Female name
Velma
87,202 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1921. Expression number: 8.
Origin
Coined at the end of the 19th century, by analogy with Thelma and Wilma.From Wiktionary, entry “Velma”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1921: 2,613 births. 87,202 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. At its peak, it ranked 88th among girls' names in 1912. It really came into use around 1883. It is still given: 96 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
4 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 17 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
5 + 1 = 6
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
4 + 3 + 4 = 11
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 4 · work, structure, stability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.