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in reply to a message by Roberta
Hi Roberta,
Calma isn't a Norwegian name and at the moment there's nobody in Norway with that name.
I'd guess it's rather a Spanish name meaning "silence, slackness".
In Norway names are usually written with K instead of C, so your grandmother probably got a foreign and very exotic name from her parents.
The closest Scandinavian connection I can think of is the name of the Swedish town Kalmar (known for the Kalmar Union between Denmark, Sweden and Norway from 1397-1523). The name of the town comes from the name of a ten-armed squid, but I really doubt that this has got something to do with the name!
Regards, Satu
Calma isn't a Norwegian name and at the moment there's nobody in Norway with that name.
I'd guess it's rather a Spanish name meaning "silence, slackness".
In Norway names are usually written with K instead of C, so your grandmother probably got a foreign and very exotic name from her parents.
The closest Scandinavian connection I can think of is the name of the Swedish town Kalmar (known for the Kalmar Union between Denmark, Sweden and Norway from 1397-1523). The name of the town comes from the name of a ten-armed squid, but I really doubt that this has got something to do with the name!
Regards, Satu
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