Seleny
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Seleny by the numbers
Seleny was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Seleny
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Seleny. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Selenamoon goddess; a form of Selene1,296 in the US (2017)
- Selenemoon goddess289 in the US (2017)
- Selenimoon; a form of Selene26 in the US (2017)
- Selenmoon; from Selene7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Serenacalm, peaceful, tranquil761 in the US (2017)
- Selinamoon goddess; form of Selene64 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Seleny
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