Celeste
che-LESS-tay (It.), seh-LEST (Fr.)
Latin
"heavenly"Share
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Updated Sun Jan 26 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 CĂ©leste 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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