Forename Selma

In all the world, Selma (Selma , سلمى , סלמה , and others...) is a widespread girly forename. The first name Selma is habitual in Turkey, where it is a common feminine name, Namibia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in Turkey, Brazil, and Egypt. Much less frequently, Selma is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Selma is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Selma

name سلمى, name Math, name Šelma, name Сэлма, name Sélmà, name Sëlmâ, name סלמה, name Selmâ, name Sęlɱa, name Sèlmâ, name Sëlmã, name Salmine, name Sēlmā, name サロメ, name 色罗马, name Sèlma, name Sélmâ, name Zelma, name Соломия, name سيلما, name Зельма, name Selmà, name סלומה, name Sélmã, name Sełma, name Sêlmâ, name Sêlmà, name Sëlmà, name Sélma, name سالومه, name Салма, name Салома, name Sëlma, name Сэльма, name Sèlmà, name Salome, name Sęlma, name Sēlma, name Саломе, name Sêlmã, name Sèlmã, name Sęlmã, name Зелма, name Соломія, name سلمي, name Сельма, name Salomé, name Селма, name Сальма, name Selma, name سلما, name Sëlmā, name Selmá

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Selma	Brazil, Algeria, United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey
سلمى	Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sudan, Egypt
סלמה	Israel
Сельма	Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
Селма	Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan

First names said to be same

Math, Salmine, Salome, Salomé, Selmà, Selmá, Selmâ, Sełma, Sèlma, Sèlmà, Sèlmâ, Sèlmã, Sélma, Sélmà, Sélmâ, Sélmã, Sêlmà, Sêlmâ, Sêlmã, Sëlma, Sëlmà, Sëlmâ, Sëlmã, Sëlmā, Sēlma, Sēlmā, Sęlma, Sęlmã, Sęlɱa, Zelma, Šelma, Зелма, Зельма, Салма, Салома, Саломе, Сальма, Соломия, Соломія, Сэлма, Сэльма, סלומה, سالومه, سلما, سلمي, سيلما, サロメ, and 色罗马

First name Selma in the context

Selma is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Selma Bouvier , the character on The Simpsons; Selma Reesedale , the Gotham Girls character; SELMA , the fictional character from the television series Time Trax; Selma , the operatic character in the opera Gegen die Wand and Selma Traskvist , the fictional ''Selmas saga'' character, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	bartolme de selma Spanish musician and composer, ES (b. 1570)
	selma coronini Austrian noble lady (1832-1919), AT (b. 1832)
	selma jacobsson Swedish photographer (1841–1899), SE (b. 1841)
	selma nicklass-kempner German singer and music educator, DE (b. 1849)
	selma lundahl Finnish actress, FI (b. 1853)
	selma ranke 1806-1878; Ehefrau von Friedrich Heinrich Ranke; Tochter von Gotthilf Heinrich Schubert. (b. 1806)
	selma matilda nordendal SE (b. 1846)
	selma gräfin von der gröben German noble and activist (1856-1938), DE (b. 1856)
	selma ek singer, SE (b. 1856)
	selma ottilia lovisa lagerlöf Swedish writer, SE (b. 1858)
	selma kajanus Finnish pianist, FI (b. 1860)
	selma krongold Polish soprano, PL (b. 1861)
	selma jonsson SE (b. 1858)
	selma sundelius-lagerström SE (b. 1859)
	selma colliander SE (b. 1861)

Forename Selma

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Selma

First names said to be same

First name Selma in the context

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames