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

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

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)