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According to https://second.wiki/wiki/selma_ossian, "Selma is a fictional royal castle in the work of Ossian by the Scottish poet James Macpherson. The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic sealladh math ("good view") (Macpherson Seláma, "beautiful to behold")."
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I have lived with this name for 52 years, I looked it up once and found it was also derived from a Spanish man's name: Anselmo.
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Selma is also used in Bosnia as a form of the Arabic name Salma.
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Possibly derived from the name Salma.
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The name Selma also comes from Selma in "The Poems of Ossian" by James Macpherson. This Selma is a castle and the name is from the Gaelic "shelma", which means "beautiful view".
Selma can also be a form of Selima.
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Selma can also be a form of Selima.
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