Given name & surname

Palm

“palm tree”

Palm is a surname from Middle High German. It is used in English, Swedish, and Estonian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Palm goes back to Middle High German palme, meaning “palm tree.”

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Where it comes from

Palm comes from Middle High German.

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How it developed

From Middle High German palme.

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Palm’s family of names

In Swedish usage, Palm as a surname has a related form in PALME. In English usage, Palm as a surname has a related form in PALMS. In Greek usage, Palm as a surname is a transliteration of Παλμ.

Walk Palm’s family in the name graph

PalmΠαλμPalmePalms

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Palm has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

German

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Palm, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old High German · Nature

Bungert

“tree” · “enclosure”

No U.S. birth series

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German · Nature

Baumgaertner

“tree-gardener”

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German · Nature

Weisenthal

“meadow”

No U.S. birth series

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German · Nature

Blumenthal

“flower valley”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Panzi

“as delicate as a flower; a thoughtful girl”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Pansee

“as delicate as a flower; a thoughtful girl”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Paleesa

“resembling a flower”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Palesah

“resembling a flower”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Palm’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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