Selena
/sɪˈliːnə/ name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from Ancient Greek.
"I promised Selena — her full name I ascertained in due course was Selena Judith Hephzibah — that I would. I would have promised her anything."
Example
More examples"Singer and actress Selena Gomez started her career at age seven on the children's public television show "Barney and Friends.""
Etymology
Either a variant of Selina, from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”, from caelum (“sky, heaven”)), or from Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.