Selin
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning moon; a form of Selene.
Selin by the numbers
In 2025, 44 babies in England and Wales were named Selin. In the US, 38 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 45 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Selene
Like Selin, 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.
- Selenimoon; a form of Selene26 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 Selin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Selin
Names that are said the same way as Selin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the moon
Like Selin, 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)
- Selenamoon goddess; a form of Selene1,296 in the US (2017)
- Kamarithe moon; Arabic origin674 in the US (2017)
- Cindymoon; a diminutive of Cynthia230 in the US (2017)
- Artemisgoddess of the hunt and moon in Greek mythology44 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Selin
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