Selina is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “heavenly.” In 2024 it was given to 175 girls in the United States.
Selina belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “heavenly” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Selene.
In the United States, Selina first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #372 in 1995, and in 2024 175 babies received the name — 19,045 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Selina means “heavenly” in its Greek roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Selina is a girl name. In 2024, 175 babies received the name in the US.
Selina comes from the Greek tradition. It is also spelled Selene.
Selina first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #372 in 1995, and 175 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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