Given name & surname
Valma
“a dedicated protector”
Valma is used as a given name and a surname. One Finnish interpretation is “a dedicated protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Finnish interpretation is “a dedicated protector.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Finnish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 388
- 0 boys · 388 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 172 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Valma’s family of names
Valma has a related form in Velma. Valma has a related form in Valmah. In Greek usage, Valma as a surname is a transliteration of Βαλμά.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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