Celestine

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 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◐

Celestine is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Swahili given name41K records spelled Celestine9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Cèlestine, Çelestine, Célestine

• Spanish given name6.2K records spelled Celestine5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Nigeria, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Célestine

• a separate given name3.9K records spelled Celestine3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Nigeria

  Also written Célestine, Céléstine

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name1.9K records spelled Celestine2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Célestine

• Hindi given name1.4K records spelled Celestine5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, South Africa

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Célestine, Célestinè

• Indonesian given name602 records spelled Celestine2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, United States

  Also written Célestine

• Arabic given name517 records spelled Celestine3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Kenya, Tanzania, United Kingdom

  Also written Célestine

66 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●

Celestine is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, pope

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Italian, feminine plural of celestino

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

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 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Celestine Ib. 400ITpope
• Celestine IIIb. 1106ITpope of the Catholic Church from 1191 to 1198
• Celestine Damianob. 1911USAmerican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (1911–1967)
• Celestine Sibleyb. 1914USAmerican writer
• Célestine N'Drinb. 1963CIIvorian sprint and middle-distance runner
• Celestine Babayarob. 1978NGNigerian association football player (born 1978)
• Toni Gonzagab. 1984PHnot in their usual nameFilipino entertainer and entrepreneur (born 1984)
• Celestine Bisogab. 1990CDCongolese basketball player
• Celestine IIITpope of the Catholic Church from 1143 to 1144
• Celestine IVITpope

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 · 496 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Celestine?

We estimate roughly 8.8 thousand people bear Celestine (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Celestine have the most bearers?

Celestine is most frequently recorded in Nigeria, where it is most often spelled celestine.

Where is Celestine most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Celestine is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 9.7 thousand people — even though Nigeria holds more of our records for it.

How common is Celestine compared with other names?

In Nigeria, Celestine is the 912th most common given name of 146,224 given names recorded there.

Is Celestine a male or female name?

Celestine 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 Celestine mean?

Recorded meaning: Synonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.