Meaning:
Its source is Selene, a Greek name meaning "The moon."
Languages:
This girl's name is used in English, Serbian and Croatian.
Popularity:
The name Selena ranked 234th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 815th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
This name first made its appearance on state popularity lists of the 1990s, and has been trending upward in usage ever since.
Narrative:
The original form was the name of a Greek moon goddess.
Some belive that this name is instead derived from Celia or the French name Marceline.
