Celia

Celia \ce-lia, cel-ia\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Celia is pronounced as SIYLiyah or SIYLYah in English, CHEHLYaa in Italian, -THEHLYaa in Spanish, SEHLYaa in Spanish-Latin American ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Celia: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)"

What is the origin of Celia?

Celia is primarily used in the English, Italian, Latin, Polish, 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 can also be 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). In addition, Celia is an English, Italian, Latin, Polish, Scandinavian, and Spanish contraction of the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish name short names for Cecilia. Celia can also be an English form of the English and French name name Celeste meaning. Celia can also be an English, Italian, and Spanish form of the Russian, German, English, Italian, and Polish name Celina pronounciation. Celia has 17 forms that are used in both English and other languages. Forms of Celia used in English comprise baby name Ceilia, name Celea meaning, Celee definition, meaning of Celei, Celey meaning and origin, Celi definition, Celie pronounciation, Cellia meaning and origin, Cely meaning, Celya meaning and origin, Clelia meaning and origin, and Cloelia name variations. Foreign forms comprise the Polish Cela meaning of name, the Polish Celinka pronounciation, the Portuguese baby name Célia, and the French Célie name variations. Another foreign form is the diminutive Silke name (Dutch, Frisian, and German). See also the related forms, the name Lucelia pronounciation and the Spanish and English Maricela pronounciation. 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 2010, its usage was only 0.019% and its ranking #743. Within the family of girl names directly linked to Celia, short names for Cecilia was the most regularly used. In 2010, the name was thrice as popular as Celia.

A famous person named Celia is Actress, Celia Johnson, born Celia Elizabeth Johnson 18 December 1908 - 26 April 1982, Richmond, Surrey, England.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Celia:

the English Ceilia name popularity, the name baby name Seelia, the English baby name Ceceli, the name Cecelie name variations, the English nicknames for Cecely, the English Cecila name, the name short names for Ceciley, the Czech, German, and Scandinavian Cecilie meaning, the Spanish Cecilla meaning of name, the English Cecillia name, the name baby name Cecilya, the English, Portuguese, and Slavic what does the name Cecília mean, the English Ceclia meaning of name, the Polish Cecylia meaning and origin, the name Celea name popularity, the name name Celei origin, the name what does the name Cellia mean, the English Cescelie name variations, the English Cescily name popularity, and the English short names for Cesilie.

The baby name Celia fun facts:

The name Celia in reverse order is "Ailec".

The numerological value of the name Celia is number 3, which means expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living.

How popular is Celia?

Celia is in the top names in USA.