Girl · Latin, through Spanish
Araceli
Say it: ah-rah-SEH-lee
Meaning
From Latin ara coeli 'altar of heaven', the title of the Virgen de Araceli venerated at Lucena in Spain.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A mid-20th-century favourite in Mexico.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 18,702 babies given this name since 1939
- At its height in 2002, about 1 in 3,100 girls
- 254 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Aracely, Aracelis
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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