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Elma Francois (1897 – 1944) was an Africentric Socialist political activist who, on 14 October 1987, was declared as a "national heroine of Trinidad and Tobago". She had been described as one of the "vociferous Africentric activists" in the history of Trinidad and Tobago and in the Caribbean region. She was known for her pro-trade union, anti-war and anti-colonial work.
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Elma Maua (1948 – 2010) was a Cook Islands-born New Zealand journalist and editor. Maua was one of New Zealand's first Pacific Islander journalists. She worked as a journalist for Radio New Zealand and Niu FM. In 1999, Maua briefly returned to the Cook Islands, where she worked in the Prime Minister's office.
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Elma Muros, also known as the "Long Jump Queen" of the Philippines and a heptathlon champion, is a former member of the Philippine Track and Field National Team and now a legend in Philippine track and field history who specialized in long jump. She also competed in the heptathlon, 100m and 400m hurdles, 100m, 200m, and 400m sprint alongside the "Sprint Queen" of the Philippines and also fellow legend, Lydia de Vega.
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Elma Tryphosa Dangerfield, CBE, (1907 - 2006) was a British journalist, writer, campaigner and Liberal Party politician.
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It's not just an old lady's name. It's so very pretty in my opinion. It is much better than Emma. .
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Elma is also Estonian, Finnish, and Latvian. The name day for Elma in Estonia is February 12. The name day for Elma in Finland is February 12. The name day for Elma in Latvia is September 30.
Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elma (I think)
https://forebears.io/forenames/elma
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Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elma (I think)
https://forebears.io/forenames/elma
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Also Hungarian: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elma_(keresztn%C3%A9v)
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Also Estonian: https://www.stat.ee/public/apps/nimed/
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This sounds like the feminine form of the name Elmo. I think it's very lovely and unique-sounding, but it still might get teased.
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Old lady's name... Just use Alma (- _-)
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“Hey guys, it’s Elmo’s sister! Doo wop doo wop, Elma’s World:)”.
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In 2018, 83 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Elma who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 2, 148th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
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My mother bears this name. She was told by her mother it was derived from Queen Elizabeth (El) & Queen Mary (Ma) of Britain = Elma. I have also seen this explanation other places on the web. [noted -ed]
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The name Elma was given to 30 girls born in the US in 2015.
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The name is also used in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland.
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I thought this name was lovely; it reminded me of elm trees; it's just generally elegant and noble, and then all of a sudden I thought of
(you don't have to read the end of the sentence, it jarred me away from the name and I don't want it to jar you too)
Elmer Fudd.
Of course "Elma" and "Elmer" aren't pronounced identically in most languages, or in a lot of dialects of English, so hopefully I'll be able to forget it and go back to hero-worshipping this name.
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(you don't have to read the end of the sentence, it jarred me away from the name and I don't want it to jar you too)
Elmer Fudd.
Of course "Elma" and "Elmer" aren't pronounced identically in most languages, or in a lot of dialects of English, so hopefully I'll be able to forget it and go back to hero-worshipping this name.
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Means "apple" in Turkish, such an amazing name and cute too, love it.
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In Sweden, Elma has sometimes been used as a short form of Ellen Maria.
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Pronounced EL-mah in German. [noted -ed]
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Such an adorable name! I've met a little girl named Elma. She was so cute!
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Means "apple" in Turkish.
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• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Elma/nl/ (in Dutch)
• https://youtu.be/6nyc-u5DXUI (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:50)
• https://youtu.be/8bkAeZ-wlCE (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:09 and 0:17)
Converted to IPA, it should be: /'ɛl.ma:/ [noted -ed]