Celia

Where Celia comes from

Borrowed from Latin Caelia, feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”). Introduced into English by William Shakespeare in As You Like It.
— Wiktionary's entry for Celia
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #152 among girls — 90 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #141
    126 babies named Celia — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1908
    Celia Johnson born
    English actress
  4. 1925
    Celia Cruz born
    Cuban singer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Celia Cruz · Cuban singer, 1925–2003
  • Celia Johnson · English actress, 1908–1982
  • Celia Imrie · British actress, born 1952
  • Celia Weston · American actress, born 1951
  • Celia Sánchez · Cuban revolutionary, 1920–1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.