Thelma
Thelma is a female given name. It was popularized by Victorian writer Marie Corelli who gave the name to the title character of her 1887 novel Thelma. It may be related to a Greek word meaning "will, volition" see Thelema).[1] Note that although consonant with another female given name, Selma, the two are not synonymous.
People with the name
- Thelma Akana Harrison (1905–1972), American politician
- Thelma Aoyama (born 1987), Japanese pop singer
- Thelma Barlow (born 1929), English actress
- Thelma Carpenter (1922–1997), American jazz singer and actress
- Thelma Cazalet-Keir (1899–1989), British politician
- Thelma Drake (born 1949), American politician
- Thelma Eisen (1922–2014), American baseball player
- Thelma Fardin (born 1992), Argentine actress
- Thelma Forbes (1910–2012), Canadian politician
- Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (1904–1970), mistress of King Edward VIII
- Thelma Harper (politician) (1940–2021), Tennessee politician
- Thelma Hill (1906–1938), American silent screen actress
- Thelma Holt (born 1932), stage actress and producer
- Telma Hopkins (born 1948), American singer and actress
- Thelma Hopkins (athlete) (born 1936), British athlete
- Thelma Houston (born 1946), American singer
- Thelma Leeds (1910–2006), American actress
- Thelma Coyne Long (1918–2015), Australian tennis player
- Thelma Nava (1932–2019), Mexican poet, magazine co-founder, publisher, journalist
- Thelma "Pat" Nixon (1912–1993), former First Lady of the United States
- Thelma Parr (1906–2000), American actress
- Thelma Pressman (1921–2010), American microwave cooking consultant and cookbook author
- Thelma Rodgers, Antarctic scientist from New Zealand
- Thelma Ritter (1902–1969), American actress
- Thelma Schoonmaker (born 1940), American film editor
- Thelma Terry (1901–1966), American bandleader
- Thelma Thall (born 1924), American two-time world table tennis champion
- Thelma Todd (1906–1935), American actress and businesswoman
- Thelma Toole (1901–1984), mother of American author John Kennedy Toole
- Thelma Van Norte (1912–1985), American medical records librarian
- Thelma Votipka (1906–1972), American opera singer
- Thelma Wood (1901–1970), American artist and lover of Djuana Barnes
Fictional characters
- Thelma Bates, from the TV series Hex
- Thelma Evans, in the sitcom Good Times
- Thelma Harper, from The Carol Burnett Show and Mama's Family
- Thelma Lou, on The Andy Griffith Show
- Thelma Griffin, from Family Guy
- Thelma Dickinson from the 1991 film Thelma and Louise
- Thelma, protagonist of the eponymous 2017 film Thelma
- T.H.E.L.M.A. an android from the Nickelodeon sci-fi series, Space Cases
- Thelma, a character referred to as "New Thelma" in the Junie B. Jones book series
References
- MacLeod, Iseabail; Freedman, Terry (1995). Dictionary of First Names. Wordsworth Editions. ISBN 9781853263668.
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