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 [ 2 syll. ce-lia, cel-ia ] The girl name Celia is pronounced as SIYLYah KEY. Celia is primarily used in the English, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish languages. It is of Latin origin. From the words 'caelum' meaning heaven ; 'coeli' meaning sky, heaven. The first name is derived from the Roman family name Caelia (Latin), which is possibly of the element 'caelum' (heaven); Caelia is also the feminine equivalent of Caelius. The first name was seldom used in the medieval period; among English speakers it was first popularized via literature, when it appeared as the name of a character in Shakespeare's play As You Like It (1623). It later appeared in Ben Jonson's comedy Volpone (1606). The French name Célie is a form of the name. In addition, Celia is an English form of the English and French name Celeste. Celia is also an English, Italian, and Spanish form of the Russian, German, English, Italian, and Polish name Celina. Celia is also an English, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish short form of the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish name Cecilia. Another variant of Celia is the Frisian and German pet form Silke. See also the related form, the Spanish and English Maricela. Celia is a classic favorite. Currently it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but to a lesser degree than it was previously. At the height of its usage in 1902, 0.102% of baby girls were given the name Celia. It had a ranking of #167 then. The baby name has seen a decline in frequency since then, and in recent years it is used on a modest scale. In 2008, its usage was only 0.019% and its ranking #757. Within the family of girl names directly linked to Celia, the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Cecilia was the most regularly used. In 2008, the name was thrice as popular as Celia. Baby names that sound like Celia include the French Célia, the Dutch Ceciel, the English Cecil, the English and French Cecile, the English Cecille, the English Cecyl, the English Cecyle, the English Ceila, the English Ceileh, the English Ceileigh, the Irish Ceili, the Russian and English Cela, the English Celesse, the English and French Celie, the Italian Cella, the French Cécile, the French Célie, the Hungarian Cili, the Dutch, Scandinavian, and English Cilla, and the German Cilli. A famous person named Celia is Actress, Celia Johnson, born Celia Elizabeth Johnson 18 December 1908 - 26 April 1982, Richmond, Surrey, England. KEY: Pronunciation for Celia: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
