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Celeste

What does Celeste mean?

Celeste Pronunciation of Celeste as a girls' name is pronounced seh-LEST. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Celeste is "heavenly". Anglicized form of Céleste (French), from Latin Caelestis, a popular name among early Christians. The masculine form Celestin was the name of five popes, the first one in AD 422. The name may be associated with Queen Celeste, wife of Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's children's book character Babar, the Elephant. Actress Celeste Holm; casting agent Celestia Fox.

STARTS WITH Ce-

ASSOCIATED WITH queen, book (literary)

Variations

VARIANTS Cela, Celes, Celesia, Celesley, Celesse, Celest, Celesta, Celestena, Celestene, Celestia, Celestial, Celestiel, Celestijna, Celestin, Celestina, Celestine, Celestinea, Celestyna, Celestyne, Celia, Celie, Celina, Celinda, Celine, Celinka, Celisse, Celka, Celleste, Celyna, Saleste, Salestia, Seleste, Selestia, Selestina, Selestine, Selestyna, Selestyne, Silesta, Silestena, Silestia, Silestijna, Silestina, Silestyna, Silestyne, Tina, Tinka

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Celeste Andi (C.A.), ..

How popular is Celeste?

Celeste is a very prominent first name for females (#521 out of 4276, Top 12%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#20111 out of 150436, Top 13%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Celeste reached its apex position of #204 in the U.S. in 2004, and is at #441 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Celeste name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Celeste outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular varying forms of Celeste (#441 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) rated in the Top 2000 are Celesta, Celestia, Celestina, Celestine, Celia (#936), Celie, Celina (#1220), Celine (#503) and Tina (#1684). These forms of Celeste were popular with parents during the years 1960-1969 (USAGE OF 0.8%) and are now significantly less conventional (USAGE 0.1%, DOWN 85%), with forms like Celia becoming less trendy. Celine is the most fashionable name for newborns in this list.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Celeste, Celesta, Celestia, Celestina, Celestine in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Celia, Celie, Celina, Celine, Tina in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Celine outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Alette, Allette, Arlette, Bellette, Cadette, Calee, Calesta, Calista, Calisto, Callesta (see Calista), Calysta, Caresse, Carlette, Cecette, Cele, Celeena, Celena, Celene, Celenia, Celenne, Celinde, Cellie, Celosia, Celsea, Ceres, Cerese, Cerise, Cerisse, Chelese, Chelesia, Chelise, Chellsie (see Chelsea), Chelsae, Chelse, Chelsee, Chelsie, Cherese, Cheresse, Cleone, Cleta, Cloette, Colene, Coleta (see Colette), Coletta, Colette, Collete, Collette, Cosette, Cozette, Eevette (see Evette), Ellette, Erlette, Genette, Gilette, Halette, Jenette, Jolette, Julette, Kolette, Lenette, Nellette, Odelette, Olette, Perlette, Renette, Tempeste, Vedette, Yevette and Yolette. These names tend to be less commonly used than Celeste.

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