Phulmaya
Origin
Nepali
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
flower-love (Nepali phul, flower, with maya, love); a grandmother-generation name of Nepal's hill communities, especially Tamang, Gurung and Magar families
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Phulmaya has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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