Meaning: Peaceful; safe
The story
Turkish Selma is related to Arabic Salma, safe. The Swedish literary name has a separate, less certain derivation.
Also means
What Selma means in its other languages.
- Swedishuncertain; perhaps related to Anselma or the Ossian poems
Spellings & variants
- Salma
- Zelma
Popularity
Uncommon
Outside the US top 1,000.
Style
Origins
Selma comes from Turkish and Swedish. It’s a bridge name, with roots in more than one culture.
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Slender, upright; the first letter
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