Given name
Sélène
“moon”
Sélène is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sélène goes back to Ancient Greek Σελήνη, meaning “moon.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sélène’s family of names
In French usage, Sélène has a conventional equivalent in the English form Selena.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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