Thelma is a female given name meaning "will, volition" in Greek. Note that although consonant with another female given name, Selma, the two are not synonymous.

Thelma may refer to:

Contents 1 Persons 2 Fictional characters 3 Other 4 See also

[edit] Persons

• Thelma Aoyama, Japanese Pop singer
• Thelma Carpenter, American jazzsinger & actress
• Thelma Cazalet-Keir, British politician
• Thelma Drake, American politician
• Thelma Forbes, Canadian politician
• Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness
• Thelma Harper, Tennessee politician
• Thelma Hill, American silent screen actress
• Thelma Holt, stage actress & producer
• Telma Hopkins, American singer & actress
• Thelma Hopkins (athlete), British athlete
• Thelma Houston, American singer
• Thelma Leeds, American actress
• Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player
• Thelma "Pat" Nixon, former First Lady of the United States
• Thelma Parr, American actress
• Thelma Schoonmaker, American film editor
• Thelma Terry, American bandleader
• Thelma Todd, American screen actress
• Thelma Toole
• Thelma Votipka, American opera singer

[edit] Fictional characters

• Thelma Bates, fictional character from Hex
• Thelma Evans, fictional character in the sitcom Good Times
• Thelma Harper, fictional character from The Carol Burnett Show's The Family skits and Mama's Family
• Thelma Lou, fictional character from The Andy Griffith Show
• Thelma Griffin, fictional character from Family Guy
• Thelma Chambers, from Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
• Thelma Winterton, in "Goodbye to murder" by Donald Henderson

[edit] Other

• "Thelma", a song by John Lee Hooker
• Cyclone Thelma - a devastating cyclone in Australia in 1998 and was retired.
• Tropical Storm Thelma - a deadly tropical storm that killed 5000 people in the Philippines in 1991. Both the Filipino name, Uring and the name Thelma were retired as a result.

[edit] See also

• Selma to Montgomery marches, three civil rights marches that began in Selma, Alabama.

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