Selma (first name)
Selma is a feminine given name .
Origin and meaning
The first name Selma became known through the Ossian poetry of the Scottish James Macpherson . It is derived from the Celtic shelma "beautiful view".
Selma can also be derived from the German name Anselm .
In addition, the name occurs in Turkish and Bosnian, probably derived from the Arabic Salma "harmony, peace".
variants
Name bearers
- Selma Baldursson (* 1974), German actress
- Selma Bajrami (* 1980), Bosnian pop and turbo folk singer
- Selma Björnsdóttir (* 1974), Icelandic pop singer
- Selma Blair (born 1972), American actress
- Selma Ceylan (* 1956), German author of Turkish origin
- Selma Jeanne Cohen (1920–2005), American dance historian
- Selma Diamond (1920–1985), Canadian actress and screenwriter
- Selma Ergeç (* 1978), photo model and actress of German-Turkish origin
- Selma Grieme (1910–1999), German athlete
- Selma Countess von der Gröben (1856–1938), philanthropist and women's rights activist
- Selma Gürbüz (* 1960), Turkish painter and sculptor
- Selma Aliye Kavaf (* 1962), Turkish politician
- Selma Kurz (1874–1933), German opera singer
- Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), Swedish writer
- Selma Lohse (1883–1937), German politician (SPD)
- Selma G. Lanes (1929–2009), American author
- Selma Mahlknecht (* 1979), Italian writer, screenwriter and dramaturge
- Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942), German-speaking poet
- Selma Meyer (doctor) (1881–1958), German pediatrician and Germany's first professor of paediatrics
- Selma Meyer (resistance fighter) (1890–1941), Dutch resistance fighter, feminist and pacifist
- Selma Nicklass-Kempner (1850–1928), German singer and singing teacher
- Selma Rıza (1872–1931), Turkish journalist, writer and women's rights activist
- Selma Rosenfeld (1892–1984), teacher and professor
- Selma Stern (1890–1981), German historian
- Selma Urfer (1928–2013), Swiss-German author, translator and actress
- Selma Üsük (* 1974), Turkish-German journalist and television presenter
- Selma Yağcı (* 1981), Turkish boxer