Vilma
Just 89 women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met a Vilma. The name is Germanic at root, with the sense of resolute protection.
Vilma Pronunciation
What Vilma means
Where Vilma comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Vilma comes from the Germanic name Wilhelmina, built on "wil" for will and "helm" for helmet or protection. The meaning that settled on it is "resolute protection," a will that guards. In Scandinavia the name took hold, and Finnish and Swedish records carry Vilma through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It stayed common in Finland into the present.
The two roots pull in one direction. Will supplies the resolve. Helm supplies the guard. That pairing gives the short meaning its shape: someone whose protecting is a matter of decision.
On a Polish class register, Vilma reads as complete on its own. No diminutive trails behind it. The name arrives finished, and it means resolute protection.
How many people are named Vilma
1 in 253301 women in Poland is named Vilma. 89 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3737 among female names.
Vilma as a middle name
Vilma is a first name for 89 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 98/2 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 6935th, between Viktorie (2) and Violett (2).
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#6933 Vikrant2
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#6934 Viktorie2
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#6935 Vilma2
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#6936 Violett2
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#6937 Violletta2