Irmela is a feminine given name. In the

Balkans The Balkans ( , ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throug ...

, Irmela is popular among the

Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

in the former countries of

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

. The name is a hybrid between Irma and Arnela, two names that are also popular among the population.

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Irmela Broniecki Irmela Broniecki (26 April 1944 – 3 December 2019) was a German fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Oly ...

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Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit (born 20 August 1948 in Korntal) is a German Japanologist and translator. In 1992 she was awarded Germany's most prestigious prize for distinction in research, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. Life From 1967 to ...

, German Japanologist and translator *

Irmela Mensah-Schramm Irmela Mensah-Schramm (born 1945) is a human rights activist and retired special needs teacher known for removing and painting over neo-Nazi and other right-wing extremist graffiti in Berlin and throughout Germany. She began doing this work in ...

(born 1945), German human rights activist

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