Selma

Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma, etc. were in vogue. Perhaps a shortening of Anselma, from Germanic ans "god" and helm "helmet". It is a place name (derived from Scottish Gaelic sealladh +‎ math) in the Poems of Ossian, but at least a part of the name-givers must have been aware of the Turkish name Selma, ultimately of Arabic origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlmə/

Selma

1. A female given name.
   • 1765 James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz 1847, page 253:

     Happy are thy people, O Fingal! king of resounding Selma!

2. A surname​.
3. A city in Alabama, USA, and the county seat of Dallas County.
4. A city in California
5. A town in Indiana
6. A town in North Carolina
7. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada
8. A village in Switzerland
9. A city in Texas
10. A census-designated place in Virginia

• EMALS, Lemas, MELAS, Salem, Smale, Smeal, almes, amels, lames, lamés, leams, males, meals, melas, mesal, semla

Selma

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlma/
• Rhymes: -ɛlma

Selma f

1. A female given name

Matronymics

• son of Selma: Selmuson
• daughter of Selma: Selmudóttir

• IPA^(key): [ˈselmɑ]
• Rhymes: -elmɑ
• Hyphenation: Sel‧ma

Selma

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

• Salme

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlma/
• Rhymes: -ɛlma

Selma f

1. A female given name

Selma

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛw.mɐ/

Selma f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Selma

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish Selma), from Arabic سَلْمَى‎ (salmā).

Selma f (Cyrillic spelling Селма)

1. A female given name

Selma c (genitive Selmas)

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

Borrowed from English, from various similar-sounding female given names.

• Hyphenation: Sel‧ma

Selma

1. A female given name

From Arabic سَلْمَى‎ (salmā).

Selma

1. A female given name