Name: Selma
Gender: Female
Usage: Selma, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Selma are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Selma across the world, see Anselma.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Selma is: Helmet of god, Divine protector.
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Numerology of the first name Selma: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Selma is ranked on the 3,439th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 99800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Selma has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Selma for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Selma is both a feminine given name and a surname. It is of old German origin as a variation of Anselm (male) and Anselma (female), based on Ans- = Æsir, of Germanic mythology, and -helm, meaning helmet or, metaphorically, protection or "protected by gods". It may also be a female form of Solomon.
English: of uncertain origin, probably a contracted form of Selima. It has also been occasionally used in Germany and Scandinavia, probably because it occurs as the name of Ossian's castle in Macpherson's poems, once enormously popular there.
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