Zelma

Selma is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

The first name Selma was known by the Ossian poetry of Scots James Macpherson. It is derived from the Celtic Shelma "beautiful view " her.

Selma can also be derived from the German name Anselm.

In addition, the name in Turkish and Bosnian occurs, presumably derived from Arabic Salma " harmony, peace ".

Variants

• Salma
• Zelma

Name winners

• Selma Baldursson (* 1974), German actress
• Selma Bajrami ( born 1980 ), Bosnian pop and turbo folk singer
• Selma Björnsdóttir ( b. 1974 ), Icelandic pop singer
• Selma Blair (born 1972 ), American actress
• Selma Ceylan ( born 1956 ), German writer of Turkish origin
• Selma Jeanne Cohen (1920-2005), American dance historian
• Selma Diamond (1920-1985), Canadian actress and screenwriter
• Selma Ergec (born 1978 ), model and actress of German-Turkish origin
• Selma Grieme (1910-1999), German track and field athlete
• Selma Countess of the Gröben (1856-1938), philanthropist and suffragist
• Selma Gürbüz ( born 1960 ), Turkish painter and sculptor
• Selma Aliye Kavaf (born 1962 ), Turkish politician
• Selma Kurz (1874-1933), German opera singer
• Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), Swedish writer
• Selma Lohse (1883-1937), German politician (SPD )
• Selma G. Lanes (1929-2009), American author
• Selma miller's man ( b. 1979 ), Italian writer, scriptwriter and dramaturge
• Selma Meerbaum- Eisinger (1924-1942), German -language poet
• Selma Meyer (1881-1958), German pediatrician and high school teacher
• Selma Nicklass - Kempner (1850-1928), German singer and singing teacher
• Selma Rosenfeld (1892-1984), teacher and professor
• Selma Stern (1890-1981), German historian
• Selma Urfer (1928-2013), Swiss- German author, translator and actress
• Selma Yağcı ( born 1981 ), Turkish female boxer