Updated March 7, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : Mountain lion

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian (Sicily) : from Sicilian puma ‘apple’, a variant of standard Italian pomo.
  • Spanish : possibly from Spanish puma ‘puma’.

Famous people who gave their babies this name

Erykah Badu

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