Palma

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Uncertain origin and meaning. Some theories include:

1) Variant forms of Palni

2) Latin palma = 'palm tree' or 'palm branch as a token of victory' [1] [2]

3) Latin palma = 'palm of the hand' [1]

Related Names

     
Palma ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Pálma ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Palmar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic Norwegian
Palme ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Palmer ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Pálmi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Palmina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Palmine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Palma
Accusative: Palmu
Dative: Palmu
Genitive: Palmu

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Norway Norway[3] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 84 205 0 0
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 25 n.a. 0 n.a
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 9 22 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 4 n.a 4
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Palma.

Sources: [5] [4] [3] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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