Selah
Selah is a girl name of Hebrew origin, meaning Pause and praise.
What Selah means
Pause and praise.
Selah sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Selah comes from
Hebrew names are frequently built as short phrases rather than single words, and many are theophoric — they contain a name of God as one element. This is why so many carry a full sentence of meaning.
Selah is recorded as Hebrew in origin. Browse other Hebrew names.
How popular is Selah?
Selah is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Selah is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Selah
We group Selah under scripture and music — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Selah
These share Selah's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Seraphina — Fiery, burning — the seraphim angels.
- Delilah — Delicate.
- Eliana — My God has answered.
- Josephine — God will increase.
- Naomi — Pleasantness, delight.
- Salome — Peace.
- Sarah — Princess; noblewoman.
- Shiloh — Peaceful one; a gift.
- Shira — Song; poetry.
- Susanna — Lily; a graceful flower.
- Susannah — Lily; graceful flower.
- Abigail — My father's joy.