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What does Celia mean?
Celia 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced SEEL-yah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Celia is "heaven". From Caelia, feminine form of the old Roman family name Caelius, probably from "caelum" meaning "heaven". Sometimes also used as a short form of Cecilia. Celio is the masculine form. The name was not used in the Middle Ages, and was introduced to the English-speaking world as the name of a character in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" (1599). Made popular in the 1940s by actress Celia Johnson. Also form of Celeste.
STARTS WITH Cel-
Variations
VARIANTS Ceil, Cele, Celie, Fecelia
SEE ALSO Celina, Cilia, Selena, Selina, Sheila
RELATED FORMS VIA CECILIA Cacelia, Ceceilia, Ceceli, Cecelia▼, Ceciel, Cecil▼, Cecila, Cecile▼, Cecilea, Cecilie, Cecilija, Cecilla, Cecillia, Cecily, Ceclia, Cecyl, Cecylia, Cee, Ceila, Ceileh, Ceilena, Ceilia, Cela, Celli, Cellie, Cesia, Cesilie, Cesya, Cicelie, Cici, Cicilia, Cile, Cili, Cilia, Cilka, Cilla, Cilly, Kekilia, Kikelia, Secelia, Seelia, Seelie, Selia, Sesilia
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Solia, ..
(male) Ceal, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Celia Charlene (C.C.), ..
How popular is Celia?
Celia is a very prominent first name for females (#371 out of 4276, Top 9%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#31426 out of 150436, Top 21%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Celia entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its highest position of #158 in the U.S. then, and is at #936 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Celia (#936 LAST YEAR) are Cecilia (#155), Selena (#249), Celeste (#441), Cecelia (#595), Selina (#1089), Celina (#1220), Cecily (#1531), Cecil, Cecile, Ceil, Cele, Celie, Cilla and Sheila. These forms of Celia were at the apex of their popularity during 1960-1969 (MEDIAN #1151) and are somewhat less popular today (#1347, ▼46%), with forms like Cecelia becoming somewhat outmoded. Cecilia is the most trendy birth name here.
Similar Names
Celia▼ is pronounced similarly to Ceili, Seila, Sela, Selie, Seula, Silia, Siliya, Sillia, Silya, Sula, Sylwia, Xyla, Xylia, Zalia, Zaylia, Zelia, Zelie, Zila, Zilla, Zoela, Zoelie, Zola▲, Zolia and Zylia. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Abelia, Alia▲, Belia, Caela, Cala, Cali▲, Calie, Calla, Callia, Caylia, Cedra, Celenia, Celesia, Celida, Celine▲, Celka, Cerea, Ceria, Cerian, Cerisa, Chalia, Chela, Chelie, Chella, Chelsia, Clea, Clelia, Clio, Colina, Crecia, Decia, Delia▼, Demia, Denia, Emelia▲, Helia, Hellia, Julia▼, Keelia, Lelia▼, Lilia▲, Malia▲, Melia, Nelia, Ofelia▼, Ovelia, Pelia, Phelia, Ubelia, Udelia (see Odele) and Yulia. These names tend to be less frequently used than Celia.
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