SELMA  

Gender: F
Origin: German
Meaning: "godly helmet"

Playing mah-jongg with her buddies Bernice and Myrna, but given a somewhat more youthful spin via actresses Selma Blair and Salma Hayek.

Variations:
Selmah, Zelma, Sellma, Anselma, Sellmah, Selima

Selma is being discussed in our message boards:

• Sophie-Claire or Sophie-Jane?
• what if you had 20 kids?
• DH's criteria. Suggestions?
• Ilma
• need twin names

Read Nameberry blog posts about Selma:

• TAKING BABY NAMES SERIOUSLY
• GOODBYE, GLADYS?