Selin
Selin is a girl name of Turkish origin, meaning Flowing water.
What Selin means
Flowing water.
Selin sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Selin comes from
Turkish names are typically ordinary Turkish words — qualities, natural features, or moods — and many work equally well for boys and girls.
Selin is recorded as Turkish in origin. Browse other Turkish names.
How popular is Selin?
In the girl name rankings we track, Selin falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Selin
The thread we file Selin under is water and the sea — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Water
Names like Selin
These share Selin's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Saylor — Boat captain; of the sea.
- Stormi — Stormy weather; a tempestuous spirit.
- Atsuko — Lake.
- Brooke — A small stream.
- Clodagh — Named for an Irish river.
- Eira — Snow.
- Kazumi — Water.
- Kyoko — Lake.
- Maren — Of the sea.
- Mariko — Lake.
- Marlowe — From the hill by the lake.
- Maxwell — From the great stream.