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Selma is one of the prettiest names I've ever heard. Apparently it's very rare which is a nice change of speed from all the Amanda's and Jennifer's in the world. Selma is simple and elegant and you will never meet two Selma's in you lifetime so you will always remember that person.

Salem and Selma are anagrams of each other; they contain the same letters.

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Meanings and history of the name Selma

Feminine short form of Anselm, meaning 'God's helmet'.
Variant of Salma.
From the name of Fingal's castle in the Ossian poem by Macpherson, Celtic shelma 'beautiful view'.

Famous real-life people named Selma

Selma Blair, American actress.
Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and first woman to win the Nobel prize for literature.
Selma Hayek, Mexican American film actress, director and producer.
Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singer, actress, and 2x Eurovision contestant (1999 and 2005)

Selma in song, story & screen

Selma, character in Kahlil Gibran's story "Broken Wings"
Selma Bouvier, sister of Marge in the cartoon series "The Simpsons"
"Selma" is a song by Bosnian band Bijelo Dugme