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Palma - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Palma

[ 2 syll. pal-ma, pa-lma ] The girl name Palma is pronounced as PAALMah KEY. Palma is primarily used in English and Spanish. Its language of origin is Latin. Palma is a variant form of the Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish name Palmira.

Palma is a rare baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1917, 0.009% of baby girls were named Palma. It was #706 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then, and is now used on a very light scale. Out of all girl names in its family, Palma was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Palma include the English Paulene, the English, French, and German Pauline, the Turkish Pelin, the Hungarian and Spanish Palloma, the Hungarian and Spanish Paloma, the Italian Paolina, the English Paulena, the Finnish Pauliina, the English, German, and Slavic Paulina, the Czech and Russian Pavlina, the Polish Pawlina, the Hungarian and Spanish Peloma, the Russian Polina, the English Pollyanna, and the Hawaiian Pualani.

KEY: Pronunciation for Palma: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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