Meaning of the nameThelma
- Female
- Thel-ma
Thelma is a spelling of the name Telma.
Meaning
The meaning of Thelma is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 3,966
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,214
- Median age
- 53 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,309
- people
Thelma in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Thelma, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (1,054 people).
3,955 women 0 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Thelma is most common
States with the highest share of people named Thelma in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Distrito Federal 0.004%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
- São Paulo 0.003%
- Amazonas 0.003%
- Goiás 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,226 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 509 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 397 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 248 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 213 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 161 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 142 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 116 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 106 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 103 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 90 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 72 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 71 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 63 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 61 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 51 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 51 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 50 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 42 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 40 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 40 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 36 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 28 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 21 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Thelma
It keeps the th of the English spelling; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it as a spelling variant of Telma.
About the name Telma
Behind the Name says that Telma is either a Portuguese form of Thelma or the feminine of Telmo. Telmo comes from a mistaken division of the Spanish Santelmo, 'Saint Elmo'. Thelma, in turn, is a literary creation of the nineteenth century, from a Swedish novel, and its meaning is unknown; Wiktionary rejects the popular link with the Greek thélēma, 'will'. For that reason the meaning of Telma is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 53,549 people named Telma, with a median age of 51. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Other spellings of Telma
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Telma | 53,549 |
| Thelma | 3,966 |
Sources
- Behind the Name: Telma · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Telmo · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Thelma · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Thelma · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Telma · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Thelma
What does the name Thelma mean?
The meaning of Thelma is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Thelma in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,966 people with the first name Thelma, which ranks it number 3,214 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Thelma a boy's or a girl's name?
Thelma is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,955 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Thelma most common?
Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.004% of the state's population is named Thelma (116 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Thelma?
Telma. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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