Selena Forename
19,619th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 46,601 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda
Selena Forename Definition:
A Greek name, meaning: Relating to the moon; moonlight.
Read More About This ForenameSelena Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 21,829 | 1:16,608 | 1,459 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 3,208 | 1:49,707 | 4,289 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,154 | 1:21,602 | 1,250 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,686 | 1:19,652 | 1,793 |
| England | 100% | 1,551 | 1:35,850 | 1,898 |
| Russia | 99% | 1,300 | 1:110,949 | 2,040 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,297 | 1:165,178 | 7,854 |
| Australia | - | 1,020 | 1:13,390 | 1,111 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 840 | 1:7,165 | 877 |
| New Zealand | - | 744 | 1:6,097 | 788 |
| Ecuador | - | 571 | 1:31,045 | 1,433 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 514 | 1:32,883 | 2,621 |
| Serbia | 100% | 512 | 1:13,956 | 1,063 |
| China | - | 499 | 1:2,737,587 | 47,625 |
| Egypt | 100% | 477 | 1:192,664 | 7,172 |
| Poland | 99% | 471 | 1:80,737 | 1,882 |
| Italy | 100% | 426 | 1:143,338 | 2,321 |
| Peru | 100% | 419 | 1:75,875 | 3,097 |
| South Africa | 100% | 379 | 1:143,886 | 10,277 |
| India | 100% | 353 | 1:3,441,581 | 149,480 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 311 | 1:34,088 | 1,753 |
| Morocco | - | 300 | 1:114,495 | 3,629 |
| Mexico | 100% | 292 | 1:425,152 | 5,171 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Indonesia | - | 278 | 1:927,927 | 58,878 |
| Israel | 99% | 190 | 1:44,226 | 2,902 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 175 | 1:175,923 | 4,261 |
| Colombia | 100% | 172 | 1:277,784 | 5,599 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 170 | 1:177,658 | 6,745 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Tanzania | 92% | 165 | 1:319,929 | 10,854 |
| Jamaica | - | 160 | 1:18,020 | 1,574 |
| Liberia | 100% | 154 | 1:28,650 | 1,793 |
| Scotland | 100% | 153 | 1:34,970 | 1,292 |
| France | 100% | 149 | 1:446,110 | 5,096 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 139 | 1:1,277,441 | 29,742 |
| Ireland | 100% | 122 | 1:38,062 | 1,410 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 116 | 1:636,445 | 21,039 |
| Germany | 100% | 115 | 1:840,677 | 7,117 |
| Philippines | 99% | 114 | 1:929,908 | 25,890 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 112 | 1:50,246 | 2,365 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 103 | 1:46,291 | 2,122 |
| Albania | 100% | 102 | 1:29,868 | 3,313 |
| Panama | 100% | 101 | 1:38,679 | 2,910 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 91 | 1:334,615 | 16,572 |
| Chile | 99% | 85 | 1:207,144 | 3,757 |
| Singapore | 100% | 85 | 1:73,965 | 7,043 |
| Romania | 100% | 74 | 1:270,973 | 8,656 |
| Jordan | 100% | 73 | 1:120,915 | 2,204 |
| Guyana | 100% | 71 | 1:10,750 | 1,607 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 69 | 1:257,201 | 5,125 |
| Wales | 100% | 68 | 1:45,505 | 1,661 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 67 | 1:36,698 | 1,762 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 66 | 1:20,628 | 2,420 |
| Belarus | 96% | 65 | 1:145,883 | 1,391 |
| Thailand | 100% | 57 | 1:1,229,225 | 41,491 |
| Argentina | 100% | 49 | 1:872,923 | 4,859 |
| Belgium | 100% | 45 | 1:255,334 | 5,575 |
| Croatia | 100% | 45 | 1:93,713 | 2,380 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 43 | 1:42,864 | 1,173 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Qatar | 100% | 43 | 1:55,107 | 6,913 |
| Sweden | 100% | 42 | 1:234,712 | 7,753 |
| Turkey | 100% | 42 | 1:1,852,422 | 13,672 |
| Hong Kong | - | 40 | 1:193,818 | 3,243 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 40 | 1:136,822 | 1,350 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 37 | 1:220,333 | 18,590 |
| Uganda | 97% | 37 | 1:1,106,944 | 18,454 |
| Azerbaijan | 83% | 35 | 1:275,513 | 7,529 |
| Finland | 100% | 34 | 1:161,270 | 3,034 |
| Japan | - | 33 | 1:3,878,365 | 25,327 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 31 | 1:230,709 | 14,681 |
| South Korea | 100% | 30 | 1:184,814 | 7,303 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 30 | 1:273,783 | 5,582 |
| Vietnam | - | 30 | 1:3,087,437 | 3,350 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 25 | 1:616,953 | 25,845 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| El Salvador | - | 22 | 1:288,263 | 3,425 |
| Bermuda | - | 21 | 1:3,087 | 575 |
| Czechia | 92% | 20 | 1:532,808 | 2,565 |
| Denmark | - | 19 | 1:297,342 | 5,671 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 19 | 1:2,394,732 | 5,652 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 17 | 1:947,555 | 4,610 |
| Haiti | 100% | 17 | 1:630,997 | 13,032 |
| Honduras | 100% | 16 | 1:551,092 | 8,007 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Kosovo | - | 13 | 1:143,188 | 6,648 |
| Norway | 100% | 13 | 1:394,795 | 7,741 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Georgia | 94% | 12 | 1:311,539 | 6,981 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 11 | 1:543,025 | 16,192 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 11 | 1:2,160,880 | 53,386 |
| Algeria | - | 10 | 1:3,817,672 | 8,659 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 9 | 1:64,551 | 3,816 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 8 | 1:79,322 | 2,544 |
| Palestine | 100% | 8 | 1:568,757 | 3,306 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Moldova | - | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| Kenya | 100% | 6 | 1:7,717,852 | 32,954 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 5 | 1:3,675,894 | 52,713 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Uruguay | - | 5 | 1:685,527 | 7,487 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Barbados | - | 4 | 1:72,447 | 2,209 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 3 | 1:158,546 | 1,411 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Latvia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
The alternate forms: Sélena (5), Seléna (2) & Séléna (36) are calculated separately.
Selena (1,066) may also be a surname.
Selena Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Greek name, meaning: Relating to the moon; moonlight.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
The name Selen, Selena, or Selene originates from the name of an ancient Greek titan, daughter of Hyperion and Theia, goddess of the moon.
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Selena Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 3,340 (2014)
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Selena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selena in the Russian language | ||
| Селена | selena | - |
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