Given name
Zelmah
“having divine protection”
Zelmah is a variant of Zelma. In German use, Zelma carries the interpretation “having divine protection.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zelmah is a variant of Zelma. In German use, Zelma carries the interpretation “having divine protection.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Zelmah connects to the Selma name family through Zelma. The history of Selma gives this family its wider story. Selma is the name of Ossian’s castle in James Macpherson’s poems. Enthusiasm for that literary world probably helped the name find use in Germany and Scandinavia, although its precise linguistic origin is uncertain.
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The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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