Tilma
Girl · 2 syllables
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About the name Tilma
The given name 'Tilma' is derived from the Arabic word 'tilma' (طلما), meaning 'palm tree' or 'date palm', and is linguistically rooted in the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
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Etymology
The given name 'Tilma' is derived from the Arabic word 'tilma' (طلما), meaning 'palm tree' or 'date palm', and is linguistically rooted in the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. The name 'Tilma' is used in Islamic cultures, particularly among Arabic-speaking communities, and has historical significance in the context of the 19th-century Mexican Catholic mystic Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, who received apparitions of the Virgin of Guadalupe and was said to have worn a tilma, a type of cloak, when he received the visions.
Tilma currently ranks #1,148 in the United States as a girl's name.
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