Comments for the name Selene

This beautiful name has two meanings. One is that she's identified with the Roman Goddess Luna; second is a genus of carangidae. Synonym: Genus Selene.

Kate Beckinsale's character in "Underworld" and "Underworld: Evolution" is called Selene.

Oh my god is this a beautiful sounding name and I love that it means moon.

Cleopatra Selene II, twin sister of Alexander Helios (accurately named after the sun & moon), was the daughter of Cleopatra Philopator VII and Mark Antony.

Pronounced Sel-EEN.

I beg to differ, bellaboo. The original Greek name is pronounced see-LEE-nee, as read as it is written in the Greek alphabet, although it may be pronounced differently depending on the person giving the name. The goddess was called see-LEE-nee, and my sister's name is pronounced see-LEE-nee, but it is often mispronounced as see-LEEN or see-LEE-nu, and in one unfortunate case, su-LAH-mee. The pronunciation of any given name, however, is up to the person naming or named.

By the way, the Greek goddess Selene had a sister, Eos (EE-os), or dawn, and a brother, Helios (HEE-lee-os), or sun. In one of the myths associated with the goddess, she falls in love with a shepherd named Endymion, and as she knows better than to ask that he be granted eternal life without eternal youth, she asks instead of Zeus, her father, that he be granted everlasting sleep. She then visits him in dreams, in which Endymion holds the moon in his arms.

I love this name and its meaning but I like it better pronounced Seh-LEEN.

Sounds like a name for someone who really likes to be by the moonlight or is compared to the moon and moonlight. Isn't it romantic? Yep this is a very romantic and lovely name. I like both pronunciations but seh-LEEN sounds much better, seh-LEE-NEE can sometimes sound like a pasta ingredient if you focus too much on LENE ('LEE-NEE') and rhymes with all un-feminine names ending with -lini (like Mussolini). It's ok though but if seh-lee-nee I'd say the 'seh' sound stronger. Just some suggestions there. ;-)

Beautiful name. Not so common either. That's a bonus. I prefer it se-LEEN as well, it sounds better.

I like this name. Though I'm not too keen on the LEE-NEE pronunciation ending part. That sounds silly, rhymes with all things ending in -ini.

A gorgeous name, with a lovely meaning. I much prefer this to the overused and extremely Harry Potter-ish Luna.

This is a pretty name. It is a lot better than Luna! The meaning is so awesome! I would pronounce it like in the movie Underworld. I love names with the "moon" meaning. Especially, Selena.

Selene Gallio (also know as "Black Queen"), a Marvel Comics character and member of the evil "Hellfire Club".

(Greek Σελήνη) Selếnê.

Selena would be a latinized version of Selene. I do like both names.

I used to really like this name, but it's just sort of corny now, and awkward on the conventional person. It's okay, I guess don't like the variant Selena.

Classical Greek may also have this name pronounced as sel-een-ay.

This name is gorgeous. So calm, yet beautiful. No wonder it's the name of the goddess of the moon! I prefer the seh-LEEN pronunciation, seh-LEEN-ee sounds a bit childish.

Selene the original Moon goddess. NOT ARTEMIS!

I found this name when I was little, and I loved it! I still love it now :) I named a moon nymph this in one of my stories. And I've used it in others too. I like both pronunciations, mainly because the traditional one sounds cool to me XD. I love the Underworld movies too!

I love the sound of this name. However, many people are bound to pronounce it wrong.

It's a pretty name, when pronounced seh-LEE-nee. Unfortunately, it reminds me of Selena Gomez, and I'm not a fan. It also sounds a little immature and almost made up. I prefer Luna.