Home › Words › H › hermiehermie/ˈhɜːmi/hermie · name — A diminutive of the male given name Herman.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, hermie ranks #27,178 of 42,854 for Qualifying.hermie is pronounced /ˈhɜːmi/.EtymologyFrom hermit + -ie.nameA diminutive of the male given name HermanA diminutive of the female given name HermionenounA hermit crab.e.g.“Your hermies need a second home to chill out in whenever they're sick or molting.” — 2011, Kelli A. Wilkins, Hermit Crabs For Dummies:A hermaphrodite.e.g.“If a favorite variety tends to “go hermie", growers often pick out individual male flowers as they are discovered. Some growers let the pollen from these hermaphrodites fertilize females.” — 2002, Jorge Cervantes, Indoor Marijuana Horticulture, →ISBN:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).