# Selena

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /sɪˈliːnə/ · frequency rank #21,059

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

## Etymology
Either a variant of Selina, from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”, from caelum (“sky, heaven”)), or from Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.

## Easily confused with
- **seven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-seven)
- **semen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-semen)
- **Selma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-selma)
- **Siena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-siena)
- **senna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-senna)
- **silent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-silent)
- **serena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-serena)
- **serene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-serene)
- **Seneca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-seneca)
- **Selina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-selina)
- **Sheena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-sheena)
- **seen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seen-vs-selena)
- **select** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/select-vs-selena)
- **salina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salina-vs-selena)
- **Sedona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedona-vs-selena)

## Common misspellings (8)
`eslena`, `seelna`, `selean`, `selenna`, `sellena`, `selnea`, `sleena`, `sselena`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/selena