Name
SELMA

Name SELMA

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 159,695 births of Selma in the countries below, which represents an average of 1,125 births of children bearing the first name Selma per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 1,659 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Selma   
In Italiano Nome Selma   
Variations : Anselma , Zelma


Information about the first name Selma

We celebrate Selma on April 21st
The first name Selma is listed in our categories :The first name Selma has been assigned to:
0.15% to boys
99.85% to girls
The country where the first name Selma is the most common is:
BR Brazil
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Selma

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Selma : Almes, Amsel, Aslem, Elmas, Elsma, Eslam, Lames, Lemas, Melsa, Salem, Sálem, Salme, Samel, Selam, Smael, Smaël

Selma in Japanese *

Romajiseruma
Katakanaセルマ
Hiraganaせるま
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Selma in Japanese
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Selma in sign language

Selma in binary language

01110011 01100101 01101100 01101101 01100001

Origin and meaning of name Selma

US English
Etymology src :
Anagrams src :
  • EMALS, Lemas, MELAS, Males, Salem, Smale, Smeal, almes, amels, lames, lamés, leams, males, meals, melas, mesal, semla
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛlmə/
Noun (Coordinate terms) src :
PT Portuguese
Proper noun src :
Icelandic
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛlma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlma
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SE Swedish
Anagrams src :
  • males, samle, semla, smale
Proper noun src :
Turkish
Etymology src :
  • From Arabic سَلْمَى‎ (salmā).
Proper noun src :
FI Finnish
Etymology src :
Anagrams src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈselmɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞lmɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -elmɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Sel‧ma
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Proper noun (Statistics) src :
  • Selma is the 248th (tied with 1 other names) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,147 female individuals (and as a middle name to 612 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
DK Danish
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Maltese
Noun src :
  • selma f (plural selmiet)
  • a greeting
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛl.ma/
 

Popularity of the name Selma

Number of SELMA births per year

Total births of Selma by country

Births with the first name Selma
Country
Boys
Girls
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
220
102,113
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
17
22,347
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
0
11,725
SESweden
1998 - 2022
0
8,425
NONorway
1945 - 2022
0
4,874
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
2
2,725
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
1,996
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
4
1,661
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
947
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
3
615
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
470
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
363
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
0
326
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
226
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
0
191
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
131
FIFinland
2003 - 2022
0
112
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
0
60
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
57
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
0
28
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
0
12
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
0
11
LVLatvia
2015 - 2022
0
10
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
0
9
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
0
6
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
5
CLChili
2010 - 2021
0
3
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
0
1

Total births of Selma by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Selma
Country
Boys
Girls
SESweden
2022
0
538
FRFrance
2022
0
362
DEGermany
2022
1
289
NONorway
2022
0
247
DKDenmark
2022
0
98
CHSwitzerland
2021
0
38
BEBelgium
2022
0
22
ATAustria
2021
0
16
USUnited State of America
2022
0
14
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
12
ITItaly
2021
0
9
ONOntario
2019
0
6
QCQuebec
2022
0
3
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
0
3
LVLatvia
2022
0
1

Comments on the name Selma

Personalities with the first name Selma

There are 34 personalities with the first name Selma


Selma Lagerlöf
(Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf) src

Sweden
Writer Teacher Poet Translator Author Biographer Children's writer Novelist Prosaist Autobiographer


Selma Blair
(Selma Blair Beitner) src

United states of america
Actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor


Selma Rıza
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Turkey
Journalist Novelist


Selma Ergeç
src

Turkey Germany
Actor Model Film actor


Selma Björnsdóttir
src

Iceland
Actor Singer


Wanda Hawley
src

United states of america
Actor Singer Film actor


Selma Bacha
src

France
Association football player


Selma Kurz
src

Austria
Opera singer


Selma Engel-Wijnberg
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Kingdom of the netherlands
Diarist


Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger
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Soviet union Kingdom of romania
Writer Poet Translator Lyricist



There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Selma
Full list of personalities with the first name Selma

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Selma

There are 222 actors and actresses with the first name Selma
Selma Sins
Selma Ergeç
Selma Baldursson
Selma Björnsdóttir
Selma Blair
Selma Alispahic
Selma Van Dijk
Selma Reis
Selma Kutlug
Selma Güneri
Selma Egrei
Selma Sonat
Selma Urfer
Selma Rosenblatt
Selma Archerd
Selma Stern
Selma Salmir
Selma Diamond
Selma Cipes
Selma Vaz Dias
Selma Sandberg
Selma Kurz
Selma Wiklund Af Klercker
Selma Rogoff
Selma Rocha
Selma Pacariz
Selma Miettinen
Selma Mcpherson
Selma Martins
Selma Marks

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Selma
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Selma

Rankings of first name SELMA by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#10906DE Germany2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#5SE Sweden2022
#10NO Norway2022
#61DK Denmark2022
#165FR France2022
#209CH Switzerland2021
#216DE Germany2022
#342AT Austria2021
#443BE Belgium2022
#530CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#783LV Latvia2022
#1023IT Italy2021
#1209QC Quebec2022
#1509ON Ontario2019
#2290GB United Kingdom2021
#3412US United State of America2022