Given name · Russian · Serbo-Croatian
Селена
“moon”
Селена (Seléna) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian and Serbo-Croatian.
Russian and Serbo-CroatianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Selena.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Селена goes back to Ancient Greek Σελήνη, meaning “moon.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Селена’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Селена has a conventional equivalent in the English form Selena. In Russian usage, Селена has a transliteration in Selena.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Селена has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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