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Also of Brazilian Portuguese and Dutch usage.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/selina/top/netherlands
https://www.behindthename.com/name/selina/top/brazilAlso popular in English-speaking African countries like South-Africa, Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya.
https://forebears.io/forenames/selina
This name was fairly common in the English Romani community in the 1800s: http://theromany.weebly.com/1881-census-for-gypsy-and-gipsy-all-counties.html
https://rtfhs.org.uk/the_rtfhs_baptism_index/ -- SMITH Ann Selina
https://rtfhs.org.uk/the_rtfhs_baptism_index/ -- TAYLOR Selina
Also Romansh.
Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selina_Ch%C3%B6nz
https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/
The name Selina was given to 221 girls born in the US in 2015.
I looked this up name in a baby name book and it is Greek not English!
This variant is commonly used in European countries (Russia and Finland are two in particular).

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