Elma

Diminutive of Wilhelmina, German and Dutch

"resolute protection"

Elma Rank in US Top 1000

# 988 in the US

Popularity of the name Elma

• 53 Israel 2023
• 78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024

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Famous People Named Elma

• Elma de Vries Dutch marathon speed skater
• Elma Dienda Namibian politician & teacher
• Elma Salinas Ender youngest woman to serve as Texas judge
• Elma Francois (1897 1944), Africentric political activist
• Elma Karlowa German actress
• Elma Lewis founder of National Center of Afro,American Artists
• Elma Maua (1948 2010), New Zealand journalist & editor
• Elma Mitchell British poet
• Elma Napier Scottish,born writer & politician
• Elma Sinanovic Bosnian singer
• Elma Stuckey (1907 '88), African American poet
• Elma Mary Williams author from the UK
• Gulielma "Elma" Sands the victim in the Manhattan Well murder trial of 1800, the first recorded murder case in the US

The name Elma in Pop Culture

• Elma Center New York, town of 2, 500
• Elma Iowa, town of 550
• Elma Leivonen character from manga/anime "Strike Witches"
• Also short for Guglielma the feminine form of Guglielmo