Palmira (first name)
Palmira is a female given name of Italian , Spanish and Portuguese origin. The first name is also sometimes used in Lithuania and Switzerland .
Origin and meaning
The male form of the first name is Palmiro . This was a common name given to a pilgrim traveling to Palestine in the Middle Ages . The name is derived from the words palmiere (the pilgrim, Italian), palmarius (the pilgrim, Latin) and palma (the palm, Latin) and compound. Nicknames are Palmi and Mira . The name is sometimes given to a child who is born on Palm Sunday .
Well-known namesake
- Palmira Barbosa (* 1961), Angolan handball player
- Palmira Jaquetti i Isant (1895–1963), Catalan poet and compositionist
- Palmira Marçal (* 1984), Brazilian basketball player
- Palmira Omiccioli aka Eleonora Rossi Drago (1925–2007), Italian film actress
See also
- Palmira, regina di Persia (Opera)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Palmira on www.vornamen-weltweit.de
- ↑ Palmira: Rank 1292 (baby-vornamen.de, accessed on March 6, 2014)
- ↑ [firstname.com/name,Palmira.html Palmira] (firstname.com, accessed on March 6, 2014)
- ↑ Palmira on www.behindthename.com (Engl.)