Elma

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Combination of any name beginning with El-, most commonly a form of Elisabet , and any first name beginning with Ma-, most commonly a form of Maria [1] [2]

2) Short form of Elmira [2]

3) Female form of Elmar [1]

4) Variant form of Helma

5) Short form of names ending in -elma [3]

Related Names

     
Elbmá ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Ellma ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Elma ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Elmi ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Elmiina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Elmina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Elmine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Elmukka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

Name Days

Finland Finland

12 February

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

12 February

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Elma
Accusative: Elmu
Dative: Elmu
Genitive: Elmu
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Elma
Accusative: Elmu
Dative: Elmu
Genitive: Elmu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1820 [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1128 1542 0 0
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 178 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 117 142 0 0
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 9982 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][5][6][7]:Name statistics for Elma(f)


Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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