Save Gender Feminine Usage Medieval English (?), English (Archaic) Other Forms FormsPostuma Meaning & History Feminization of Posthumus. (Cf. Postuma.) This was used as a second or third name to indicate the child's father had died before her birth, e.g. Gulielma Maria Posthuma Springett (1644-1694), the wife of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.
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