Girl · Latin (probably)
Céline
Say it: say-LEEN
Meaning
Uncertain. Often derived from Latin caelum 'heaven', or as a short form of Marceline; neither is settled.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A French favourite of the 1970s and 80s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 12,924 babies given this name since 1893
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 2,400 girls
- 668 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Latin | Caelina |
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Famous bearers
- Céline Dion, singer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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