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Delmina

English translation/equivalent: Delmina

Origin: Name of Germanic origin deriving from athala "of noble birth," or alda "old" and helma "helmet, protection," Latinized into the medieval form of Adhelmus or Adelmus.

Name Day/Onomastico: May 25—together with St. Adelmo, bishop of Salisbury (died 708).

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: diminutive of Delma

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