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!!

I like it. The coronation Street reference will mean nothing to anybody 25 and under so that wouldn't even be a consideration for me.

It fits in with the current trend for girls names ending in an a, but is something a little different. It's well known enough not the be weird but unusual enough that there shouldn't be another in her class (never say never).

It's a lovely choice

I know the loveliest woman called Alma. Artistic, beautiful, warm. She's Peruvian so I always think more exotic than frumpy barmaid!

Embla or Althea?

I actually really like it!

It's not normal. (Sorry, TV reference, couldn't resist.)

I think Coronation Street as a reference must be dwindling fast. Is a person named Alma in 2022 going to be seen through that lens? It's beautiful, 'soul'. This site is full of cultural illiterates. You don't need to be led by them.

I frequently drive past a pub called The Alma. I don’t really like it as a name.

I think it's a lovely name.
Reminds me of Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel, whose astonishing life and collection of brilliant husbands is well worth reading about.

@Dogonahottinroof

ALMAAAAA!

Fred Flintstone

That was Wilma

Over a year on. Did you go for it OP?

Personally I think it would make a sweet middle name. But first name.. Nah... I love older names, but this one doesn't grab me.

Fun fact: the nan (Abuela) in Encanto is called Alma.

I like it.

@Penvelopey

Over a year on. Did you go for it OP?

I want to know too! Considering the name Alma myself, I think it's sweet and no-one will remember her in Corrie in a few years.

Same as @Swingometer, maybe we live in the same town.

Alba is Scotland

I disagree with people here. I think it’s coming back and if you choose it now you’ll be at the beginning of the curve. I recently met a baby with the name Alma and it fit perfectly. I also know an Alma in her mid twenties and she’s started getting more compliments on her name lately.

Alma from Corrie is ages ago. Kids won’t have a clue.

Definitely due a resurgence