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[ 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, German, and Spanish Anselm. Variants of Anselma include the English and Spanish 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, the English, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish Angelina, the English Angelyn, and the English Anjelina. 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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