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Celia (given name)

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Celia
Pronunciation/ˈsliə/ SEE-lee-ə
GenderFemale
Origin
Language(s)Latin
MeaningHeaven, Caelian Hill, blind
Other names
Related namesCecilia, Cecelia, Celeste, Celestina, Celie

Celia is a feminine given name 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.

Names with similar meanings in other languages

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  • 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

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