Name: Alma
Gender: Female
Usage: Alma, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Alma are in general originating from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Alma is: Maiden, Spirit.
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Numerology of the first name Alma: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Alma is ranked on the 890th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 610000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.009% of the population. The name Alma has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Alma for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Alma (/ˈɑːlmə/ AHL-mə) is an English feminine given name, but has historically been used in the masculine form as well, sometimes in the form Almo. The origin of the name is debated, it was reserved as a title for classical goddesses as in the use "alma mater". It gained popularity after the Battle of Alma in the 19th century and appeared as a fashionable name for girls and a popular place name, but it has decreased in appearance in the following centuries. The name Alma also has several meanings in a variety of languages, and is generally translated to mean that the child "feeds one's soul" or "lifts the spirit".
English: a relatively modern creation, of uncertain origin. It had a temporary vogue following the Battle of Alma (1854), which is named from the river in the Crimea by which it took place; similarly Trafalgar had occasionally been used as a female name earlier in the century. Nevertheless, the historical event seems only to have increased the popularity of an existing, if rare, name.Alma is also the feminine form of the Latin adjective almus nourishing, kind (cf. alma mater fostering mother, the clichéd phrase for an educational establishment). In Tennessee Williams's play Summer and Smoke (1948), a bearer of the name explains that it is ‘Spanish for soul’ (Latin anima), but this seems to be only coincidental.
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