How to pronouce Selma
Selma ARPAbet pronounciation: S EH1 L M AH0
Selma IPA pronounciation: ˈsɛlmə
Selma
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How to pronouce, type, and say Selma
See how to say, spell, type, and pronounce Selma.
How to spell and type Selma
Selma in readable ASCII: selma
Selma in hex: selma
What does Selma rhyme with?
English words that rhyme with Selma.
The name Selma rhymes with:
| anselma | aselma | delma | elma | helma |
| thelma | velma | wilhelma | zelma |
What does the name Selma mean?
Literal translations for the name Selma.
What does Selma mean in English?
Selma n 1: a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters
What does Selma mean in Hungarian?
selma rogue
Where is the name Selma popular?
See what countries the name Selma is most popular in.
A person named Selma is likely from one of the following countries:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 (girl)
- Denmark 🇩🇰 (girl)
- Finland 🇫🇮 (girl)
- France 🇫🇷 (girl)
- Netherlands 🇳🇱 (girl)
- Norway 🇳🇴 (girl)
- Sweden 🇸🇪 (girl)
- Turkey 🇹🇷 (girl)
- United States 🇺🇸 (girl)
Can Selma be a girls name?
See where Selma is used as a girls name.
Selma is sometimes used as a girls name in the following countries:
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🇫🇮 Finland
Selma popularity by country
See how popular Selma is for boys or girls in 9 country data sets.
In 2019 Selma was the 12th most popular girls name in Sweden.
In 2019 Selma was the 355th most popular girls name in Netherlands.
In 2018 Selma was the 148th most popular girls name in France.
In 2018 Selma was the 26th most popular girls name in Norway.
In 1995 Selma was the 99th most popular girls name in Turkey.
In 2017 Selma was the 63rd most popular girls name in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In 2011 Selma was the 49th most popular girls name in Denmark.
In 1956 Selma was the 942nd most popular girls name in United States.
In 2017 Selma was the 45th most popular girls name in Finland.
What ethnicity is the name Selma?
Global data on the ethnicity of the name Selma.
What ethnicity is someone with the name Selma likely to be?
- Selma has a 0.05% chance of being East Asian
- Selma has a 0.30% chance of being Japanese
- Selma has a 2.35% chance of being South Asian
- Selma has a 6.84% chance of being African
- Selma has a 7.12% chance of being Muslim
- Selma has a 2.34% chance of being British
- Selma has a 1.13% chance of being Eastern European
- Selma has a 14.28% chance of being Jewish
- Selma has a 4.41% chance of being French
- Selma has a 4.08% chance of being Germanic
- Selma has a 37.49% chance of being Hispanic
- Selma has a 19.32% chance of being Italian
- Selma has a 0.30% chance of being Nordic
Selma Probabilities
Gender, generation, birth year, and other predictions for the name Selma.
What is the most common profile of a person named Selma
Someone with the name Selma was most likely born in 2004.
Someone with the name Selma is most likely to be female.
Someone with the name Selma is most likely from this generation: Baby Boomers.
What names are similar to the name Selma?
Find similar names to Selma.
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