At a Glance
- Meaning
- Moving water; a stream or torrent
- Origin
- Turkish
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- seh-LEEN
Selin is a Turkish girl's name meaning “moving water; a stream or torrent”. It appears in our list of 175+ Beautiful Soft Boy Names For Your Little Babe.
Meaning & Origin of Selin
Meaning: Moving water; a stream or torrent.
Origin: Turkish.
A common claim: Popularly said to mean 'flowing water' or 'moon.' Actually: Selin doesn't mean 'moon' — that's likely confusion with Selene/Selena, which tie to the Greek moon goddess. Selin itself means moving water, a stream or torrent.
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Selin
seh-LEENIPA /sɛˈliːn/
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