View Message

Personally, it's not my style.

---

I'd probably expect a Selma to be from Northern Europe, Turkey (since it's also a Turkish name - it's the Turkish form of Salma), or possibly the US.

She's dark-haired and canny.

---

Also, I think of Selma Blair, Salma Hayek, civil rights, and the Simpsons.

---

It sounds Eastern European to me, more than anything else.

This message was edited 9/18/2018, 2:53 AM

The only Selma I know in real life is an Arabic speaker (British nationality)

---

It's cute, if a little frumpy.

The only Selma I've known was born in South Africa to an originally German family. So it gets an old-lady vibe from me; also, I don't enjoy the sound of it. Funny, because I quite like Thelma.

I adore Selma. It’s dark and rich and syrupy.

I like the name, too, despite the Alabama reference. That is just unfortunate. I'd expect her to be a a capable, no nonsense beautiful woman who can handle just about anything life throws her way. She lives in the southern United States, Texas, maybe, and doesn't mind hard work, dirt, bugs, kids, etc. Haha! I'd want my daughter to be like Selma.

Hi !!!

---

I love the nane Selma!
It is a simple but very elegant Arabic name!

---

I'd expect to meet a Selma from Marocco as I know that their Queen has this name in the form Salma... a Northern African country anyway.

---

I much prefer the spelling Selma than Salma or Salima.

---

So...a great name!

This message was edited 9/17/2018, 9:42 AM

I love Selma, although it is very tide to Selma, Alabama in the US. I would be a little bit uncomfortable using it to be honest.

---

Anyway, if I did come across a Sema I would expect her to be older and from the US South

This message was edited 9/17/2018, 8:07 AM

I like Selma. I’d except her to be perhaps, from Northern Europe, but I’ve met Selma’s of very different backgrounds.

I get a few associations in my mind when I hear it. The politically-charged Alabama town, Aunt Selma from the Simpsons, and the word “salmonella”.

---

It’s got a bit of a back-of-the-throat sound when I say it, so it isn’t my favourite. I’d group it with names like Beulah and Bertha and Gerta.

This message was edited 9/17/2018, 6:36 AM

For whatever reason, I only see Thelma (& Louise). Or other times I see Salem. My brain just switched back and forth.

---

However, I am completely unfamiliar with the name. It does have a decent sound.