Elma

English

"will helmet"

Elma Origin and Meaning

The name Elma is a girl's name meaning "will helmet".

Historically a diminutive of Wilhelmina, Elma's parent name and soundalike sisters are slowly stirring back to life as the trend for vintage baby names continues. With Alma on the rise in the US, Thelma chic in France, and Selma hot in Scandinavia, Elma could be in with a shot at a revival – especially given the popularity of Emma and Ella. But Muppet Elmo and Looney Tune Elmer Fudd may cast a long shadow.

Elma Rank in US Top 1000

# 988 in the US

Elma Popularity

• 77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022

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Famous People Named Elma

• Elma de Vries Dutch marathon speed skater
• Elma Dienda Namibian politician & teacher
• Elma Salinas Ender youngest woman to serve as Texas judge
• Elma Francois (1897 1944), Africentric political activist
• Elma Karlowa German actress
• Elma Lewis founder of National Center of Afro,American Artists
• Elma Maua (1948 2010), New Zealand journalist & editor
• Elma Mitchell British poet
• Elma Napier Scottish,born writer & politician
• Elma Sinanovic Bosnian singer
• Elma Stuckey (1907 '88), African American poet
• Elma Mary Williams author from the UK
• Gulielma "Elma" Sands the victim in the Manhattan Well murder trial of 1800, the first recorded murder case in the US

Elma in Pop Culture

• Elma Center New York, town of 2, 500
• Elma Iowa, town of 550
• Elma Leivonen character from manga/anime "Strike Witches"
• Also short for Guglielma the feminine form of Guglielmo