At a Glance: Name: Algoma – Origin: Ojibwe-influenced (place name) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: al-GOH-muh
Algoma is an Ojibwe-influenced (place name) girl's name. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Algoma
Origin: Ojibwe-influenced (place name).
A common claim: Algoma means 'valley of flowers' Actually: There's no good evidence for this -- Algoma appears to be a coined 19th-century place name, and its precise meaning isn't reliably established.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Algoma
Phonetic: al-GOH-muh IPA: /ælˈɡoʊmə/
Popularity of Algoma
Algoma doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Algoma
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