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Celeste

che-LESS-tay (It.), seh-LEST (Fr.)
Latin
"heavenly"
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Pamela Redmond
By Pamela Redmond
Updated Wed Apr 23 2025

Celeste Origin and Meaning

The name Celeste is a boy's name meaning "heavenly".

Although now almost exclusively feminine in the English-speaking world, Celeste (or Céleste in France) is traditionally a unisex name in Italy and France. It Italy, it was more popular for males until around the middle of the 20th century.

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