Puma - Meaning of Puma

What does Puma mean?

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Puma

[ 2 syll. pu-ma, pum-a ] The baby girl name Puma is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced as PUWMAH †. Puma has its origins in the Latin language. The name Puma means 'resembling the mountain lion'.

Forms of Puma include the names Pooma, Poomah, Pouma, Pumah, and Pumma.

See also the related categories, mountain, latin, and lion.

Puma is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Puma include Pooma, Poomah, Pouma, Pumah, P'eng, Pama, Pancha, Panez, Pannah, Pansea, Pansee, Pansey, Pansi, Pansie, Pansy, Panzea, Panzee, Panzi, Panzie, and Panzy.

† English pronunciation for Puma: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"