Was Selina Gomez named after selena quintanilla?

Answer 1

Selena Gomez was named after the late Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez. Her mom thought she was an idol so she named her daughter Selena. And sometimes, in her concerts, she also does tributes to Selena and sings some of her songs.

Answer 2

Yes. Selena Gomez was named after Selena Quintanilla. Her own parents were a fan of Selena Quintanilla, Selena Gomez's father was Mexican-American. Selena Quintanilla's death was nearly three years before Selena Gomez's birth

Answer 3

She was named after singer Selena Quintanilla Perez, who was quite popular in the 1990s, when Selena Gomez was born.

Selena Gomez is a very down to earth person. She is the ambassador of UNICEF.

Her favorite food is her mommy's homemade food. Her favorite guy is Shila Labuff and her fav celb is Demi Lovato!

She was born on July 22 1992 in New York City, New York. She was raised in Grand Prarie Texas.

Her passion for singing and acting

Selena is a talented actress and singer

Selena Gomez does not lip sync during live performances or while recording songs for her album;however, she does lip sink while shooting her music videos but so does a lot of other musical artist including Justin Bieber. What they do is they play her recorded song and she lip sinks to it while they record the scenes for the music video of that song. :)

Her mom is Italian and her dad is half Mexican, so she is one quarter Mexican.

Selena Gomez likes the band Paramore < a rock/pop group from America the lead singer is Haley Williams

She is an American, but she has Italian roots.

she was bullied in Primary school because she was on the Barney and Friends show.

Selena Gomez is inspired by her mother. Her mother was an actress and used to watch her when she was younger.

She was on barney with her best friend Demi Lovato and soon went on to Disney channel on T.V series Wizards of Waverly Place.

Answer 4

Selena Gomez was named after a Mexican singer her father liked. Her name was Selena Quintanilla Perez.

Answer 5

She mentions that Selena Quintanilla was a big "thing" in her family, as every tejano loves Selena music.

Answer 6

She was named 'Selena' after Selena Quintialla, the famous singer.

Answer 7

She is named after Tejano music singer Selena and has met her family.

Answer 8

Yes, she was