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Celia
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celia Célia
English
Etymology 1
en la Caelia, feminine of Roman family name la Caelius, probably from la caelum heaven. Introduced into English by William Shakespeare in As You Like It.
Pronunciation
en iːliə 3
Proper noun
en female Latin.
: Act I: Scene III:
Rosalind: But what will you be called?
Celia: Something that hath a reference to my state:
No longer Celia, but Aliena.
en Don Riddell Now that my kids are off to college, what’s this empty nester dad to do? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/10/health/empty-nester-parents-wellness 2025-08-10 The British author Celia Dodd, who recently updated her 2011 book, “The Empty Nest: How to Survive and Stay Close to Your Adult Child,” told me that dads often seem to be coping fine with the transition but might be struggling the most. https://web.archive.org/web/20251019071731/https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/10/health/empty-nester-parents-wellness 19 October 2025
Translations
female given name
Catalan: ca Cèlia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西莉亞 Xīlìyà
French: fr Célia f
Galician: gl Celia f
Hawaiian: haw Kilia
Inuktitut: iu ᓰᓕᐊ
Italian: it Celia f
Latin: la Caelia f
Polish: pl Celina f, pl Celia f
Portuguese: pt Célia f
Romanian: ro Celia
Spanish: es Celia f
Etymology 2
en :bor it:Celia + 1
Proper noun
s
en Italian.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Celia is the 37341st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Celia is most common among White (84.25%) and Hispanic/Latino (12.4%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en aceil ALICE Alcie Alice Licea ileac
Italian
it:+ (nome)
Etymology
From it la Caelia, feminine form of la Caelius.
Pronunciation
Cèlia
Proper noun
f
it female Latin
Proper noun
mfbysense
it matronymics
Spanish
Etymology
es la Caelia, name of a Roman gens.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Celia