Thelma: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Thelma
Origin of the name Thelma:
Invention of author Marie Corelli for the name of the Norwegian heroine in her novel Thelma (1887).
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My name is Thelma. My mother named me after her friend in Kansas. Friends would nickname me Thelma Lou after Barnie Fife's girlfriend in The Andy Griffith Show. To me, it sounded old and unsophisticated. I never had any attachment to it until the film "Thelma and Louise". Now, I'm independent and adventurous.
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Thelm, Tib
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Thelma in Farsi means tawny skin, yellowish-brown.
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Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon, First Lady and wife of Richard Nixon. She was nicknamed "Pat" by her Irish father because she was born on the eve of St. Patrick's Day.
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Thelma, the title character in Marie Corelli's novel "Thelma"
Thel, the mother in Bil Keane's comic strip "The Family Circus".
Thelma Lou, Barnie Fife's girlfriend in The Andy Griffith Show.
The title character in the film "Thelma and Louise"
Thelma Rice, character having an affair with the narrator's husband, in Nora Ephron's roman a clef, "Heartburn" and the subsequent film.
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Global Popularity of the Name Thelma
- #249 in Norway
