# Alma
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Etymology 1

Usually explained as Latin alma (“nourishing, kind”). It has also been used as a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Amal-, as in Amelia.

#### Proper noun

Alma
* A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18:Alma she called was, a virgin bright:/ That had not yet felt Cupides wanton rage,/ Yet was she woo'd of many a gentle knight […]
* (Mormonism) One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon.
* Places in the United States:
** An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
** A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
** A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California.
** A statutory town in Park County, Colorado.
** A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia.
** A village in Marion County, Illinois.
** A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
** A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
** A city in Gratiot County, Michigan.
** A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri.
** A small city, the county seat of Harlan County, Nebraska.
** An unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico.
** A town in Allegany County, New York.
** An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
** An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
** An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
** A town in Ellis County, Texas.
** An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.
** A small city, the county seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
** A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
** A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
* Places in Canada:
** A village in Albert County, New Brunswick.
** An unincorporated rural community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
** An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario.
** A settlement in Prince Edward Island.
** A town in Quebec.
* Former name of Boudouaou, Algeria.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

Alma
* (space science) Non-standard capitalisation of ALMA (Acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array.)

### Anagrams

* amla, Alam, lama, Amal, laam, Lama, mala, LAMA

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Alma f
* a female given name

## Danish
### Proper noun

Alma
* a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

## Dutch
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑl.maː/
* Hyphenation: Al‧ma

### Proper noun

Alma n
* A neighbourhood of Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands

## Estonian
### Proper noun

Alma (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Alma
* a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Alma: Almuson
* daughter of Alma: Almudóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin alma, but see also English Alma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑlmɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lmɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑlmɑ
* Hyphenation: Al‧ma

### Proper noun

Alma
* a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
** 1984, Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, →ISBN, page 44:—On tämä vähän hassua kun ei niistä tiedä mitään. —Nimet sentään. Jos jonkun nimi on Alma niin sen täytyy olla lihava.—It is a bit funny when you don't know anything of them. —Well, the name. If someone's Alma she's got to be fat.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Alma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Almani
Almani
accusative
nom.
Almani
Almani
gen.
Almani
genitive
Almani
Almojeni Almaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Almaani
Almojani
inessive
Almassani
Almoissani
elative
Almastani
Almoistani
illative
Almaani
Almoihini
adessive
Almallani
Almoillani
ablative
Almaltani
Almoiltani
allative
Almalleni
Almoilleni
essive
Almanani
Almoinani
translative
Almakseni
Almoikseni
abessive
Almattani
Almoittani
instructive
comitative
—Almoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Almasi
Almasi
accusative
nom.
Almasi
Almasi
gen.
Almasi
genitive
Almasi
Almojesi Almaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Almaasi
Almojasi
inessive
Almassasi
Almoissasi
elative
Almastasi
Almoistasi
illative
Almaasi
Almoihisi
adessive
Almallasi
Almoillasi
ablative
Almaltasi
Almoiltasi
allative
Almallesi
Almoillesi
essive
Almanasi
Almoinasi
translative
Almaksesi
Almoiksesi
abessive
Almattasi
Almoittasi
instructive
comitative
—Almoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Almamme
Almamme
accusative
nom.
Almamme
Almamme
gen.
Almamme
genitive
Almamme
Almojemme Almaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Almaamme
Almojamme
inessive
Almassamme
Almoissamme
elative
Almastamme
Almoistamme
illative
Almaamme
Almoihimme
adessive
Almallamme
Almoillamme
ablative
Almaltamme
Almoiltamme
allative
Almallemme
Almoillemme
essive
Almanamme
Almoinamme
translative
Almaksemme
Almoiksemme
abessive
Almattamme
Almoittamme
instructive
comitative
—Almoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Almanne
Almanne
accusative
nom.
Almanne
Almanne
gen.
Almanne
genitive
Almanne
Almojenne Almainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Almaanne
Almojanne
inessive
Almassanne
Almoissanne
elative
Almastanne
Almoistanne
illative
Almaanne
Almoihinne
adessive
Almallanne
Almoillanne
ablative
Almaltanne
Almoiltanne
allative
Almallenne
Almoillenne
essive
Almananne
Almoinanne
translative
Almaksenne
Almoiksenne
abessive
Almattanne
Almoittanne
instructive
comitative
—Almoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Almansa
Almansa
accusative
nom.
Almansa
Almansa
gen.
Almansa
genitive
Almansa
Almojensa Almainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Almaansa
Almojaan Almojansa
inessive
Almassaan Almassansa
Almoissaan Almoissansa
elative
Almastaan Almastansa
Almoistaan Almoistansa
illative
Almaansa
Almoihinsa
adessive
Almallaan Almallansa
Almoillaan Almoillansa
ablative
Almaltaan Almaltansa
Almoiltaan Almoiltansa
allative
Almalleen Almallensa
Almoilleen Almoillensa
essive
Almanaan Almanansa
Almoinaan Almoinansa
translative
Almakseen Almaksensa
Almoikseen Almoiksensa
abessive
Almattaan Almattansa
Almoittaan Almoittansa
instructive
comitative
—Almoineen Almoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* kassialma

#### Statistics

* Alma is the 205th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,951 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,600 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

### Anagrams

* lama

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Alma f (proper noun, genitive Alma)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

## Latvian
### Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians during 1825 - 1850 . From Latin alma, and a contraction of Amālija.

### Proper noun

Alma f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

### References

* Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
* Population Register of Latvia: Alma was the only given name of 904 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

## Lithuanian
### Proper noun

Alma f
* a female given name

## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Alma
* a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Almás, from almás (“apple tree grove”), from alma (“apple”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Alma f
* A commune of Sibiu, Romania
* A village in Alma, Sibiu, Romania

## Serbo-Croatian
### Proper noun

Alma
* a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Alma”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalma/ [ˈal.ma]
* Rhymes: -alma
* Syllabification: Al‧ma

### Proper noun

Alma f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Alma c (genitive Almas)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

### Anagrams

* lama

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Alma.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔalma/ [ˈʔal.mɐ]
* Rhymes: -alma
* Syllabification: Al‧ma

### Proper noun

Alma (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋ)
* a female given name from English

### Anagrams

* alam