Zelina as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Zelina

What is the meaning of the name Zelina ?

The baby name Zelina is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced zeh-LEE-nə.

Zelina is English, Greek in Origin.

Zelina is best understood as a modern spelling variant of Selina or Selena, names ultimately tied to Greek Selēnē, written Σελήνη. In classical Greek, Selēnē named both the moon and its divine personification; the literal sense is moon. The word is often connected with Greek selas, brightness or gleam, with the feminine ending shaping the mythological name.

Selene appears in Greek myth as the lunar goddess, and her name passed into European naming through learned, literary, and later devotional channels. Selena and Selina became familiar in English from the early modern period, while Zelina reflects a later substitution of Z for S, especially natural in multilingual or Slavic-influenced contexts. The spelling remains uncommon in the United States, with occasional visibility from wrestler Zelina Vega.