Zulma

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Zulma is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name31K records spelled Zulma6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Venezuela, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Zülmå

• French given name3.9K records spelled Zulma3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Zùlmá

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Zulma is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Albanian, definite nominative singular of zulmë

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

AR datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) — 93 years between 1922–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Zulma Carraudb. 1796FRFrench writer
• Zulma Bouffarb. 1843FRactress and singer from France
• Zulma Greyb. 1928ARArgentinian actor
• Suma Pazb. 1939ARnot in their usual nameArgentinian singer-songwriter
• Zulma E. Rúgolob. 1940ARArgentinian botanist and curator (1940— )
• Zulma Nélida Brandoni de Gasparinib. 1944ARArgentinian paleontologist
• Zulma Faiadb. 1944ARArgentine actress
• Zulma Janeth Dueñas Gómezb. 1950COColombian biologist, chemist
• Zulma Yugarb. 1952BOBolivian singer and politician
• Zulma Lobatob. 1958ARArgentinian vedette

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 524 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Zulma?

We estimate roughly 8.8 thousand people bear Zulma (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Zulma have the most bearers?

Zulma is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled zulma.

How common is Zulma compared with other names?

In Argentina, Zulma is the 362nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Zulma a male or female name?

Zulma is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Zulma mean?

Recorded meaning: Possibly from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān, “Solomon”); see that entry for more. The name is popular in Latin America because of an Argentine actress of that name.