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Thelma
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A female given name that became popular in the 19th and 20th centuries.
"Her grandmother was named Thelma."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA woman's first name.
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Etymology
Invented by a Swedish novelist in the 1840s; later folk tradition linked it to Greek thélēma, "will," though that connection was added after the fact.