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Soekma f & m Indonesian
Older spelling of Sukma influenced by Dutch orthography.

Soelma f Buryat
Derived from Buryat соёл (soyol) meaning "culture".

Soloma f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Most likely a variant of Salome via its other (obsolete) variant forms Saloma and Solomy.... [more]

Soraima f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Zoraima.

Sosamma f Indian (Christian), Malayalam
Form of Susanna used by Malayalam-speaking Syriac Christians in the Indian state of Kerala.

Soyolma f Buryat
Alternate transcription of Soelma.

Stemma f Judeo-Greek
Derived from Greek stamata "to stop", this name was historically given to a girl with older sisters whose parents desperately hoped for a son. They "were literally praying for the curse of daughters to stop".

Storma f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Storm.

Stroma f English (British), Scottish, Literature
From the name of a Scottish island off Caithness, uninhabited since 1961, which derives from the Norse Straumey meaning "island in the stream" or "current". This was the name of a character in the British children's novel Broken Soup (2008) by Jenny Valentine.

Sugma m & f English
From Kenya

Sugrinongma m & f Mossi
Means "patience is sweet" in Mossi, spoken in Burkina Faso.

Suhaima f Arabic
Feminine form of Suhaim.

Sukma f & m Indonesian
Means "soul, life, spirit" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit सूक्ष्म (sūkṣma).

Suleima f Spanish (Latin American), Italian
Perhaps a Spanish and Italian feminine form of Suleiman or a variant of Zulema. Suleima is a genus of moths.

Sulema f Spanish
Variant of Zulema.

Suleyma f Spanish
Variant of Zulema. Perhaps it is a Spanish feminine derivative of Sulayman or Süleyman.

Suma f Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Hindi, Odia
Derived from Sanskrit सुम (suma) meaning "flower" as well as "moon" or "camphor".

Suma f Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 寿 (su) meaning "longevity; long life, congratulations" or 須 (su) meaning "necessary; moment, short while" combined with 万 (ma) meaning "ten thousand, many, all" or 磨 (ma) meaning "to polish".... [more]

Suma f & m Aymara
Means "good, pleasant" in Aymara.

Surma f Uzbek
Means "kohl" in Uzbek.

Susamma f Indian (Christian), Malayalam
Form of Susanna used by Malayalam-speaking Syriac Christians in the Indian state of Kerala.

Sushma f Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit शुष्म (shushma) meaning "sun, fire, light, lustre" or "fragrance, wind, air".

Syaima f Indonesian, Malay
Indonesian and Malay form of Shaima.

Syralyma f Yakut (Rare)
Meaning unknown.

Szejma f Polish
Polish form of Şeyma.

Tahama m & f Dagbani
Means "hope" in Dagbani.

Tahoma m & f Obscure
Variant of Tacoma.

Taima f Estonian
Variant of Taimi.

Taima f Arabic (Rare)
Taima means deep and sincere love. It is also a city in Mecca.

Taima f Spanish (Rare)

Tajma f Bosnian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
Variant of Tajna.

Takama f Berber
Means "warmth" in Berber.

Tama f Japanese
Means "gem, jewel" in Japanese.

Tama f Sanskrit, Indian, Hinduism, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali
Name - Tama तमा... [more]

Tama f Hebrew
means "Pure, innocent, honest" in hebrew.

Tama f Ancient Berber
Means "region, side" in Amazigh.

Tamma f American (Rare)

Tanima f Indian

Tanima f Pashto
Means "wave (of the sea)" in Pashto.

Taslima f Arabic, Bengali
Feminine form of Taslim.

Tasma f English (Australian)
Originated as the pen name of distinguished Australian novelist, journalist and feminist Jessie Couvreur (1848-1897), who was raised and educated in Tasmania, and took her pen name from the name of the island state... [more]

Tasnima f Arabic
Variant of Tasnim

Tatsuuma m & f Japanese

Tayma f Ancient Berber

Teiksma f Latvian
Directly taken from Latvian teiksma "story; legend, fable".

Tema f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish form of Tamar.

Temima f Jewish, Hebrew
Means "innocent" in Hebrew.

Tenama f Polynesian
Means "lagoon" in Gilbertese.

Terama f Corsican (Archaic)
Feminine form of Teramu.

Teshma f Mauritian Creole (Rare)

Tezhneema f Southern African

Thalma f English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Meaning uncertain. It might possibly be a variant of Thelma. Alternatively, it might be a combination of Thalia with Alma 1.... [more]

Thamma m & f Thai
Means "righteousness, morality, virtue, duty" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma).

Thilma f English (American, Rare)

Thitima f Thai
From Thai ฐิติ or ธิติ (thiti) meaning "livelihood, stability".

Thoma f German (Rare)
Probably a feminine form to Thomas.

Þorgríma f Old Norse, Icelandic (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Þórgrímr.

Thresiamma f Indian (Christian), Malayalam
Form of Teresa (see Theresa) used by Malayalam-speaking Syriac Christians in the Indian state of Kerala.

Thressiamma f Indian (Christian), Malayalam
Alternate transcription of Malayalam ത്രേസ്യാമ്മ (see Thresiamma).

Thresyamma f Indian (Christian), Malayalam
Alternate transcription of Malayalam ത്രേസ്യാമ്മ (see Thresiamma).

Þrima f Old Norse, Norse Mythology
From Old Norse þrima meaning "fight". In Scandinavian mythology Þrima is the name of a Valkyrie.

Tiarma f Batak
From Batak tiar meaning "bright, clear (voice)".

Tilma f Finnish, Swedish (Modern)
Perhaps a blend of Thelma with either Vilma, Hilma or Ilma 1.

Tilottama f Hinduism
Tilottama (Sanskrit: तिलोत्तमा, Tilottamā) is an Apsara (celestial nymph) described in Hindu mythology. Tila is the Sanskrit word for sesame "seed" or a "bit" and uttama means "better" or "higher"... [more]

Tima f Slovene
Short form of Timoteja.

Tima f Berber

Tínima f Caribbean, Taíno (Archaic)
A former cacica in Cuba.

Tiurma f Batak
From Batak tiur meaning "bright, clear".

Toma f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Tomas.

Tomima f Scottish (Archaic)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include an Orcadian form of Tomina, possibly influenced by Jemima.

Tomma f English (American, Rare)
A feminine form of Thomas, Tom 1 or Tommy

Tridecima f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Latin tridecimus "thirteenth".

Trófima f Spanish (Archaic)
Spanish form of Trophima.

Trofima f Dutch (Archaic), Italian (Archaic), Polish (Archaic), Russian (Rare)
Dutch, Italian, Polish and Russian form of Trophima.

Trophima f Late Greek, Late Roman
Feminine form of Trophimos (Late Greek) and Trophimus (Late Roman).... [more]

Tsalama m & f Malagasy
Means "healthy" in Malagasy.

Tsirompisama f & m Asháninka
Etymology uncertain, allegedly the name of a type of plant and possibly from the Ashaninka tsirompi meaning "orchid".

Tsurukoma f Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane" or 弦 (tsuru) meaning “bowstring; musical instrument string" or 蔓 (tsuru) meaning "connections; contacts; influence" combined with 駒 (koma) meaning "foal, young horse"... [more]

Tsymzhidma f Buryat

Tsypelma f Buryat

Tsyrendulma f Buryat
From Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity" (see Tshering) combined with Dulma.

Tsyrma f Buryat
Means "golden mother" in Buryat.

Tukuma f & m Greenlandic
Greenlandic short form of Tukumaĸ.

Tumma m & f Finnish
Means "dark" in Finnish.

Tuyaaryma f Yakut

Ugonma f Igbo (Modern)

Ulima f Indonesian

Ulma f American (Rare, Archaic)
Maybe a variant of Alma 1.

Uloma f Igbo
Means "beautiful home" in Igbo.

Ultima f Italian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Ultimo.

Uma f Japanese
Means "horse" in Japanese. During the Edo period, this name was sometimes given to girls born during the Year of the Horse. It is rarely used today.

Uma f Aymara
Means "water" in Aymara.

Umaima f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic أميمة (see Umayma).

Umâmâκ m & f Greenlandic (Archaic)
Older form of Umaamaaq.

Umama f Arabic
Means "little mother" in Arabic, being a diminutive of the word أُمّ (ʾumm) "mother; origin, source". Umama bint Abi al-As, also called Umama bint Zaynab (died c. 685 AD), was a granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad... [more]

Üməymə f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Umama.

Umm Salama f Muslim (?)
Means "mother of Salama" in Arabic. It is the kunya (a name derived from their first-born child) of Hind al-Makhzūmiyah.

Undecima f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Undecimus.

Unelma f Finnish
Means "dream" in Finnish.

Upma f Indian
Hindi name meaning “the best”. Upma is also a cereal dish similar to semolina.

Urma f Estonian (Rare)
Feminine form of Urmas.

Urma f Quechua
Means "the one that drops good things in her path" in Quechua.

Ushma f Indian
means heat

Utibeima f Ibibio
Means "wonderful love" in Ibibio.

Uzima f & m Swahili
Life

Vadelma f Finnish (Modern, Rare)
Means "raspberry" in Finnish.

Vadoma f Romani
Feminine form of Vadim.

Vaima f Estonian (Rare)

Valma f Finnish
19th-century coinage derived from Finnish valmu meaning "poppy".

Valneima f Brazilian

Varma f & m Finnish
Means "sure, certain, reliable" in Finnish.

Veiksma f Latvian (Rare)
Derived from Latvian veiksme "luck; good fortune; success".

Verísima f Galician
Feminine form of Verísimo.

Verissima f Late Roman, Italian (Rare, ?)
Feminine form of Verissimus.

Verma f English (American, Rare)
Meaning unknown. It could be a rhyming variant of names like Irma, or a variant of Varma.

Vēsma f Latvian
Directly taken from Latvian vēsma "breeze, whiff".

Viima m & f Finnish (Modern, Rare)
From a Finnish word meaning "strong wind".

Vilbmá f Sami
Sami form of Wilma.

Vilhelma f Hungarian, Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Lithuanian
Hungarian, Lithuanian, Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian form of Wilhelma.

Villma f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Vilma.

Virma f Latvian

Vizma f Latvian
Derived from either Latvian vizmot or vizēt which both mean "to glimmer". Vizma Belševica was a Latvian poet, writer and translator. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Volma f English (Rare)

Vuillerma f Medieval (Latinized), Swiss (Latinized, Archaic), Franco-Provençal (Latinized, Archaic)
a masculine form of Vuillermus which was originally derived from Wilhelm

Wamwema m & f Swahili (Modern, Rare)
A Christian surname with swahili origin that mean belonging to the one that is good. Belonging to God who is the only one that is good.

Waseema f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic وسيمة (see Wasima).

Wasima f Arabic
Feminine form of Wasim.

Wasma f Arabic
Feminine form of Wasim.

Weyma f German (Rare)
Probably a feminine form to Weimar.... [more]

Wilhelma f German (Rare), Dutch
German feminine form of Wilhelm.

Willelma f Medieval Occitan, Medieval German
Feminine form of William.

Williama f English (Rare), South African (Rare)
Feminine form of William.

Willma f English (American)
Variant of Wilma.

Winema f Indigenous American
Means "chief" or "woman chief" in Modoc. Name borne by a Modoc woman who served as an interpreter during the Modoc War.

Wisama f Arabic
Feminine form of Wisam.

Wuntima f & m Dagbani
Means "God has given me" in Dagbani.

Wylma f English (Rare)
Variant of Wilma.

Wynema f Literature (Rare), Omaha, Caddo, Modoc
Used by S. Alice Callahan for the heroine of 'Wynema: A Child of the Forest' (1891), the first novel written by a Native American woman. Callahan was one-sixteenth Muscogee (Creek), but it is unknown if this name was commonly used in the Creek tribe or if she invented it for use in her book.... [more]

Wyoma f English (American, Rare)
Possibly from the American state name Wyoming.

Xälimä f Bashkir
Bashkir form of Halima.

Xema f Aragonese, Galician
Aragonese and Galician form of Gema.

Xerónima f Galician (Archaic)
Galician form of Geronima.

Xhema f Albanian (Rare)

Xiaoma f Chinese
From the Chinese 小 (xiǎo) meaning "small" and 玛 (mǎ) meaning "agate, cornelian".

Xima f Catalan
Diminutive of Joaquima.

Xonima f Uzbek
Means "beautiful lady" in Uzbek.

Xörmä f Bashkir
From Persian خرما‎ (xormâ) meaning "date (fruit)".

Yahíma m & f Taíno

Yaima f Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish

Yakima f & m English
A variant of Yakama, the name of the Yakama peoples from the Washington state area of the United States. Scholars disagree on the origins of the name Yakama. The Sahaptin words e-yak-ma means "a growing family", and iyakima, means "pregnant ones"... [more]

Yama f Japanese (Archaic)
Derived from the Japanese kanji 山 (yama) meaning "mountain". ... [more]

Yanzhima f Buryat

Yasheema f African American (Rare), Jamaican Patois (Rare)

Yerma f Theatre, Spanish (Rare)
The title character in a tragic play by the Spanish playwright and poet Federico García Lorca: Yerma (1934). Her name is the feminine form of the Spanish word yermo meaning "desert" or "barren".

Ýma f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Ýmir.

Yma f Silesian
Silesian form of Emma.

Yma f Quechua (?)
Yma Sumac was the stage name of Peruvian soprano Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo (1922-2008). She based it on her mother's name, which was derived from Quechua ima shumaq meaning "how beautiful!", although in interviews Sumac claimed it meant "beautiful girl" or "beautiful flower".... [more]

Yma f Western African, Manding
Manding and Susu form of Mary.

Yoalma f Central American (Rare)
Feminine form of Yoalmo.

Yokoyama m & f Japanese
Combination of Yoko and Yama

Yoshima f Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck", 義 (yoshi) meaning "righteous", or 良 (yoshi) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable", combined with 真 (ma) meaning “real, genuine, true”, 麻 (ma) meaning “flax”, 満 (ma) meaning “full”, 馬 (ma) meaning “horse”, and 間 (ma) meaning “among, between”... [more]

Yosma f Turkish (Archaic)
Orjinal Meaning of Yosma is beautiful lady in Turkish Language.But today its mean to Scarlet Women.

Yostima f Ethiopian
Buried at Daza, virgin daughter of a King. Saint in the Ethiopian/Abyssinian Church's Coptic Calendar.

Yrasêma f Guarani
Means "murmur of the waters" in Guarani.

Yrma f Spanish (Latin American), Ukrainian, Italian (Rare)
Variant of Irma.

Yukima f & m Japanese
From Japanese 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "true". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Yulma f South American, American (Hispanic)

Yuma m & f Japanese
From Japanese 遊 (yu) meaning "play" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.

Yurema f Spanish (Modern)
Spanish form of Jurema or possibly a variant of Yurena.

Yzma f Popular Culture
Character from the Disney movie, "The Emperors New Groove."

Zalima f Circassian, Dagestani
Feminine form of Zalim.

Zalma f Indonesian (Rare), Malaysian (Rare), Spanish (Mexican)
Variant transcription of Salma.

Zama f South African, Zulu
Means "try" in Zulu.

Zama f Chechen
Means "time" in Chechen

Zarema f Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Dagestani, Ingush, Kazakh
Meaning uncertain, though the name is likely of either Arabic or Persian origin. It might possibly be derived from Arabic زريمة (zarima) meaning "flaming, igniting, submissive" or from Persian زر (zar) meaning "gold, golden" (compare Zarya)... [more]

Zarema f Soviet
Contraction of the Soviet slogan За революцию мира! (Za revolyutsiyu mira!) meaning "For the world revolution!". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Zelima f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Selima.

Zélma f Kashubian
Short form of Anzélma.

Zelma f Hungarian
Originally a short form of Anzelma and Szalóme, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Zema m & f English (Rare, Archaic), Bosnian (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Zema.

Zema f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Invented name, likely inspired by names such as Gemma and Zela.

Zemma f American (South)

Zhargalma f Buryat
Means "happy, happiness" from Mongolian жаргалтай (zhargaltay) meaning "happy, blissful, joyful".

Zilgma f Latvian
Derived from Latvian zilgme "azure".

Zilma f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Zilmar. Alternatively, it may be derived from Persian zilmat "dark, darkness".

Zoraima f Spanish (Latin American)
Invented name combining Zoraida and Moraima.

Zorigma f Buryat
From the Buryat зориг (zorig) meaning "courage, willpower" and the Mongolian feminine suffix -маа (-maa).

Zosima f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Italian
Latinized form of Zosime and Italian feminine form of Zosimo.

Zosma f Astronomy
The alternate name of Delta Leonis, one of the stars in the constellation Leo. Zosma means "girdle" in Ancient Greek, referring to the star's location in its constellation, on the hip of the lion.

Zozyma f Polish
Polish form of Zosima.

Zuelma f American (Hispanic, Rare)

Zuleyma f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Zulema.

Zulima f Galician
Variant of Zulema.

Zulima f Circassian
Feminine form of Sulim.

Zulma f Spanish

Zuma m & f English (Rare)
Means "abundance" in Chumashan. This is the name of a beach in Malibu, California, after which Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's son was named.