Thoughts on the name Alma?

[Emma2727]

We’ve been very stuck choosing a girls name we agree on and recently came across the name Alma. I haven’t really heard it before but I’m aware it’s an old fashioned name- which doesn’t bother me so much.
Is it a nice name? What are some similar names to this? Thanks!!

Unfortunately I can only think of Coronation Street and a pub called the Alma in my home town

There is nothing wrong with it really but I wouldn't be able to get past the above associations

How about Nora or Ada?

Alba?

As long as you are prepared for people to call her Llama. Bullies, people who find English a bit more difficult to grasp and those just grazing their eyes over words and not reading properly.

What about Alba instead? It's close but different enough.

I like it but Coronation Street will come up a lot with anyone around 35+.

It just makes me think ageing barmaid... so I wouldn’t.

Anya, Adela, Iris, Lois, Lena, Lara

I had an aunt Alma. Never tempted to use it for my dd's!! Tbf it isn't the worst old lady name doing the rounds though...

Its the most popular girls' name in Denmark and was a character in The Queens Gambit. Headed for a rise in popularity here too, I reckon!

.... Vivienne, Zara, Zelda...

Awful.

It's okay, maybe a bit too dated for my personal taste (although weirdly I like the similarly old-fashioned Ada, Freda and Cora). How about Alva? It feels a bit more contemporary to me than Alma (Alva is quite popular/well used in other parts of Europe).

I really like it but it does remind me of Alma in Coronation Street (she was kind of a Wetherfield version of Joan Collins)

I love the name Alma. I read somewhere that it means kindness. As it happens, a long time ago, I knew an elderly lady with this name. She was kind.

It makes me think of Alma from Coronation st and Pont de l’alma in Paris. I don’t dislike it as a name.

I think no too, sorry. Alma screams Coronation St to me. Love Alba though.

You lucky lucky thing.

Yes I know it was Almaz but it's what comes to mind.

I love it!

I like it, but prefer Alba, which was already suggested.

I really like it. I couldn’t use it as my family are Hungarian and Alma means apple.

Lovely.
Alma is 'soul' in Spanish.
Also in latin; alma mater (the university or college you went to), nourishing / kind mother.

Alma Baldwin , immediate thought.
I think it’s a bit too old fashioned

Don't know it from Coronation Street so I think it's quite nice. I do like Alba very much though.

I really like it! Reckon it's due a come back. Also love Alba!

I had a great aunt Alma, she was a lovely lady which makes me love the name x

Yes Alma Baldwin from Coronation street is what I would immediately think, I always thought they gave her a really dowdy name for such a glamorous character, it’s a no from me.

It's a lovely name with a great meaning. The one Alma I know is 20 and her name suits her.
Kids don't care about tv characters that were well known when their parents were younger, I wouldn't worry about that.