First names in Hebrew

First name Selena: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

סלינה

Gematria value: 155

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Selena is written סלינה

Meaning and origin

What does Selena mean?

Meaning: "the moon"
Origin: Greek

Selena comes from the Greek selene, “the moon”, a word drawn from selas, “brightness, glow”. It is the very name of the light that shines at night. The singer Selena Quintanilla made it beloved in America in the 1990s.

Gematria

Selena = 155

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. סלינה has 5 letters:

• סthe letter Samekh60
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• נthe letter Nun50
• הthe letter He5
• Total155

The verse of the name

From the letter Samekh to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Selena, from ס to ה:

סַלְסְלֶהָ וּתְרוֹמְמֶךָּ תְּכַבֵּדְךָ כִּי תְחַבְּקֶנָּה׃

“Prize her highly, and she will raise you up; she will bring you honor when you embrace her.”

Proverbs 4:8

The book of your first name

Selena, in nine pages

• Selena, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Selena
• Selena, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Selena in three answers

How do you write Selena in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Selena is written סלינה.

What is the gematria value of Selena?
Written סלינה, Selena is worth 155: the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter He (5).

What does Selena mean?
The moon (origin: Greek). Selena comes from the Greek selene, “the moon”, a word drawn from selas, “brightness, glow”. It is the very name of the light that shines at night. The singer Selena Quintanilla made it beloved in America in the 1990s.