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Celina - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Celina

[ 3 syll. ce-li-na, cel-ina ] The girl name Celina is pronounced SahLIYNah KEY. Celina's language of origin is Latin and Old Greek. It is predominantly used in Russian, German, English, Italian, and Polish. Latin and Old Greek origin, German use: Derived from caelum which means 'heaven' ; coeli which means 'sky, heaven'. An original form of the name is Caelina (Latin). The name is of debated origin; it is sometimes taken to derive from Celia or Marcelina. Celina is the feminine form of the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Celio.

Forms of Celina include the English, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Celia, the German Celin, the German, French, and English Celine, the Italian and English Cellina, the French Célia, and the French Céline.

In addition, Celina is a spelling variant of the English, German, and Russian Selina in the English, Italian, and Polish languages.

Celina is also a form of the English and French Celeste in the Russian language.

Celina is also a short form of the German and Italian Marcellina in the German language. See also the related form, the Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish Marcelina.

Celina is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1994 with 0.030% of baby girls being named Celina. It was #423 in rank then. The baby name has steeply dropped in popularity since then, and is of only sporadic use today. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly related to Celina, the English and French Celeste was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Celina include the English Salina, the English and German Selena, the English, German, and Russian Selina, the English Cecelyn, the English Ceilena, the Italian and English Cellina, the Arabic Saalima, the Arabic Salama, the name Salema, the English and Indian Salena, the Arabic Salima, the English Sally Anne, the English Sally-Anne, the English Sallyann, the English Sallyanne, the English Saloma, the English, French, and German Salome, the French and Portuguese Salomé, the Greek Salomi, and the English and Slavic Selima.

KEY: Pronunciation for Celina: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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