Meaning of name Selena

The name Selena has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Selena is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 247 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Selena rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 28 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 323 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Selena in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Selena is very likely a(n) Spanish variant of the name Selene. See other suggested Spanish girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Selene.

The following names are baby names related to Selena and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Selena: Boys - Adonis, Alek, Alexander, Ambrose, Ammon, Anacletus, Basil, Cletus, Cole, Cristopher, Cyril, Girls - Berenice, Delphina, Eris, Evangeline, Genesis, Hermione, Karan, Marquita, Medea, Media, Naida, Nephele, Ressie, Tabitha, Tia, Both genders - Doris

The name Selena is a variant of Selene. Other popular variants of the name Selene are: Celene, Celie, Celina, Celinda, Cellina, Celyn, Saleen, Saleenah, Saleene, Salina, Saline, Salleen, Selena (Spanish), Seline

We think the name Selena should fall under the following style category: The Wild West.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Selena to be: A sweet young girl

In one word, you might describe Selena as a(n) "sweet" person.

See other "sweet" names for girls.