Celia

Latin
"heavenly"

Celia Origin and Meaning

The name Celia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "heavenly".

Celia, splendidly sleek and feminine, is a name that was scattered throughout Shakespeare and other Elizabethan literature, but still manages to feel totally modern.

Shakespeare has been credited with introducing Celia in As You Like It, and it was to Celia that the poet Ben Jonson penned the immortal line, "Drink to me only with thine eyes." Other literary Celias have appeared in works ranging from George Eliot's Middlemarch to T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party to Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin.

Celia Cruz was a superstar of Latin music.

Celia is not a short form of Cecilia, which has a completely different meaning, and developed independently. But some contemporary parents are naming their babies Cecelia, especially with that spelling, and calling them Celia—which gives you two beautiful names in one.

# 829 in the US

Celia Rank in US Top 1000

# 284 on Nameberry

Celia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Celia Popularity

Famous People Named Celia

  • (Úrsula Hilaria) Celia de la Caridad Cruz (Alfonso)
    Cuban,American singer
  • Celia Elizabeth Johnson
    English actress
  • Celia Feinman Adler
    American actress
  • Celia Diana Savile Imrie
    English actress
  • Celia Keenan
    Bolger, American actress and singer
  • Celia Weston
    American actress
  • Celia Mei Rubin
    American actress
  • Celia Sánchez (Manduley)
    Cuban revolutionary
  • Celia Calderón
    Mexican painter

Celia in Pop Culture

  • Celia
    character in Shakespeare's "As You Like It'
  • Celia
    character in Jonathan Swift's "The Lady's Dressing Room"
  • Celia Bowen
    character in Erin Morgenstern's "The Night Circus"
  • Celia Brooke
    character in "Middlemarch" by George Eliot
  • Celia Coplestone
    from T.S. Eliot's "The Cocktail Party"
  • Celia Foote
    character in Kathryn Stockett's "The Help"
  • Celia Dawson
    character on TV's "Last Tango in Halifax"
  • Celia Stewart
    character on Australian soap "Home & Away"
  • Celia Hodes
    character on TV's "Weeds"
  • Celia May
    character in Pixar's "Monsters, Inc."
  • Celia Plaskett
    character in film "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
  • Celia Solis
    character on TV's "Desperate Housewives"
  • Cousin Celia
    character in film "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
  • Celia Lytton
    character in film "Spoils of Time" trilogy by Penny Vincenzi
  • Celia Mack
    character on TV's "Andi Mack"
  • Celia Hamilton
    character from the "Mandie" series
  • Celia Penderghast
    character in video game "inFAMOUS: Second Son"
  • Celia Catherine "CeCe" Rhodes
    character on TV's 'Gossip Girl'
  • Celia
    character in the video game "Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life"
  • Celia
    daughter of Dr. Facilier in Disney's "Descendants 3"