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Selma
What do you think of it? In the comments section for the name someone said it felt like a "hillbilly" name, but I don't see it- I associate it with Selma Blair, I think, which is probably why I find to have an understated class.
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The SimpsonsI don't think of hillbillies, but I do think of Bart Simpson's chain-smoking aunt. Imo, it doesn't have a classy vibe, understated or otherwise.
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Selma, AlabamaThat is what I think of. Civil rights struggles and hate. There was also triumph there, but the negatives associated with this name would most definitely keep me from using it.I don't really care for the sound of it either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1965)#First_march
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I love it.It's been a favorite for a long time, but it does tend to garner a lot of negative attention.
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I think the 'hillbilly' thing comes from it sounding a bit slow on the drawl. It is also a southern town.
I like the name. I think it is underused. I think it would go great in a sibset as Selma and Amos or Selma and Mose.
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Old-fashioned and yes, I see why they thought of it as a hillbilly name. It just seems awkward and ugly to me; it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I do think it could work, though. I like the ending and beginning, but it doesn't seem to add up well. I just can't shake the association!
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I've liked the name Selma ever since I saw the 1945 Edward G. Robinson/Margaret O'Brien movie Our Vines Have Tender Grapes for the first time many years ago. That completely won me over on the name. :)

This message was edited 3/15/2009, 8:36 PM

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Selma's wonderful! It's indubitably classy.
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I don't think that Selma seems like a hillbilly name, but it has never been a favorite of mine. I tend to like older names, but this one seems too stuffy to me. I don't see it being revived soon.I think Sela and Selah, both pronounced SEE-la, are much prettier.

This message was edited 3/15/2009, 8:31 PM

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I like it.I don't think it sounds like a hillbilly name at all.
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I dont like it. I do like Velma though.
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