# Selina

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,412

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Latin.

## Etymology
First recorded in England in the 17th century, possibly from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”), or a variant of Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.

## Easily confused with
- **Sina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-sina)
- **sling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-sling)
- **Selma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-selma)
- **senna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-senna)
- **sepia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-sepia)
- **spina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-spina)
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-sewing)
- **serena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-serena)
- **silica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-silica)
- **splint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-splint)
- **serine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-serine)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-selling)
- **seminar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-seminar)
- **seminal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-seminal)
- **seine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-selina)
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeing-vs-selina)
- **saliva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saliva-vs-selina)
- **saline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saline-vs-selina)
- **Selena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-selina)
- **salina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salina-vs-selina)

## Common misspellings (8)
`eslina`, `seilna`, `selian`, `selinna`, `sellina`, `selnia`, `sleina`, `sselina`

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