[thiagocsf]

You probably know this, but Alma means “soul” in Portuguese.

Is this why you picked the name? I like it. I went with Ada myself (after Lovelace - wife only found-out why years later).

[5e92cb50239222b]

FWIW, it also means "apple" in several Turkic languages (Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, and maybe others).

Uzbek and Turkish are also pretty close.

[cozzyd]

I was aware of the Spanish meaning which is the same, but the reason we picked it was more mundane. It was one of the few names my wife and I both liked a lot.

ALMA is also a radio telescope in Chile (the Atacama Large Millimeter Array), which is somewhat closer afield to what I do.

[NotYourLawyer]

Ha, I also suggested Ada for the same reason. And also didn’t tell my wife why.

But we ended up not using it.