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Araceli - Meaning of Araceli
What does Araceli mean?
[ 4 syll. a-ra-ce-li, ar-ac-eli ] The baby girl name Araceli is pronounced aa-Raa-THEH-Liy (Spanish) or aa-Raa-SEH-Liy (Spanish-Latin American) †. Araceli's language of origin is Latin, and it is used mainly in the English and Spanish languages. The name's meaning is 'altar of the sky'. It is derived from ara meaning 'altar' ; coeli 'sky, heaven' ; caelum 'heaven'. The name is more common in Latin American and Mexico than in Spain.
Araceli has 16 forms that are used in English and foreign languages. Forms used in English include Arabele, Aracele, Aracelea, Aracelia, Aracelli, Aracely (also used in Spanish), Araseli, Arasely, Arceli, Arcilla, Aricela, and Celli. Foreign forms of Araceli include the Spanish Aracelis, the Spanish Aracelle, and the Spanish Arcelia. Another foreign form is the contraction Cheli (Spanish).
See also the related categories, heaven (god), sky, spanish, and american.
Araceli is rare as a baby name for girls. At the modest peak of its usage in 2002, 0.029% of baby girls were given the name Araceli. It ranked at #487 then. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is of only sporadic use now. Out of all girl names in its group, Araceli was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2017.
Baby names that sound like Araceli include Aracely, Arcelia, Irodelle, Aracelle, Arceli, Ardalle, Ardell, Ardelle, Arell, Argel, Argele, Argell, Argelle, Argoel, Argoele, Argoell, Argoelle, Ariel, Aryel, and Aural.
† Pronunciation for Araceli: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"
Details of famous persons named Araceli:
Actress Ara Celi, born Araceli Valdez, 31 May 1974, El Paso, Texas.
Model Araceli González, born Araceli Edith González, 19 June 1967, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
