Selina
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning moon goddess; form of Selene.
Selina by the numbers
In 2025, 64 babies in England and Wales were named Selina. In the US, 214 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 704 babies in 1995, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Selene
Like Selina, 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)
- Celenemoon goddess; a form of Selene16 in the US (2017)
- Selenmoon; from Selene7 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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 Selina. 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)
- Serinaserene or tranquil; a form of Serena56 in the US (2017)
- Selinmoon; a form of Selene44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Salinasolemn, dignified36 in the US (2017)
- Selinemoon; a form of Selene or Celine8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Solinaof the sun; a form of Solanus7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Selina
Names that are said the same way as Selina, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Selina, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the moon
Like Selina, 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)
- Selenemoon goddess289 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 Selina
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