Entry № 11307 · Germanic origin

Vilma Vilma — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VIL-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Germanic
Meaning
"Resolute protector (Vilma Bánky, silent-film star)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Germanic)

A name that means "resolute protector (vilma bánky, silent-film star)".

Vilma is the Hungarian, Finnish, and Spanish short form of Wilhelmina — from the Old Germanic wil ("will, desire") + helm ("helmet, protection") — "resolute protector." A top-1000 US baby name in the early 20th century, especially in immigrant communities. Wilma is the English equivalent (already in the library). Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy — Hungarian portrait painter.

Resolute protector (Vilma Bánky, silent-film star) — a Germanic name.

The name in its native script.

Vilma
Transliteration
Vilma
Pronunciation
/ ˈvɪl.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vilma stands.

Vilma does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Vilmas before her.

Real people
Vilma Bánky
Hungarian-American silent-film star.
1901 – 1991
Vilma Espín
Cuban revolutionary.
1930 – 2007
Vilma Santos
Filipino actress and politician.
born 1953
In fiction
Vilma
Various Hungarian culture.

Names connected to Vilma.

The number behind Vilma.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vilma reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.