Meaning of name Selma

The name Selma has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Selma is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Selma in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Selma is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Salome. See other suggested Hebrew girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Salome.

The following names are baby names related to Selma and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Selma: Boys - Adriel, Dathan, Dori, Dov, Dovev, Haskell, Mordecai, Mordechai, Nadav, Nirel, Noam, Solomon, Girls - Alia, Eve, Galilea, Johnna, Mahala, Mahalah, Mozell, Orah, Sherron, Both genders - Anna, Betty, David, Mary

The name Selma is a variant of Salome. Other popular variants of the name Salome are: Sahlma, Salama (Arabic), Salima, Salma, Salmah, Saloma, Salome (French), Salomea (Polish), Salomey, Salomi, Salomia, Selima, Selma, Solome, Solomea

We think the name Selma should fall under the following style category: The 70's.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Selma to be: A proper girl who does everything by the book

In one word, you might describe Selma as a(n) "rule-abiding" person.

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