Wilma
[ˈwɪlmə]Meaning
short form of wilhelmina
Background Story
Wilma is a short form of Wilhelmina. German settlers introduced it to America in the 19th century. It is used in Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Medieval English, Norwegian, Scottish and Slovak, and in Finnish it is an archaic spelling of Vilma.
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