Zelma is a primarily feminine given name, a variant of the name
Selma.
Usage
Zelma was among the 1,000 most popular names in use for girls in the United States between 1880 and 1955. It peaked in 1902, when it was the 216th most popular name for American girls. It was among the top 100 names for girls born in Latvia between 1920 and 1935, and among the top 1,000 names for girls in Brazil between 1950 and 1960.
Women
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Unita Zelma Blackwell (1933–2019), American civil rights activist
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Zelma Blakely (1921–1978), British painter, printer, engraver, and illustrator
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Zelma Bogue (1880–1975), American politician
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Zelma Cēsniece-Freidenfelde (1892–1929), Latvian physician and politician
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Zelma Davis
Zelma Davis is a Liberian-born American singer-songwriter. She is primarily known for her number-one dance hits "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." and "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" with C+C Music Factory, as well as for her presence as the o ...
, Liberian-born singer who rose to fame in the early 1990s
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Zelma "Zee" Edgell (1940–2020), Belizean-born American writer and academic
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Zelma Hedin (1827–1874), Swedish actress
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Kathryn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson (born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick; February 9, 1922 – February 17, 2010) was an American actress and coloratura soprano.
From the age of 12, Grayson trained as an opera singer. She was under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
, born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick (1922–2010), American actress and coloratura soprano
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Zelma Henderson (1920–2008), the last surviving plaintiff in the 1954 landmark federal school desegregation case
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Zelma Huppatz (1906–1982), Australian army nurse and hospital matron
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Zelma Long
Zelma R. Long (born 1945) is an American enologist and vintner. She is considered to be one of the female pioneers in California wine, and was the first woman to assume senior management of a Californian winery, Simi Winery, of which she was presi ...
(born circa 1945), American enologist and winemaker
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Zelma Maine-Jackson, American hydrologist
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Zelma O'Neal
Zelma O'Neal (May 29, 1903 – November 3, 1989) was an American actress, singer, and dancer in the 1920s and 1930s. She appeared on Broadway and in early sound films, including the Paramount Pictures films '' Paramount on Parade'' and '' ...
(1903–1989), American actress, singer, and dancer
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Zelma Rawlston (c. 1873 – 1915), German-born American singer, comedian, and vaudeville performer specializing in male impersonation
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Zelma Roberts (1915–1988), New Zealand-born writer
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Zelma Watson George (1903–1994), African American philanthropist
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Zelma Wilson (1918–1996), American architect
Men
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Zelma Wyche (1918–1999), African-American World War II veteran, civil rights activist, and politician
Notes
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