Selena (given name)

{{Infobox given name

| name = Selena

| image = Selene and Endymion.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Selene and Endymion by Albert Louis Aublet.

| pronunciation =

| gender = female

| meaning = Moon

| region =

| languageorigin = Greek

| nickname =

| related names = Celina, Salina, Selene, Selina

}}

Selena ({{IPAc-en|s|ə|ˈ|l|iː|n|ə}}) is a feminine given name, a probable variant of Selene, the goddess and personification of the Moon in Greek mythology and religion.{{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick| last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= Oxford Dictionary of First Names|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=243|isbn=0-19-861060-2}}

People with the name include:

• Selena (Selena Quintanilla-Pérez; 1971–1995), Mexican-American singer
• Selena (Dutch singer) (Sabina Brons-Quack; born 1965), Dutch singer
• Selena Sloan Butler (1872–1964) American founder and president of parent-teacher organizations
• Selena Coppa (born 1983), military intelligence Sergeant in the United States Army
• Selena Cuffe (born 1975), American businesswoman
• Selena Forrest (born 1999), American fashion model
• Selena Fox (born 1949), Wiccan priestess and activist
• Selena Gomez (born 1992), American singer and actress
• Selena Li (born 1981), Hong Kong actress and beauty contestant
• Selena Millares (born 1963), Spanish writer and professor
• Selena Milošević (born 1989), Croatian handball player
• Selena Piek (born 1991), Dutch badminton player
• Selena Roberts (born 1966), American sponsors and sportswriter
• Selena Royle (1904–1983), American actress
• Selena M. Salcedo, American soldier convicted of assaulting an Afghan prisoner who later died
• Selena Tan, Singaporean actress