Elma

Girl Names
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I think I’m just a little bit in love with Elma! It’s so soft and substantial imo, but my mum has a close friend with this name so I don’t think I could ever use it. What do you think?

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It’s cute, but reminds me a bit of Elmo :confused: You might like Alma as an alternative idea?

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I do like [name_f]Alma[/name_f], but I love how [name_f]Elma[/name_f] has the ‘elm’ part (like the tree) which makes it feel a lot softer to me, I pronounce [name_f]Alma[/name_f] with a short A vowel at the start (like you’d pronounce the start of Alice) which doesn’t appeal quite so much. But I know the [name_m]Elmo[/name_m] connection is strong :cry:

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I completely understand. I pronounce Alma like ‘Ahl-muh’ which is definitely softer than ‘Al-muh.’ :slightly_smiling_face:

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I feel like maybe [name_f]Wilma[/name_f] has potential to win the -lma name battle for me but I’m considering them all!

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I prefer [name_f]Alma[/name_f] but it’s a nice name

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Though I prefer Ɛlvᴀ to most names of similar ilk, [name_f]Elma[/name_f] is surprising me. I am really liking it… it’s a very sweet and underused name today.

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I like it. I like [name_f]Elmira[/name_f] too a lot which is getting kind of odd. But [name_f]Elma[/name_f] could be a nickname for [name_f]Elmira[/name_f].

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Adding [name_f]Embla[/name_f] as a second suggestion!

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[name_f]Elma[/name_f] is nice in [name_f]English[/name_f] but it’s also the Turkish word for apple, which I guess doesn’t matter if you aren’t in Turkey! It does sound quite sweet.

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That’s quite cute actually!

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I have an elderly relation with this name… She’s a lovely person, but I find it hard to dissociate this name from its old-fashioned image. I do really like [name_f]Alma[/name_f] though (reading The [name_m]History[/name_m] of [name_u]Love[/name_u] by [name_f]Nicole[/name_f] Krauss made me fall in love with it).

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It means apple in my language… we don’t use food names as given names so it sounds odd to me. That’s just me though! It’s nice for you.

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It’s nice, though tbh honest I first read it as [name_m]Elmo[/name_m] and I feel like at least in the US that’ll be a strong association.

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