Celeste

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 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◐

Celeste is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name484K records spelled Celeste34 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Brazil

  Languages: English, Dutch, German

  Also written Céleste, Celesté, Celéste, Cèleste, Celèste

• a separate given name28K records spelled Celeste5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Céleste, Celesté, Célèste, Cèleste

• Lao given name4.3K records spelled Celeste16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Philippines

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Selet, Célésté, เซเลส, Cëlëste, Celestè

• Swahili given name3.4K records spelled Celeste12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Philippines, Congo - Kinshasa

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Celesté, Cèleste, Céleste, Celéste, Celëste

• Indonesian given name3.1K records spelled Celeste5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Peru

  Also written Céleste, Cèleste, Célęstē, Celesté

75 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●

Celeste is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, heavenly

  as a word·A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

• In English, Alternative form of celesta (“musical instrument”).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, celestial (relating to the sky)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, pale blue, sky blue

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, do lat. caelestis; repete um nome próprio cristão

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 145 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Celeste Holmb. 1917USAmerican actress (1917–2012)
• Marge Championb. 1919USnot in their usual nameAmerican dancer and actress (1919–2020)
• Celeste Yarnallb. 1944USAmerican actress (1944-2018)
• Anne Hecheb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1969–2022)
• Celeste Ngb. 1980USAmerican novelist
• Greta Gerwigb. 1983USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and filmmaker (born 1983)
• Jessica Michibatab. 1984JPnot in their usual nameArgentine Japanese author and entrepreneur
• Celeste Boninb. 1986USAmerican bodybuilder, model, and professional wrestler
• Celesteb. 1994GBBritish singer
• Celeste O'Connorb. 1998KEAmerican actress

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 · 1,044 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Celeste?

We estimate roughly 76 thousand people bear Celeste (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Celeste have the most bearers?

Celeste is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled celeste.

How common is Celeste compared with other names?

In Argentina, Celeste is the 177th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Celeste a male or female name?

Celeste 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 Celeste mean?

Recorded meaning: From Latin caelestis, ‘pertaining to the sky; heavenly’.