Celia (given name)

Celia is a given name for women of Latin origin, as well as a nickname for Cecilia, Cecelia, Celeste, or Celestina. The name is often derived from the Roman family name Caelius, thought to originate in the Latin caelum ("heaven"). Celia was popular in British pastoral literature in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, possibly stemming from the ruler of the House of Holiness in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene or from a character in William Shakespeare's play As You Like It. Celia is also the name of the main character in the series Celia's Journey, by Melissa Gunther.

Celia
Pronunciation/ˈsliə/ SEE-lee-ə
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameLatin
MeaningHeaven, Caelian Hill, blind
Other names
Related namesCecilia, Cecelia, Celeste, Celestina, Celie

Names with similar meanings in other languages

  • Kūlani ("heavenly", Hawaiian)
  • Silke (German)
  • Sylia (Berber)
  • Shiela (English)
  • Célia (French)
  • Celia (Galician, Italian, Polish, Spanish)
  • Ουρανία ("heavens", Greek, pronounced [uraˈni.a])
  • Cèlia (Catalan)
  • Célia (Portuguese)
  • Ciel, Cielke, Cieltje (Dutch)
  • Síle (Irish, Gaelic)
  • Silje (Norwegian)

People with the name

Fictional characters

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