Selen is a girl's name of Turkish origin meaning “the sound of flowing water.” In 2024 it was given to 5 girls in the United States.
Selen at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Turkish
Meaning
“the sound of flowing water”
About the name Selen
Selen belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “the sound of flowing water” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Selen first appears in Social Security records in 1992. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #9251 in 2001, and in 2024 5 babies received the name — 160 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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