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Anselma - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Anselma
 
 

 



[ 3 syll. an-sel-ma, ans-e-lma ] The girl name Anselma is pronounced aaNSEHLMah KEY. Anselma has its origins in the Germanic language. It is used largely in Dutch, German, Italian, and Spanish. The meaning of Anselma is 'protected by God'. Two-element name derived from ans and helm with the meanings 'God' and 'helmet, protection' respectively. Anselma is the feminine form of the English and German Anselm. Variants of the name include the English pet form Zelma and the German short form Selma.

Anselma is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Anselma include the Dutch Angelien, the English Angelena, and the English, German, Italian, Polish, and Russian Angelina.

KEY: English pronunciation for Anselma: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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