Zulma

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zulma by the numbers

Zulma was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 52 babies in 1974, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Zulma

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zulma. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Zulemaa form of zuleima, meaning peace or safe50 in the US (2017)
  • Zelmahelmet of god; a form of Selma7 in the US (2017)
  • Zula15 in the US (2017)
  • Zulmy5 in the US (2017)
  • Zeldagray battle; variant of Griselda454 in the US (2017)
  • Zuleymapeaceful; a form of Salma or Zuleima26 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zulma

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