Wilma (given name)

Wilma is a female given name, a feminine form of William. People with the name include:

People

• Wilma Arizapana (born 1982), Peruvian long-distance runner
• Wilma van den Berg (born 1947), Dutch sprinter
• Wilma M. Blom, marine scientist
• Wilma Burgess (1939–2003), American singer
• Wilma Chan (1949–2021), American politician
• Wilma Lee Cooper (1921–2011), American singer
• Wilma Cosmé (born 1966), Puerto Rican singer known as Sa-Fire
• Wilma De Angelis (born 1931), Italian singer and TV presenter
• Wilma Dressel (born 1983), German rower
• Wilma Driessen (born 1938), Dutch opera singer
• Wilma Dykeman (1920–2006), American writer
• Wilma Elles (born 1986), German actress
• Wilma de Faria, Brazilian politician, governor of Rio Grande do Norte
• Wilma Anderson Gilman (1881-1971), American concert pianist, music teacher, clubwoman
• Wilma Goich (born 1945), Italian pop singer and television personality
• Wilma Scott Heide (1921–1985), American feminist author and social activist
• Wilma van Hofwegen (born 1971), Dutch swimmer
• Wilma Labate (born 1949), Italian film director and screenwriter.
• Wilma Landkroon (born 1957), Dutch pop singer
• Wilma B. Liebman (born 1950), American lawyer
• Wilma Lipp (1925–2019), Austrian operatic soprano
• Wilma Mankiller (1945–2010), American politician and first female Cherokee chief
• Wilma Mansveld (born 1962), Dutch Minister for the Environment
• Wilma McCann (????–1975), the first victim of British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe
• Wilma Montesi (1932–1953), Italian model and murder victim
• Wilma Murto (born 1998), Finnish pole vaulter
• Wilma Neruda (1838–1911), Czech violinist
• Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen, South African politician
• Wilma Pastrana (born 1970), Puerto Rican first lady
• Wilma Rosbach (1921–2018), American politician
• Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994), American sprinter
• Wilma Rusman (born 1958), Dutch long-distance runner
• Wilma Salas (born 1991), Cuban volleyball player
• Wilma Josefina Salgado (born 1952), Ecuadorian politician and economist
• Wilma M. Sherrill (born 1939), American politician
• Wilma Smith (born 1946), American newscaster
• Wilma Smith (born 1956), Fijian-born violinist
• Wilma Stockenström (born 1933), South Africa-born Afrikaans writer, translator, and actor
• Wilma Subra (born 1943), American environmental scientist
• Wilma Tisch (born 1927), American socialite and heiress
• Wilma Vaught (born 1930), US Air Force brigadier general
• Wilma van Velsen (born 1964), Dutch swimmer
• Wilma Victor (1919–1987), American educator of Choctaw Indian descent
• Wilma Webb (born 1944), American politician

Fictional characters

• Wilma, in the Where's Wally? franchise
• Wilma Bishop, from Strike Witches
• Wilma Cameron, in the film The Best Years of Our Lives
• Wilma Deering, in the television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• Wilma Flintstone, in the animated television series The Flintstones
• Wilma Page, in the Oxford University Press series The Magic Key by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta
• Wilma Tenderfoot, titular character of a children's book series by Emma Kennedy

See also

• Wilma (disambiguation)