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1) Short form of Anselma (see Anshelm) [1] [2]
2) From the name of Fingal's castle in the Ossian poem by James Macpherson (1760s):
Celtic shelma = 'beautiful view' (used as a first name first in German poetry in the late 18th century) [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [2]
Selbmá | ♀ |
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Selma | ♀ |
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Siilma | ♀ |
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Sîlma | ♀ |
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Zelma | ♀ |
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See also Selmine
For male forms see Selm and Selmar
For combinations see SELM (name element)
Selmuson |
Selmudóttir |
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Selma |
Genitive: | Selmas |
- Faroese | |
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Nominative: | Selma |
Accusative: | Selmu |
Dative: | Selmu |
Genitive: | Selmu |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Selma |
Genitive: | Selman |
Partitive: | Selmaa |
- Icelandic | |
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Nominative: | Selma |
Accusative: | Selmu |
Dative: | Selmu |
Genitive: | Selmu |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Selma |
Genitive: | Selmas |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Selma |
Genitive: | Selmas |
Finland |
5 December |
Norway |
21 February |
Finland (Swedish Language) |
5 December |
Sweden |
27 June |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[11] |
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8466 | 11037 | 8466 | 11037 | 0 | 0 |
Finland[12] |
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n.a. |
12464 | n.a. |
12464 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[13] |
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2982 | n.a. |
2982 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Iceland[14] |
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333 | 381 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[15] |
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5 | 12 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[16] |
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4459 | n.a. |
4459 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Sources: [17]
Regional distribution of Selma (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.