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- Girl
- Western numerology
- 5
- Indian numerology
- 7
- Characters
- 6
- Popular
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Thelma is a baby name with Filipino, English, Greek context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is nursing; This name was invented by British writer Marie Corelli, who gave it to her heroine in her novel 'Thelma' (1887) It may be based on the Greek word for....
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