What does Selma mean?

Selma means "safe; peace; protected"

How do we pronounce Selma?

Selma \sel-ma, se-lma\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Selma is pronounced SEHLMah in English 1.

1 Pronunciation for Selma: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"

What is the origin of Selma?

Selma's language of origin is Germanic and Arabic. It is used predominantly in the English, German, Arabic, Slavic, Italian, and Scandinavian languages. The name is of disputed origin; it could have developed as a contraction of Selima under the influence of what does the name Thelma mean. It was first popularized as the name of a romantic castle in the Swedish translations of James MacPherson's 18th century Ossianic poems. In addition, Selma is a short form of nicknames for Anselma (Dutch, German, Italian, and Spanish) in the English and German languages. Selma is also a familiar form of Selima name (English and Slavic) in the Arabic and Slavic languages. Other versions of Selma include name Sell origin, Sellma meaning of name, short names for Sellmah, name Selmah meaning, and name Zelma meaning (English, Italian, and Romanian). Zelmah meaning and origin (variant spelling in English) is another form of Selma.

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The baby name Selma fun facts:

The name Selma in reverse order is "Amles".

The numerological value of the name Selma is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Selma?

Selma is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
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20110.01%
20070.01%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames