MEANING & HISTORY
What does Vilma mean?
Vilma is a spelling of Wilma, a familiar form of Wilhelmina. The older William-family roots combine will or desire and helmet.
The initial V reflects language and spelling conventions rather than another meaning. Vilma may stand independently as a given name without requiring Wilhelmina as a legal expansion.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈvilma/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈvil.mɐ]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈbilma/with nativization
- [ˈbil.mɐ]with nativization
Vil · ma2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Vilma.
a female given name from English
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name from English
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Vilma
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Vilma Santos
Filipino actress and politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Vilma Santos
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Vilma in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Vilma
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Wilma♀Short form of Wilhelmina
- Alma♀Nourishing or kind in the Latin interpretation
- Delma·Familiar form of Adelma or Fidelma
- Elma♀Short form associated with Wilhelmina or Guglielma
- Salma·Safe or sound in Arabic
- Selma♀European name with several routes; Turkish form of Salma
- Vina♀Lute in the documented Sanskrit name tradition
- Thelma♀Literary name associated with Greek will
What rhymes with Vilma?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Vilma further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q18510601 — Vilma (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Vilma Santos (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18510601 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Vilma (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Vilma (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Vilma (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: William (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted parent-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Wiktionary: William (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted parent-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Wiktionary: William (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted parent-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Wiktionary: William (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted parent-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Behind the Name: vilma (opens in a new tab)
Independent exact source-name relationship and etymological qualifications.