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What does Zelma mean?
Zelma 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced ZEL-mah. It is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Zelma is "helmet of God". Short form of Anselma; variant of Selma.
ENDS WITH -ma
ASSOCIATED WITH helmet (defender)
Variations
VARIANT Zelima
OTHER FORMS VIA ANSELMA, SELMA Anselma, Salma▲, Sellma, Selma▼, Selmah, Zelmah
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Zelza, ..
(male) Zelmai, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Zelma Carson (Z.C.), ..
How popular is Zelma?
Zelma is a very prominent first name for women (#783 out of 4276, Top 18%) but an uncommon surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Zelma reached its peak position of #236 in the U.S. during the years 1900-1909, but is not ranked at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Salma (#799 FROM RECENT DATA) and Selma are the prominent varying forms of Zelma appearing in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Sellma, are uncommon. These forms of Zelma were at the peak of their popularity a century ago (ADOPTION OF 0.1%) and are now significantly less common, with forms like Selma becoming less stylish. Salma is the most trendy baby name here.
Similar Names
Zelma▼ is alike in pronunciation to Sahlma, Salmah and Zulma. Other recommended sound-alike names are Adelma, Allma, Alma▼, Dalma, Delma▼, Desma, Ellma, Elma▼, Gemma▲, Halma, Helima, Helma, Hema, Herma, Hilma▼, Jemma▲, Neema, Neima, Neoma, Palma, Peloma, Seema, Selima, Talma, Telma, Thelma▼, Valma, Vehlma (see Velma), Vellma, Velma▼, Vilma, Wilma▼, Wylma, Zalia, Zea, Zeba, Zeena, Zeeta, Zeeva, Zelda▲, Zelde, Zele, Zelia, Zelie, Zelina, Zellda, Zena, Zenda, Zenia, Zenna, Zenya, Zeta, Zetta, Zila, Zilla, Zoela, Zola▲, Zolia, Zulema, Zulima, Zuma and Zylia. These names tend to be less frequently used than Zelma.
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