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Help[Facts] Calma
Someone posted the names of a Scandinavian royal family and one of the little girl's middle names was Calma. Anyone know its origin and meaning?
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I don't have my name books around at the moment but I think that Calma is Latin (there is also the male version Calmus). The meaning is "quite" - I think it is related to the english word "calm".
The full name of the mother of the current Swedish king was Sibylla Calma Marie Alice Bathildis Feodora.
I hope that helps! :)
The full name of the mother of the current Swedish king was Sibylla Calma Marie Alice Bathildis Feodora.
I hope that helps! :)
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Calma was a nickname for Caroline Mathilde. The current Swedish king's mother, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, had a sister named Caroline Mathilde who was called Calma. They were named after their grandmother Princess Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (I don't know for sure if she was called Calma as well, but she probably was since Calma was one of Sibylla's names).
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Thanks
I thought that might be the meaning, but I'd never heard Calma or Calmus used as names before. Are these names at all common in Sweden?
I thought that might be the meaning, but I'd never heard Calma or Calmus used as names before. Are these names at all common in Sweden?
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Caroline Mathilde
I think that Kate's explanation makes sense. If it is known that Calma was used as a nn for Caroline Mathilde in that family it was most likely used for that reason.
The Latin origine idea could have been an "educated guess" by name book authors. I did google Calmus together with other terms and could not find any evidence of it being used in Ancient times.
I think that Kate's explanation makes sense. If it is known that Calma was used as a nn for Caroline Mathilde in that family it was most likely used for that reason.
The Latin origine idea could have been an "educated guess" by name book authors. I did google Calmus together with other terms and could not find any evidence of it being used in Ancient times.
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Calmus was used in Medieval Latin (http://www.cognomiitaliani.org/cognomi/cognomi0003cali.htm); so the use of the feminine Calma can be done as almost sure, since the presence of women (and thus feminine names) in Medieval documents is smaller that the presence of men.
But in the case of the Scandinavian royals, the use is the indicated by Kate.
But in the case of the Scandinavian royals, the use is the indicated by Kate.
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Thanks!
good to know :)
good to know :)
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They are very uncommon. There are 23 women named Calma and 0 men named Calmus in Sweden.
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