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Wilma

American  
[wil-muh] / ˈwɪl mə /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Wilhelmina.


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The ceremony was held at the Oklahoma home of Steinem’s friend Wilma Mankiller, former head of the Cherokee Nation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Raymond James analyst Wilma Burdis recently took a deep dive into the Blue Owl BDCs’ software borrowers, to test the Buy rating she has had on the asset manager since October.

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

Hurricane Wilma in 2005 remains the most intense hurricane ever measured in the Atlantic basin.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 25, 2025

"It was only the caps that went," he said, adding Ken and his wife Wilma were not the type of people "who would have had expensive jewellery and stuff like that".

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025

There were guests that day, a party of friends who had been invited to the farm to pick mulberries, and among them was Wilma Kidwell, Susan’s mother.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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