Name meaning & stats
Selina
Selina means “light” (Latin origin). 18,033 US babies since 1940, peak 1995.
What it means
“light”
LatinForm of Selene
In US birth records
Peak year: 1995
18,033 US babies were named Selina between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Selina (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 5 Selenas spell it Selina
- Selena 59%
- Selina 18%
- Celina 16%
- Celena 5%
- Selenia 1%
- Zelena <1%
- Zelina <1%
- Celenia <1%
- Seleena <1%
- Selyna <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1995)