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 [ 2 syll. ce-les-te, cel-e-ste ] The girl name Celeste is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced SahLEHST KEY. Celeste is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in English and French. The meaning of Celeste is 'heavenly, of sky'. Derived from the word coelestis which is of the meaning 'heavenly, of the sky'. The name was popular with the early Christians. Celeste is the feminine version of the French Céleste. Celeste is a widely used name; it has 26 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Caelestis, Cela (used in Russian too), Celesia, Celesley, Celesse, Celesta, Celestia, Celestial, Celestin (used in Czech too), Celestina (used in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish too), Celestine (used in French too), Celia (used in Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish too), Celie (used in French too), and Celina (used in Russian, German, Italian, and Polish too). Other English forms include the short form Celes, and the spelling variants Celest and Seleste. Forms of Celeste used in foreign languages include the Russian Celestyn, the Czech, Russian, and Polish Celestyna, the Russian Celinka, the Polish and Russian Cesia, the French Céleste, the Polish, Russian, and Frisian Inka, the Russian Selinka, the Czech Tyna, and the Czech Tynka. Celeste is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1930s. At the recent height of its usage in 2004, 0.081% of baby girls were named Celeste. It was #204 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #397 with a usage of 0.039%, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its family. Celeste was twice as popular as the next ranked name, the English, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Celia, in 2008. Celeste has in the last century been primarily given to girls. Baby names that sound like Celeste include the French Céleste, the English Celest, the English Seleste, the English Celesta, and the English Celestia. KEY: Pronunciation for Celeste: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"   |
