Entry № 9319 · Turkish origin

Selen Selen — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ seh-LEN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Turkish
Meaning
"Waterfall, abundant water"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Turkish)

A name that means "waterfall, abundant water".

Selen is the Turkish word for "waterfall" or "abundant rushing water" — also the name of the Selenga River that flows from Mongolia into Lake Baikal. A modern Turkish feminine name.

Selen Soyder (born 1985) is the Turkish actress.

Waterfall. The Turkish.

The name in its native script.

Selen
Transliteration
Selen
Pronunciation
/ sɛˈlɛn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Selen stands.

Selen does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Selens before her.

Real people
Selen Soyder
Turkish actress.
born 1985
In fiction
Selen
Common in Turkish fiction.

Names connected to Selen.

The number behind Selen.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Selen reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.