Meaning and background
The story behind Selena
Selena is a Latinised form of Selene, the Greek name associated with the moon. Its spelling also has a modern musical association with the singer Selena Quintanilla, although those cultural associations should not be treated as the name’s etymology. Selena is a given name rather than a translation of a dog’s qualities. It has three accessible syllables in many English pronunciations and a documented classical root.
- Origin
- Latinised form of Greek Selene, the name of the moon goddess. Source
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About Selena
Recorded as a dog’s name
Selena appears in 12 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/səlinə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/səlinə/ · primary stress on syllable 2S AH0 L IY1 N AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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