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You probably know this, but Alma means “soul” in Portuguese. Is this why you picked the name? I like it. I went with Ada myself (after Lovelace - wife only fou
by thiagocsf 4y ago
You probably know this, but Alma means “soul” in Portuguese.
Is this why you picked the name? I like it. I went with Ada myself (after Lovelace - wife only found-out why years later).
- 5e92cb50239222b 4y agoFWIW, it also means "apple" in several Turkic languages (Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, and maybe others). Uzbek and Turkish are also pretty close.
- cozzyd 4y agoI was aware of the Spanish meaning which is the same, but the reason we picked it was more mundane. It was one of the few names my wife and I both liked a lot. ALMA is also a radio telescope in Chile (the Atacama Large Millimeter Array), which is somewhat closer afield to what I do.
- NotYourLawyer 4y agoHa, I also suggested Ada for the same reason. And also didn’t tell my wife why. But we ended up not using it.