Sélène

Meaning and origin of Sélène

Popularity of Sélène in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2019.
• Over recent years, Sélène has been stable (−1.4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Sélène every 23 schools, all spellings combined.

Sélène in English-speaking countries

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  710^th girls’ name48 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,219

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  671^st girls’ name1,296 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,728+6.5% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  531^st girls’ name10 babies in 3 years1 girl in 4,199

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  864^th girls’ name5 babies in 3 years1 girl in 7,940

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  1,231^st girls’ name80 babies in 3 years1 girl in 9,598+13.2% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Sélène, Séléné and Selene are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Séléné35
• Selene20
• Célène (in French)20

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Sélène

• Sibylle
• Lexie
• Mayline
• Angel
• Téa
• Cloé
• Tina
• Irène
• Agnès
• Sybille
• Hélène
• Irys

See also

• →French names of Greek origin