kentish queen, **mother of Saints Mildred, Mildburh, and Mildgyth** — the three holy Mild- sisters who became Anglo-Saxon abbesses.

Featured in the Mildrith Legend.

Great-fortress. Mother of the three Mild- sister-saints.

Where Eormenburg stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Eormenburg · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Eormenburgs before her.

Real people
Eormenburg
Kentish queen.
7th c.
In fiction
Eormenburg
Featured in the Mildrith Legend.

Names connected to Eormenburg.

The number behind Eormenburg.

8

The Authority

Eormenburg reduces to eight — the number of Kentish queen-mother.

Why families chose this name.

"Mother of the Milds. Ten letters. Eormenburg."
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