Selena

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UK/sɪˈliːnə/US/səˈlinə/

proper noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

OriginLatin Caelīna →
Less commonScrabble 6
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    I promised Selena — her full name I ascertained in due course was Selena Judith Hephzibah — that I would. I would have promised her anything.

    1893, William Wallace, After the Revolution: And Other Holiday Fantasies, W. Hodge, →ISBN, page 163
    1 more example

    I have a younger sister, Jessica, who insists that everyone call her Selena because she feels the pain of the murdered Latin American rock star, and who just dropped out of school for the second time.

    2004, D. L. Lepidus, The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 2003, Smith and Kraus, →ISBN, page 27

Origin

  1. LatinCaelīna“heavenly”
  2. EnglishSelena

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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Translations

Bulgarian Селена
  • Селенаfemale given name
Chinese Mandarin 莎麗娜 /莎丽娜, 塞萊娜 /塞莱娜
  • 莎麗娜 /莎丽娜 (Shālìnà)female given name
  • 塞萊娜 /塞莱娜 (Sāiláinà)female given name
Czech Selena
  • Selenafemale given name
Danish Celina
  • Celinafemale given name
French Sélène, Séléna
  • Sélènefemale given name
  • Sélénafemale given name
  • Célinefemale given name
German Selina, Celina
  • Selinafemale given name
  • Celinafemale given name
  • Celinefemale given name
Hindi सेलेना
  • सेलेना (selenā)female given name
Italian Selena, Celina
  • Selenafemale given name
  • Celinafemale given name
Japanese セレーナ
  • セレーナ (Serēna)female given name
Korean 셀레나
  • 셀레나 (Sellena)female given name
Norwegian Celine, Celina
  • Celinefemale given name
  • Celinafemale given name
Polish Celina, Selena
  • Celinafemale given name
  • Selenafemale given name
Portuguese Selena
  • Selenafemale given name
Russian Селе́на
  • Селе́на (Seléna)female given name
Spanish Selena, Celina
  • Selenafemale given name
  • Celinafemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

LaneseLesaneensealAnsleeselane
Cite this entry
APA

Selena. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Selena

MLA

“Selena.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Selena. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Selena,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Selena.

Source: Selena on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.