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2/24/2018, 12:19 AM Frollein Gladys
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Name Altaluna
Gender Feminine
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

Derived from Italian alta, the feminine form of the adjective alto, meaning "high; deep; big; towering; elevated" and, when used in a poetic context, "grand; sublime; noble" and luna "moon".

A known bearer of this name was Altaluna della Scala, daughter of Mastino II della Scala, a 14th-cenutry lord of Verona, sister of Viridis and wife of Louis V, Duke of Bavaria.

Whether Altalune, the name Uma Thurman gave her daughter born in 2012, is a medieval variant of this name, is still debated.
Added 5/6/2014 by Frollein Gladys