Girl · Latin and Spanish
Alma
Say it: AL-muh
Meaning
Latin alma 'nourishing, kind'; in Spanish 'soul'; its English vogue followed the Crimean War battle of the Alma (1854).
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in the late 19th century after the Battle of the Alma.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 162,584 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1896, about 1 in 191 girls
- 520 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Spanish | Alma |
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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