Yilma can be both a given name and a patronymic. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Yilma Deressa, Ethiopian politician Yilma Habteyes, Ethiopian novelist and screenwriter Yilma Ketema (born 1945), Ethiopian football forward
Patronymic Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma, Ethiopian Roman Catholic prelate Sophia Yilma, Ethiopian journalist and politician Yeshashework Yilma, daughter of Haile Selassie, former emperor of Ethiopia