Alma Family History
Alma Name Meaning
Italian (Sicily): from the female personal name Alma from Latin almus ‘nourishing’. Spanish and Portuguese: nickname from alma ‘soul’ (from Latin anima). Catalan (Almà): from a variant of the personal name Almar or Armar from ancient Germanic Adalamar. West Frisian: patronymic formed with the suffix -ma ‘(one of the) men of’ from the personal name Al(e) a short form of an ancient Germanic name containing the element adel ‘noble’. Compare Alkema .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022