Worldwide, Yelema (Yelema 
) is quite a common feminine given name. The given name Yelema is habitual in Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare dominantly girly, but seldom male name. Likewise, Yelema is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Yelema | Ethiopia, Bulgaria, United States, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo |