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Name Posthuma
Gender Feminine
Usage Medieval English (?), English (Archaic)
Other Forms FormsPostuma
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

Feminization of POSTHUMUS. (Cf. POSTUMA.) This was used as a second or third name to indicate the child's father had died before her birth, e.g. Gulielma Maria Posthuma Springett (1644-1694), the wife of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.
Added 3/26/2015 by LMS