Selm

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish

Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of Anselm (see Anshelm) [1]

2) Male form of Selma [1]

Related Names

     
Seemi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Selm Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Selmer Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Selmi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Semmi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Zelmer Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1856 [1]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Norrland [1]

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[2] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m1.png 0 0 5 16
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 1 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Selm.

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

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