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Updated March 26, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Native American : Grove of cottonwood

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : topographic name from alameda ‘poplar grove’, a collective form of álamo ‘poplar’, or habitational name from any of the many places named with this word.

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