Message: "Selma" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Selma

by Lunasol

6/27/2011, 8:15 AM

What kind of woman/girl do you imagine when you hear the name Selma and what is your opinion of the name? What middle name would you give Selma?

Oh, this name-choosing is much more stressful than I remember it being... maybe I should just get someone from here to do it for me:)

#Selma

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- Anneza

6/27/2011, 11:32 PM

I knew a Selma once who was a very competent artist and very outdoorsy - loved climbing mountains, going for long walks across country, always with a sketch pad. I like it!

Selma Louise
Selma Gillian
Selma Beatrice
Selma Rosalind
Selma Lucy

- Pie

6/27/2011, 10:54 AM

I like it very much. It's sweet and pretty, not boring and not frilly, and I get a kind feeling from it.

Selma Daisy
Selma Louisa
Selma Lucy
Selma Leonora
Selma Frances
Selma Fenella
Selma Phoebe
Selma Katrine
Selma Cecile

- New_Chloe +2

6/27/2011, 9:39 AM

It's a very "brown" name for me - humble, quiet, friendly, domestic, polite, mousy. I think it would be adorable on a little girl. I defintely think of it in the same vein as Elsa, Maisie and Eugenie. It's a sweet, simple name, homemade and lumpy. It reminds me a lot of Alma, but even more homey and low-key.

I'd combo it like

Selma Frances
Selma Ruby
Selma Jane
Selma Enid
Selma Judith
Selma Ivy
Selma Dulcie
Selma Hattie
Selma Tilly
Selma Patience
Selma Claribel
Selma Clementine

- Lunasol

6/29/2011, 12:36 PM

Patience and Clementine are winners :)

- Violet (dlilly)

6/27/2011, 5:15 PM

Complete agreement.

- Malin (nilamalin)

6/27/2011, 9:32 AM

Funny, today is Selma's nameday in Sweden. I think of Selma Lagerlöf (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f), which is a good association, I like it. :)

- ninjato

6/27/2011, 9:27 AM

Alabama!

The name makes me think of freedom marches in 1962.

- Jadeyn

6/27/2011, 9:22 AM

I think of a dark-haired, mysterious, and serious woman. That might be because Selma reminds me of the middle-eastern name, Salma. Have you considered Salma, by chance?

- Ozma (MelvinSpelvin)

6/27/2011, 8:18 AM

...Bouvier.

I picture a heavyest, middle-aged woman with blue hair and a raspy smoker's voice, thanks to 'The Simpsons.'

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