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Alma

A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century.

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Alma at a glance

Origin
Latin
Root meaning
“nourishing, kind”

Etymology

Usually explained as Latin alma (“nourishing, kind”). It has also been used as a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Amal-, as in Amelia.

Meaning and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What does the name Alma mean?

A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century. Its root means "nourishing, kind".

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Mythology and video game character facts from Wikidata (CC0). Name roots from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).