Selene

se-LEEN, se-LEE-nee

Greek

"moon"

Selene Origin and Meaning

The name Selene is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "moon".

Selene may be the mythological Greek original, but Latin variation Selena is used more often in the US these days. Selene is the Greek goddess of the moon, sister of Helios the sun god. Selene is also sometimes called Cynthia and Phoebe. The name may be related to the word selas, which means light, and is one of the loveliest of the Greek goddess names.

Selene Rank in US Top 1000

# 708 in the US

Selene Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 432 on Nameberry

Selene Popularity

• 708 US 2023
• 432 Nameberry 2024
• 846 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Selene

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Selene.

• Celine
• Celeste
• Ceres
• Selena
• Cerelia
• Calypso
• Artemis
• Celestia
• Ariadne
• Cassandra
• Athena
• Diana
• Astra
• Calliope
• Leda
• Astraea
• Hera
• Bianca
• Daphne
• Irene

Famous People Named Selene

• Cleopatra Selene II daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, twin sister of Alexander Helios (Helios and Selene are Greek for "sun" and "moon," respectively)
• Selene Luna Mexican actress
• Selene Here Vigil Wilk, American singer of band 7 Year Bitch

Selene in Pop Culture

• Selene character in the Underworld movie franchise
• Selene Gallio villain in X,Men comics
• Selene birth name of Cinder, main character of Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles series
• Selene sabre,toothed tiger on TV series "Cro"
• Selene Lindstrom character in Isaac Asimov's novel "The Gods Themselves"
• Selene alias used by Lanfear in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series
• Selene Waites character in "Another Thing to Fall" by Laura Lippman
• "The heathenish given name of this young woman was pronounced as Say lay,nay by herself and her father; Aaron later compromised as Say,lane; most people, including the Bois missionaries, called her See,lean. That it was an appellation of the swift moon goddess (something that Aaron never knew and Selene may not have known) was not too unsuitable." [Sinclair Lewis, "The God,seeker," 1949]