I’ve not researched either Permilia to any extent, and I don’t really plan to, at least until I have established that Centralia George is definitely part of my family tree. Instead, I did a little research on the name of Permilia. While at first I thought it was a bit, um…’different’….the more I learned about it, the more the name grew on me.
According to Think Baby Names, Permelia is a form of Pamela, and means ‘with sweetness’. Already, the names is sounding more pleasant to me! Nameberry states that the name may be a combination of Pearl and Amelia. While Permelia was never really a popular name—it never broke the top 1000 list— it was used relatively frequently in the late 1800s. It seems that currently a lot of names from earlier centuries are making a comeback. I wonder if Permilia will be one of those?
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