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names that mean apple
I am looking for names that mean apple or are related to that meaning like apple blossom or something similar. So far I have found Alma (what happens to mean apple in some languages spoken in East Europe) and Apple. Do you know any more?
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Almila mean red apple blossom
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Thank you everyone! Very informative! :)
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Pomona. Molle means apple in Albanian, Mela is apple in Italian
Not apples but other fruit names: Mai-means apricot blossom in Vietnamese, Golnar-flower and pomegrante. Sakura is cherry-blossom,
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Sakura is often translated cherry-blossom, but is not, in fact, cherry-blossom. It's the Japanese term for a wide range of native or naturalized Japanese flowering trees in the Prunus super-genus. In fact when English gardeners say "prunus", the Japanese would say "Sakura".
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The common Albanian word "molle" means "apple", alright, but when I tried to find actual Albanian people with that name, I failed.In fact, checking Facebook, I could not find *anyone* with that name, Albanian or otherwise.Do you have examples?
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I am not entirely sure if anyone actually as the name molle, I just translated apple into Albanian and that's what came up. I thought it was a nice sounding name so suggested it.
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There are of course, famous names of types of apples like Bramley but I suppose that's stretching things a bit.
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Thanks for pointing that out! I was thinking the same thing. Ingrid Marie could work as a name.
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Not exactly "apple", but in the neighborhood:Delima, Malay name, from a Sanskrit word "dalima" meaning "pomegranate"
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"Melo[n]" is Greek for apple. MELONIE? (I realize that the more traditional MELANIE doesn't mean that...)"MELA," Italian.Source: http://www.bing.com/translator/

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The Italian name "melina" literally means "little apple" (from Mela, apple, and -ina, a diminutive suffix). It most likely comes from the greek word for "honey", but I wouldn't be surprised if someone associated it with the fruit.
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QuoteIt most likely comes from the greek word for "honey",...

The Greek etymology for "melon" is apple.See http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=melon
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Yes, thanks - but I believe the name Melina has more to do with greek "meli" ("honey", from which the word and name "Melissa" and the name "Pamela" are derived) than with "melon".Having said this, given that the italian word for "honey" is "miele", and "Melina" literally means "little apple"; it makes me think more of apples than of honey.
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Ringo means "apple" in Japanese. Ringo Starr was really Richard, and in his case it was just a nickname because he liked to wear rings, but I have come across Ringo as a Japanese girl's name.
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