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Selena.

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/sɪˈliːnə/Received-Pronunciation/səˈlinə/General-American
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Where this word comes from

Either a variant of Selina, from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”, from caelum (“sky, heaven”)), or from Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.