Selma


Gender:
Origin: Arabic, German
124 famous people named Selma found on Wikipedia.
26387 female, 321 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 2340-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 163-th in year 1891
Used in: Danish, Dutch, English, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish

Meanings

Selma is a feminine name of uncertain origin. It could be a form of Selima, which in turn is a name first recorded in a poem by Thomas Gray (died 1771). One possibility is that Selima was influenced by the Arabic name Selim meaning "peace". The Turkish name Selma is ultimately of Arabic origin. The use of Selma in Germany and Scandinavia stems from the Ossianic poetry of James Macpherson (died 1796), where it appears as a place name. Its specific popularity in Sweden is likely due to the Selma poems of Frans Michael Franzén (died 1847). It was later introduced into Denmark by Swedish immigrants, after which it likely became more common due to the works of the author Selma Lagerlöf (died 1940).

Peaceful, godly helmet, helmet of God, safe.

Famous People: 124 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Selma Blair 1972 American actress
2 Selma Egrei 1949 Brazilian actress
3 Selma Diamond 1920 Comedian, writer
4 Selma Lagerlöf 1858 Swedish female writer
5 Selma Ergeç 1978 Turkish-German actress
6 Selma Bajrami 1980 Bosnian Pop-folk singer
7 Selma Burke 1900 American artist
8 Selma Lopes 1928 Brazilian actress
9 Selma Üsük 1974 German television presenter
10 Selma James 1930 American feminist
11 Selma Engel-Wijnberg 1922 Holocaust extermination camp survivor; diarist, writer
12 Selma Baldursson 1974 German actress
13 Selma Fraiberg 1918 Child psychologist
14 Selma van Dijk 1969 Dutch news presenter, television presenter and presenter
15 Selma Björnsdóttir 1974 Icelandic singer
16 Selma Kouchy French actress
17 Selma Dritz 1917 American medical doctor and epidemiologist, who specialized in AIDS-related diseases
18 Selma Kutluğ Turkish actress
19 Selma do Coco 1935 Brazilian singer and composer
20 Selma Bouvier The Simpsons character
21 Selma George Indian actress
22 Selma Kurz 1874 Singer
23 Selma Tuominen 1903
24 Dick Selma 1943 American baseball player
25 Selma Aliye Kavaf 1962 Turkish politician
26 Selma Archerd 1926 American actress
27 Selma Brook French actress
28 Selma Noort 1960 Dutch painter and writer
29 Selma Rıza Feraceli 1872 Turkish journalist
30 Selma Geçer 1975 Turkish female singer
31 Selma Reis 1960 Brazilian actress and singer
32 Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger 1924 German language lyricist and Holocaust victim
33 Schwester Selma 1884 Head nurse, Shaare Zedek Hospital
34 Selma Muhedinović 1972
35 Selma Ancira 1956
36 Selma Stern 1890 German historian
37 Selma Mutal 1968 Dutch composer
38 Selma Tarcan Turkish actress
39 Selma Botman 1950 American university president
40 Selma Rosenfeld 1892 German professor
41 Selma Hassan Administrator of the Anseba Region, Eritrea
42 Selma Urfer 1928 Swiss writer and actor
43 Selma Jeanne Cohen 1920 American historian
44 Selma Prodanović Austrian businessman
45 Selma Mahlknecht 1979 Italian author
46 Selma Ek 1856 Singer
47 Selma Leydesdorff 1949 Dutch historian
48 Selma Dabbagh 1970 British-Palestinian writer
49 Selma Irmak 1971 Turkish politician
50 Selma Vieira
51 Selma Barkham 1927 Canadian historian and geoographer
52 Selma Findikli 1965 Turkish author (1965-2015)
53 Selma Vilhunen 1976 Finnish film maker
54 Selma Chalabi Filmmaker, journalist
55 Selma Vaz Dias 1911 Actress, writer and painter
56 Selma Elloumi Rekik 1956 Tunisian businessperson and politician
57 Selma Harrington 1955 Architect, designer
58 Selma Al-Radi 1939 Iraqi archaeologist
59 Selma Borst 1983 Dutch middle distance runner
60 Selma Yağcı 1981 Turkish boxer
61 Selma Calmes 1940
62 José Ferrer Selma 1950 Spanish footballer
63 Selma Hernandes 1979 Brazilian singer
64 Selma Rubin 1915 Environmentalist
65 Selma Rainio 1873 Finnish missionary
66 Selma Cook 1964 Australian writer
67 Selma Feldbach 1878
68 Selma Andersson 1894 Swedish diver
69 Selma Oxor 1988 Mexican singer-songwriter
70 Selma Kajan 1991 Australian middle-distance runner
71 Selma Gräfin von der Gröben 1856 German noble and activist
72 Mai Selma
73 Selma Kronold 1861 Polish soprano
74 Fernando Selma 1752 Spanish engraver.
75 Teresa Selma 1930 Actress
76 Selma M'Nasria 1986 Tunisian basketball player
77 Selma Grieme 1910 German athletics competitor
78 Selma Ceylan 1956 German author
79 Selma Anttila 1867
80 Selma Hédia Mabrouk 1964 Tunisian politician
81 Selma Neubacher Steele 1870
82 Selma Meyer 1881 German pediatrician
83 Selma Alispahic 1970 Bosnian actress
84 Selma Freud 1877 Austrian physicist
85 Selma Vrooland 1950 Dutch columnist
86 Selma Grünewald 1899
87 Selma Delibašić 1980 Bosnian Basketball player
88 Selma Kempner 1849 German singer and music educator
89 Selma Multer 1928 Estonian basketball player
90 Selma Billström 1843 Swedish writer
91 Selma Blažeková 1991 Slovak handball player
92 Selma Gürbüz 1960 Turkish sculptor
93 Selma Giöbel 1843 Swedish artist
94 Selma Sotiriadhi Albanian actress
95 Selma Lohse 1883 German politician
96 Sara Cato Meyer 1890 Dutch resistance fighter and activist (1890-1941)
97 Selma G. Lanes 1929 American literary critic and writer (1929-2009)
98 Jaume Padrós i Selma 1959 Spanish politician and scientist
99 Selma Gürkan 1961
100 Selma Steinmetz 1907
101 Georgy Zelma 1906
102 Selma Elias Westphal 1948 Brazilian politician
103 Selma Sevenhuijsen 1948 Dutch feminist and university teacher
104 Selma Sandá 1946 Author and grocer
105 Selma D' Silva 1960
106 Selma Fine Goldsmith 1912
107 Selma Kajanus 1860 Finnish poet
108 Selma Abrahamsson 1872 Finnish writer (1872-1911)
109 Selma Jónsdóttir
110 Selma Wiklund af Klercker 1872 Swedish actress
111 Selma Lønning Aarø 1972 Norwegian writer
112 Bartolme de Selma 1570 Spanish musician and composer
113 Selma des Coudres 1883 German painter
114 Selma Al-Majidi
115 Selma Sundelius-Lagerström 1859
116 Selma Wennerström 1851 Swedish actress
117 Miquel Selma 1700 Spanish composer
118 Selma Grannas 1881
119 Selma Riégo 1865
120 Selma Granberg 1885
121 Selma Lundahl 1853
122 Selma Jacobsson 1841 Swedish photographer
123 Selma Coronini 1832 Austrian noble lady
124 Selma Jungberg 1868