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Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. EHL-mə(English) EHL-ma(German)

Meaning & History

Short form of Wilhelmine or names ending in elma, such as Anselma. It has also been recorded as a combination of Elizabeth and Mary, as in the case of the 19th-century daughter of the Earl of Elgin, who was named using her mother's first and middle names [1].