In 2018, 83 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Elma who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 2, 148th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
― Anonymous User 10/15/2018
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My mother bears this name. She was told by her mother it was derived from Queen Elizabeth (El) & Queen Mary (Ma) of Britain = Elma. I have also seen this explanation other places on the web. [noted -ed]
I thought this name was lovely; it reminded me of elm trees; it's just generally elegant and noble, and then all of a sudden I thought of(you don't have to read the end of the sentence, it jarred me away from the name and I don't want it to jar you too)Elmer Fudd.Of course "Elma" and "Elmer" aren't pronounced identically in most languages, or in a lot of dialects of English, so hopefully I'll be able to forget it and go back to hero-worshipping this name.
― Anonymous User 3/9/2016
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Means "apple" in Turkish, such an amazing name and cute too, love it.