Araceli

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Araceli is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name97K records spelled Araceli12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Peru, Spain

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Aracéli, Aräcëlî

• Catalan given name33K records spelled Araceli5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Aracéli, Âråčęlî, Aracelí

• a separate given name18K records spelled Araceli2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru, United Kingdom

  Also written Aracéli

• Indonesian given name2.8K records spelled Araceli3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Spain, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Aräcëli

• Spanish given name555 records spelled Araceli63 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, United States, El Salvador, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese

  Also written Aracely, Арасели, A'Racely, Aräcëly, Äräcëly

• Korean given name347 records spelled Araceli2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Paraguay, Spain

  Also written Aracéli

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Araceli is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Spanish (mainly Latin American): apparently a modern coinage from Latin ara altar + c(o)eli of the sky.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 95 years between 1920–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Araceli de Leónb. 1951MXMexican actress
• Araceli Gonzálezb. 1967ARArgentine actress
• Araceli Segarra Rocab. 1970ESCatalan mountaineer, host and motivational speaker
• Araceli Joverb. 1971ESSpanish actress
• Araceli González Vázquezb. 1976ESSpanish writer
• Araceli Navarrob. 1989ESOlympic fencer
• Mayra Coutob. 1991PEnot in their usual namePeruvian actress
• Araceli GondaESSpanish screenwriter
• Araceli Prasarttongosothactress
• Araceli LemosGRscreenwriter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 666 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Araceli?

We estimate roughly 72 thousand people bear Araceli (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Araceli have the most bearers?

Araceli is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled araceli.

How common is Araceli compared with other names?

In Mexico, Araceli is the 94th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Araceli a male or female name?

Araceli is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Araceli mean?

Recorded meaning: latín: 'altar del cielo'.