Pronunciation of Alma

Girl Names
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[name_m]How[/name_m] do you pronounce [name_f]Alma[/name_f]? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you say all-ma, with the first syllable sounding like the word all? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you say al-ma with the first syllable sounding like the first part of the name [name_m]Albert[/name_m]? Or are those two the same for you?

I’m in the Southeastern part of the US and I think all-ma sounds prettier but it feels a bit put on for me. My first inclination (and I suspect for most others in this region) would be to say al-ma.

2

With a short A. ‘‘a’’ for apple. I’m not sure of the exact equivilant in an American accent but not like the word all.

3

I am also in the southeastern U.S., and I would say [name_m]Al[/name_m]-ma like [name_m]Al[/name_m], not like all. There was a local politician in my area named [name_f]Alma[/name_f], and that is how I always heard it said.

4

I pronounce it all-ma and Im from Northeastern US

5

I pronounce it all-ma, like the word all. I know an [name_f]Alma[/name_f], and this is how she says her name, so I’ve always pronounced it this way. I am from the northeastern US.

6

All-ma. Northeastern US. Or to be more accurate, almost like the Spanish word alma, but a bit less… well, Spanish… on the L. I don’t say the A quite as broadly as the a of “all,” nor is it so clipped as the A of [name_m]Albert[/name_m].

7

Since the word is Spanish, the correct pronunciation is All-ma.

8

All-ma. I’ve never heard [name_m]Al[/name_m] (as in [name_m]Albert[/name_m])-ma. I’m in the northeastern US, originally from DC. [name_u]Love[/name_u] the name, but [name_m]Al[/name_m]-ma might just ruin it for me. :confused: no offense, I just don’t find that pronunciation nearly as pretty, and I didn’t know it existed.

9

I say awl-muh.

10

I say All-ma, I’m from mid-Atlantic USA. But if someone said her name was [name_m]Al[/name_m]-ma, I’d just go with their pronunciation.

11

I’m English so say al-ma with a short a.

12

All-ma. Raised mostly in the [name_m]Pacific[/name_m] Northwest, with bits of childhood spent in Mexico.

13

The name is only ever [name_m]Al[/name_m] -ma as in [name_m]Al[/name_m]-bert in Australia that I know of. Its sounds like [name_m]Elmer[/name_m] - I had forgotten that areas of
[name_u]America[/name_u] say Orl- ma. Sounds much better.:slight_smile:

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The name is only ever [name_m]Al[/name_m] -ma as in [name_m]Al[/name_m]-bert in Australia that I know of. Its sounds like [name_m]Elmer[/name_m] - I had forgotten that areas of
[name_u]America[/name_u] say Orl- ma. Sounds much better.:slight_smile: