Selena (given name)

Selena (/səˈliːnə/) is a feminine given name, a probable variant of Selene, the goddess and personification of the Moon in Greek mythology and religion.^[1]

Selena

Selene and Endymion by Albert Louis Aublet.
Gender	female
Origin
Language(s)	Greek
Meaning	Moon
Other names
Related names	Celina, Salina, Selene, Selina

People with the name include:

• Selena (Selena Quintanilla-Pérez; 1971–1995), Mexican-American singer
• Selena (Sabina Brons-Quack; born 1965), Dutch singer
• Selena Babb (born 1995), Dutch footballer
• Selena Sloan Butler (1872–1964) American founder and president of parent-teacher organizations
• Selena Coppa (born 1983), military intelligence Sergeant in the United States Army
• Selena Cuffe (born 1975), American businesswoman
• Selena Forrest (born 1999), American fashion model
• Selena Fox (born 1949), American Wiccan priestess
• Selena Gomez (born 1992), American singer and actress
• Selena Lee (born 1981), Chinese-Canadian actress
• Selena Lee (born 1995), American singer-songwriter
• Selena Li (born 1981), Hong Kong actress and beauty contestant
• Selena Milán (born 2000), Spanish influencer
• Selena Millares (born 1963), Spanish writer and professor
• Selena Milošević (born 1989), Croatian handball player
• Selena Piek (born 1991), Dutch badminton player
• Selena Roberts (born 1966), American sponsors and sportswriter
• Selena Royle (1904–1983), American actress
• Selena M. Salcedo, American soldier convicted of assaulting an Afghan prisoner who later died
• Selena Samuela, Italian-American fitness instructor
• Selena Tan (born 1971), Singaporean actress

Fictional characters

• Selena Cross, a character in the novel Peyton Place and Return to Peyton Place
• Selena, a character in the film 28 Days Later
• Selena, a character in the MOBA game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Selena St. George, a character in Stephen King’s Dolores Claiborne

See also

• Selina, given name
• Serena (disambiguation)