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I like it. As well as apple in Hungarian, in Spanish it means 'soul', so lots of nice meanings

Alma mater.

yes you could be the ultimate Alma Mater! .... giggles to self contentedly....

I was thinking of Alma Mater in the sense that it refers to the university you graduated from but nourishing mother is a lovely meaning.

Thank you! Really nice meaning, feeling quite sold on it now. My dh quite likes it and is "having a think" so I just hope he agrees!

yummy girl!

echidnakid - I checked the meaning of it, alma mater means "nourishing mother"in Latin.
so alma would be the nourishing part, which I personally find very interesting, because as it's been mentioned upthread, it also means apple in Hungarian.

OP - I can't help thinking, that if, you name her Alma, she's going to be one of your 5 a day!

Love it, and Alba too.

It makes me think of "Alma mater" but that's not a negative connection. I don't love it but its definitely not one of those "how could you?!" names.

Cute

Love it. Seems I only breed boys, but its top of my girls list.

Actually, if I'd never herd it before, I would think "What a lovely name."

It's one of my great aunts names (never met her, so can't tell you what she was like), and it will always remind me of the place Princess Diana died.

evianna yes, it is pronounced like that, lovely name.

it means apple in Hungarian and a lot of people use it. very nice name

My first thought was of the battle. So I'd assume either you or DP militar history enthusiasts.

The Corrie association isn't that strong, as although a long running character, she wasn't one of the biggies, like Vera or Audrey.

more info on Alma

I also know an Alma, pretty little half-Hungarian girl, apparently it means apple in her mom's mother tongue... I love the way they pronounce it, something like Ahl-mah.

Another yes vote here. I know a little Spanish Alma, beautiful name.

I like it. I knew an Alma and she was one of the sweetest people I've met.

It is one of my favourite names. If DS had been a DD, she would have been called Alma.

Fairly mixed responses! Still really like it though...

Sorry really don't like it, there was also a cinema of that name in my childhood town so for me it would be like naming a child Odeon!

I knew an Iranian Alma once and always thought it was a beautiful name. She was pretty gorgeous which might have had an impact!

I don't mind too much whether its trendy or about to become trendy, I just love the way it sounds. I would worry if people thought it was a cruel thing to name a child though...!