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Selina

Say it suh-LEE-na

Meaning today: Moon, heavenly
In the dictionaries: No dictionary meaning confirmed for the name itself
Say it: suh-LEE-na
Other spellings: Celina, Selena, Salina

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Selina meaning

Selina is a Christian girl's name.

Meaning today

Moon, heavenly

In the dictionaries

We haven't confirmed a dictionary meaning for the name itself. The meaning above is how families commonly use it.

Selina has been used in England since at least the seventeenth century, but where it comes from is not certain. One explanation links it with Greek Selene, the moon and the moon goddess, which is why name lists give 'moon'. Another treats it as a spelling of Celina, a name tied to the Roman family name Caelius, popularly connected with caelum, 'heaven', and to Cecilia; that is the source of the gloss 'heavenly'. Neither can be settled from the dictionaries, so we leave the meaning open. In India Selina and Celina are both used in Christian families; the actor Celina Jaitly uses the second spelling.

References: Wikipedia, Selina · Wikipedia, Celina (given name)