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Originally Posted by Riful

Well, it is her name. You know Uma Thurman? Yep, she has the same name. It is not based on Japanese words at all, but on this one: http://www.behindthename.com/name/uma

So, if the Japanese goal was to write the name 'Uma' why the heck wouldn't they write 'ウマ' instead of 'ユマ'? Makes no sense. The former is even pronounced exactly the same. I don't know about you, but I'm personally for simple transliterating the katakana when there is ambiguity instead of searching all the languages in the world over for potential candidates.