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View Name: Selma


SELMA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
PRONOUNCED: SEL-mÉ™ (English), ZEL-mah (German)   [key]
Meaning & History
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of ANSELMA. It could also have been inspired by James Macpherson's 18th-century poems, in which it is the name of Ossian's castle.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Zelma (English), Elma (German)
MASCULINE FORM: Anselm (German)
Popularity
United States  - 
Bosnia and Herzegovina  ranked #36 
Denmark  ranked #49 
France  ranked #133 
Netherlands  ranked #430 
Norway  ranked #29 
Sweden  ranked #37 



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