Re: Meaning of a First Name
in reply to a message by Rian
This site says, it's a short form of Anselma. (This makes sense to me.)
Others claim, it's Galic meaning "fair".
Some say, it's a contracted form of Selima.
In ancient Greek "selma" means "frame-work" (of a ship), but this seams to be pure coincidence.Andy ;—)
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Meaning of a First Name  ·  Rian  ·  9/9/2004, 5:09 AM
Re: Meaning of a First Name  ·  Andy  ·  9/9/2004, 5:28 AM
Re: Meaning of a First Name  ·  simon  ·  10/14/2004, 4:12 AM
Re: Meaning of a First Name  ·  Rian  ·  9/9/2004, 5:45 AM