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Celia

Girl Latin #827 in 2023

Celia is a girl name of Latin origin.

Meaning of Celia

feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum. Introduced into English by William Shakespeare in As You Like It.

Popularity of Celia

Popularity, 1880–2023

332 births in 2023

1880 2023

55,907 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1915

853 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

Boy · Germanic

Free man; strong

From patricia; later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles

Also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark

Rival; industrious

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.