Thelma
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Thelma is a female given name
meaning "will, volition" in Greek
. Note that although consonant with another female given name, Selma
, the two are not synonymous.
Thelma may refer to:
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
meaning "will, volition" in Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
. Note that although consonant with another female given name, Selma
Selma
-Given name:*Selma Bajrami , Bosnian singer*Selma Björnsdóttir , Icelandic singer, 1999 and 2005 representative in the Eurovision Song Contest*Selma Blair , American actress*Selma Chalabi, British filmmaker...
, the two are not synonymous.
Thelma may refer to:
Persons
- Thelma AoyamaThelma Aoyama, born October 27, 1987, is a Japanese pop and R&B singer. She is part Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese.She is probably best known for her collaboration song with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo", and her answer song "Soba ni Iru ne"...
, Japanese pop singer - Thelma BarlowThelma BarlowThelma Barlow is an English television actress and writer, most famous for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street and as Dolly Bellfield in the sitcom Dinnerladies....
, English actress - Thelma CarpenterThelma CarpenterThelma Carpenter was a jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz.-Career:...
, American jazz singer and actress - Thelma Cazalet-KeirThelma Cazalet-KeirThelma Cazalet-Keir CBE, née Cazalet, was a British feminist and Conservative Party politician.She was born in London, the third child and only daughter of William Marshall Cazalet , and Maud Lucia née Heron-Maxwell...
, British politician - Thelma DrakeThelma DrakeThelma D. Drake was a Member of Congress of the Republican party from the state of Virginia. She was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in November 2004 to represent . She was defeated by Democrat Glenn Nye in 2008.Thelma Drake grew up in Ohio and attended Elyria High School...
, American politician - Thelma ForbesThelma ForbesThelma Bessie Forbes is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1969, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin and Walter Weir...
, Canadian politician - Thelma Furness, Viscountess FurnessThelma Furness, Viscountess FurnessThelma, Viscountess Furness , born Thelma Morgan, was the woman who preceded Wallis Simpson in the affections of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom...
- Thelma HarperThelma Harper (politician)Thelma Harper is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee Senate for the 19th district, which is composed of a large portion of Davidson County including the urban core of Nashville.-Education and career:...
, Tennessee politician - Thelma HillThelma HillThelma Hill was an American silent screen comedian.Born Thelma Floy Hillerman in Emporia, Kansas, she was one of the few Sennett Bathing Beauties to make it into featured roles...
, American silent screen actress - Thelma HoltThelma HoltThelma Holt, is a British theatre producer and former actress.After a successful career as an actress, in partnership with Charles Marowitz, Thelma founded the Open Space Theatre in Tottenham Court Road, London, which became the forerunner of the London fringe. In 1977, joined The Round House in...
, stage actress and producer - Telma HopkinsTelma HopkinsTelma Louise Hopkins is an American singer and television actress. A member of the 1970s pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn, she later starred in several television sitcoms, including Bosom Buddies, Gimme a Break!, Family Matters, Getting By, and Half & Half...
, American singer and actress - Thelma Hopkins (athlete)Thelma Hopkins (athlete)Thelma Hopkins is a Northern Irish athlete, who competed in the high and the long jump.On 5 May 1956 she broke the world record in high jump in Belfast with a jump of 1.74 meters, breaking the record of 1.73 meters set by Aleksandra Chudina of the USSR on 22 May 1954...
, British athlete - Thelma HoustonThelma HoustonThelma Houston is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She scored a number-one hit in 1976 with her cover version of the song "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.-Early life & career:Houston is the daughter of a cotton picking mother...
, American singer - Thelma LeedsThelma LeedsThelma Leeds , also known as Thelma Bernstein, was an American actress.-Life and career:...
, American actress - Thelma Coyne LongThelma Coyne LongThelma Dorothy Coyne Long was one of the female tennis players who dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s to the 1950s.-Tennis career:...
, Australian tennis player - Thelma Pat NixonPat NixonThelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan Nixon was the wife of Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, and was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974. She was commonly known as Patricia or Pat Nixon.Born in Nevada, Pat Ryan grew up in Los Angeles, California...
, former First Lady of the United States - Thelma ParrThelma ParrThelma Parr was a motion picture actress from Oregon. She is best remembered for her roles in Mack Sennett comedies as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties....
, American actress - Thelma PressmanThelma PressmanThelma Pressman was a pioneering microwave cooking consultant, product development consultant, and cookbook author. In 1969 she opened the first microwave cooking school in the United States. She was the author of several microwave cookbooks and was a regular columnist for Bon Appétit magazine...
, American microwave cooking consultant and cookbook author - Thelma Rún Heimisdóttir, Icelandic women's basketball player
- Thelma SchoonmakerThelma SchoonmakerThelma Schoonmaker is an American film editor who has worked with director Martin Scorsese for over forty years. She has edited all of Scorsese's films since Raging Bull...
, American film editor - Thelma TerryThelma TerryThelma Terry, née Thelma Combes was an American bandleader and bassist during the 1920s and 1930s. She fronted Thelma Terry and Her Playboys and was the first American woman to lead a notable jazz orchestra as an instrumentalist.-Early life:Terry was born in Bangor, Michigan in 1901...
, American bandleader - Thelma ToddThelma ToddThelma Alice Todd was an American actress. Appearing in about 120 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films like Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, a number of Charley Chase's short comedies, and co-starring with Buster Keaton and Jimmy...
, American screen actress - Thelma Toole
- Thelma VotipkaThelma VotipkaThelma Votipka was an American mezzo-soprano who sang 1,422 performances with the Metropolitan Opera, more than any other woman in the company's history ....
, American opera singer
Fictional characters
- Thelma BatesThelma BatesThelma Bates is a fictional character played by Jemima Rooper in Sky One's British horror dramedy series Hex.She appeared in every episode of the programme...
, from the TV series Hex - Thelma EvansThelma EvansThelma Evans Anderson is a supporting character of the 1970s family sitcom Good Times. She was portrayed by Bern Nadette Stanis. She was the middle child of the Evans family....
, in the sitcom Good Times - Thelma HarperThelma HarperThelma Harper is a fictional character, who originally appeared on the ongoing Mama's Family on The Carol Burnett Show. She was portrayed by Vicki Lawrence...
, from The Carol Burnett Show and Mama's Family - Thelma LouThelma LouThelma Lou is a character on the American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show . The character appeared in 26 episodes. Thelma Lou is Barney Fife's girlfriend and is portrayed by Betty Lynn.-Overview:...
, on The Andy Griffith Show - Thelma Griffin, from Family Guy
- Thelma Chambers, from the British sitcom Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a 1970s British sitcom broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It is the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais...
- Thelma Dickinson from the 1991 film Thelma and LouiseThelma and LouiseThelma & Louise is a 1991 film co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri, the film's plot revolves around Thelma and Louise's escape from their troubled and caged lives. It stars Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise, and co-stars Harvey Keitel as a...
Other
- Thelma (film)Thelma (film)Thelma is a 2011 Filipino inspirational-drama film released by Star Cinema with TimeHorizon Pictures with Maja Salvador portraying the title-role. The film is directed by Paul Soriano and is inspired by true stories...
, a 2011 Filipino film - "Thelma", a song by John Lee HookerJohn Lee HookerJohn Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...
- Cyclone ThelmaCyclone ThelmaSevere Tropical Cyclone Thelma was a tropical cyclone that affected northern Australia from 6 December 1998 until 12 December 1998. Cyclone Thelma was one of the most intense tropical cyclones to be observed off the coast of Australia...
, a cyclone in Australia in 1998 - Tropical Storm ThelmaTropical Storm ThelmaTropical Storm Thelma was the deadliest tropical storm of the 1991 Pacific typhoon season, killing between 5,101 to 8,100 people as it crossed the Philippines.-Meteorological history:A tropical disturbance developed over the eastern Caroline Islands in late October...
, a tropical storm that killed 5000 people in the Philippines in 1991