Seleni
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning moon; a form of Selene.
Babies a year
26
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Seleni by the numbers
Seleni was given to 26 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Selene
Like Seleni, each of these traces back to Selene: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Selinmoon; a form of Selene44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Selinemoon; a form of Selene or Celine8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Celenemoon goddess; a form of Selene16 in the US (2017)
- Selena-Mariamoon goddess; a form of Selene combined with Maria4 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Seleni. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the moon
Like Seleni, each of these has the moon in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lunamoon5,327 in the US (2017)
- Aylahalo of moonlight; oak tree980 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kamarithe moon; Arabic origin674 in the US (2017)
- Cindymoon; a diminutive of Cynthia230 in the US (2017)
- Selinamoon goddess; form of Selene64 in England and Wales (2025)
- Artemisgoddess of the hunt and moon in Greek mythology44 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Seleni
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