Celia

Borrowed from Latin Caelia, feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”). Introduced into English by Shakespeare in As You Like It.

• Rhymes: -iːliə

Celia

1. A female given name.
   • c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):

     : Act I: Scene III:

     Rosalind: But what will you be called?

     Celia: Something that hath a reference to my state:

     No longer Celia, but Aliena.

• ALICE, Alcie, Alice, Licea, ileac

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθelja/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈselja/

Celia f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Celia