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Palma

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Female Female Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Uncertain origin and meaning. Some theories include:

1) Female form of Pálmi

2) Latin palma = 'palm tree' or 'palm branch as a token of victory' [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

Related Names

Palma ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Pálma ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Faroese Icelandic
Palmi ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish

See also Palmina

For male forms see Pálmi, Palmar, Palmiro

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Palmuson Faroe Islands

Female

Palmudóttir Faroe Islands

Combinations

For combinations see PALM (name element)

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Palma
Genitive: Palmas
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Palma
Accusative: Palmu
Dative: Palmu
Genitive: Palmu
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Palma
Genitive: Palman
Partitive: Palmaa
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Palma
Genitive: Palmas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Palma
Genitive: Palmas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 19 people were named Palma (percentage of first or only given name: 89 %) [6]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Denmark Denmark[7]
47
n.a.
 47
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[8]
10 27 10 27 0 0
Finland Finland[9]
n.a.
 6
n.a.
 6 0 0
Iceland Iceland[10]
2 3
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[11]
0 3
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[12]
129
n.a.
 129
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: 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.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  10. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  11. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  12. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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