Celia

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 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◐

Celia is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan given name54K records spelled Celia3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra

  Also written Célia, Cèlia

• a separate given name30K records spelled Celia4 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Célia, Cèlia, Celià

• Lao given name1.9K records spelled Celia27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Sulay, Sealey, Célia, Silia, Cèlia

84 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●

Celia 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 English, Probably a form of Cecily.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In German, seit den i96oer-Jahren vorkommender weibl. Vom. lateinischen Ursprungs, weibli­ che Form des römischen Geschlechter­ namens Caelius (vielleicht zu lat. caelum »Himmel«). Heute wird Celia als Kurzform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• This is probably a form of Cecily.

  as a name·Irish first names

• From Latin. See main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Latin, A kind of beer made in Spain

  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) — 146 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●

• Celia Lovskyb. 1897ATAustrian actress (1897-1979)
• Celia Johnsonb. 1908GBEnglish actress (1908–1982)
• Celia Cruzb. 1925CUCuban singer (1925–2003)
• Celia Bannermanb. 1944English actress
• Celia Westonb. 1951USAmerican actress (1951-)
• Celia Imrieb. 1952GBBritish actress
• Celia Freijeirob. 1983ESSpanish actress
• Ana de Armasb. 1988CUnot in their usual nameCuban actress (born 1988)
• Tatiana Schlossbergb. 1990USnot in their usual nameAmerican journalist and author (1990–2025)
• Celia Rose Goodingb. 2000USAmerican actor and singer

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 · 1,218 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Celia?

We estimate roughly 339 thousand people bear Celia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Celia have the most bearers?

Celia is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled celia.

How common is Celia compared with other names?

In Argentina, Celia is the 285th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Celia a male or female name?

Celia 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 Celia mean?

Recorded meaning: forma feminina de Celio