Palma Forename

26,127th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 32,597 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Palma Forename Definition:

Latin (masculine) - Palm-tree, fig. of victory.

Palma Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy
100%
17,7221:3,446378
United States
100%
4,3511:83,3233,924
Uganda
 
99%
3,9241:10,4381,045
Philippines
 
89%
2,1531:49,2383,620
Papua New Guinea
89%
 
4131:19,7391,969
Brazil
100%
3761:569,77717,920
Mexico
 
99%
3251:381,9834,915
Norway
100%
2721:18,8691,167
Indonesia-2481:1,040,17663,804
India
 
84%
2231:5,447,883202,286
Canada
100%
2221:149,2496,409
Spain
100%
2111:220,5214,281
Cuba-1781:64,6441,704
Lithuania
100%
1731:17,063769
Romania
100%
1461:137,3425,476
Croatia
100%
1211:34,8521,445
Nigeria
80%
 
1171:1,517,64433,206
England
 
58%
1091:510,11910,777
Germany
 
91%
1091:886,9537,330
France
100%
1071:621,2186,048
Portugal-1011:103,0782,758
Argentina
100%
951:450,2453,517
Jamaica-821:35,1612,276
Malaysia
 
98%
781:390,38418,382
Belgium
100%
641:179,5324,666
Nepal
100%
571:499,77814,627
Switzerland
 
97%
551:149,3363,951
Venezuela
100%
481:629,20615,668
Dominican Republic-371:281,92610,232
Hungary
 
97%
361:271,9941,280
Russia
 
75%
331:4,370,71822,313
Bulgaria
100%
291:241,0485,534
South Africa
 
94%
271:2,019,72859,997
Cameroon
50%
 
241:900,43824,542
Zimbabwe
50%
 
231:670,60127,250
DR Congo
67%
 
211:3,515,60073,131
Denmark-171:332,3236,094
Faroe Islands
100%
161:3,070569
Uruguay
100%
151:228,5093,962
Scotland
 
56%
141:382,1695,277
Afghanistan
100%
131:2,509,50120,196
Australia-121:1,138,13512,831
Sweden
100%
121:821,49217,584
Armenia
100%
111:265,3414,163
Colombia-101:4,777,89327,360
Luxembourg
100%
91:62,6722,160
Mozambique-91:3,027,0402,336
Ukraine
100%
91:5,055,5458,900
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100%
81:440,5574,640
Iran-71:11,213,83830,178
Liberia
100%
71:630,29415,835
Georgia
 
67%
61:623,07810,501
Israel
100%
61:1,400,48616,782
Greece
100%
51:2,186,91011,382
Kosovo-51:372,28810,773
Netherlands
100%
51:3,380,41728,284
Peru
100%
51:6,358,29142,272
Thailand
100%
51:14,013,163173,193
Albania
100%
41:761,64222,793
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Lebanon
100%
41:1,406,89310,167
Panama-41:976,63921,104
San Marino
100%
41:8,230519
Austria
100%
31:2,838,06711,255
Paraguay-31:2,412,2689,978
Serbia
100%
31:2,381,9077,319
Azerbaijan
100%
21:4,821,47233,780
Barbados-21:144,8942,643
Bolivia-21:5,300,7026,605
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
21:55,7904,636
Tanzania
100%
21:26,394,16073,301
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Angola
100%
11:26,966,6067,835
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Kenya
100%
11:46,307,11074,921
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Lesotho-11:2,039,99747,971
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Poland
 
61%
11:38,027,1129,241
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Seychelles
100%
11:92,6701,891
Slovakia
100%
11:5,310,0639,949
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Uzbekistan
100%
11:30,786,44017,476
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637

The alternate forms: Pálma (1,372) are calculated separately.

Palma (442,525) may also be a surname.

Palma Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Latin (masculine) - Palm-tree, fig. of victory.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Latin name, meaning: Topmost branch of the palm tree, sym­bol of victory.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Palma Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pálma931,372/
Palmas91108/
Paulma9188/
Palmah9182/
Palmai9124/
Phalma9115/
Palmea9113/
Palmma9110/
Palmay918/
Palmat917/
Pallma916/
Palmaa913/
Pailma913/
Palmoa912/
Paslma911/
P'alma911/
Pal'ma911/
Vpalma911/
Pallmma83703/
Palmaja8333/
Patelma8323/
Phalmai8310/
Palmaya834/
Palmaai833/
Phaelma832/
Paulmai831/
Paulmas831/
Paulmat831/
Paulmma831/
Palmach831/
Palmahe831/
Palmait831/
Palmmah831/
Palmoha831/
Phealma831/
Palmath831/
Patlmah831/
Palmo801,504/
Polma80691/
Palme80514/
Palmi80490/
Palmy80273/
Palmj801/
Bpallmma773/
Ppallmma771/
Pachilma771/
Pallmaya771/
Palmhead771/
Phalmass771/
Phalmaya771/
Phathlma771/
Palmer738,600/
Palmei73234/
Phelma73177/
Palmie7388/
Paulmi7371/
Palmis7359/
Paulmy7352/
Phalmi7345/
Polmma7326/
Palmit7325/
Polmai7320/
Polmas7318/
Palmes7316/
Palmet7316/
Palmoo7314/
Paulme7313/
Poulma7312/
Polmat7312/
Palmoi7311/
Palmos7310/
Palmeh737/
Palmot737/
Pholma734/
Poolma733/
Paulmo732/
Palmed732/
Palmmy732/
Palmod732/
Paulmj731/
Pollma731/
Palmey731/
Palmys731/
Phalme731/
Phalmo731/
Pálmay731/
Plaoma731/
Poilma731/
Palmid731/
Palmio731/
Phalmy731/
Paulieuma711/
Pholmat6755/
Phoolma6749/
Poulmma6734/
Paulmer6720/
Palmish6711/
Palmeet6710/
Pholmai6710/
Pholmma678/
Poolmat678/
Palmmer678/
Pallmer678/
Phelmah677/
Phalmet675/
Phalmis675/
Pollmma674/
Palmooy674/
Palmist673/
Phalmer673/
Polmaya672/
Patelmo672/
Paulmie672/
Palmesh672/
Palmich672/
Paylemo671/
Paulmes671/
Paulmop671/
Poulmai671/
Poolmay671/
Poolmma671/
Polmash671/
Polmmaa671/
Palmeer671/
Palmher671/
Palmosh671/
Phalmit671/
Phelmai671/
Plmw671/

Palma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palma in the Russian language
Пальмаpalma-

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