Celina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lynn in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 8 more, Celine in FR France, NO Norway, BE Belgium and 2 more, Lan in VN Vietnam, MY Malaysia and Lyn in PH Philippines.

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 7 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◐

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

• English given name211K records spelled Celina29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Germany, Venezuela

  Languages: English, German, Danish

  Also written Célina, Cèlina, Celinà, Celiña, Čelina

• Polish given name91K records spelled Celina14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Croatia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Slovenian

  Also written Čelina, Tselina, Célina, Целина

• a separate given name6.9K records spelled Celina3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Célina, Čelina

• Finnish given name2.2K records spelled Celina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Sweden, India

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Čëlīnä

• Lao given name935 records spelled Celina6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Philippines

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Celína, Çëlînå, Célina

63 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●

Celina 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 Polish, a female given name from French [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Celine

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

• In Italian, de Celia com suf. fem. sing. -ina

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Slovenian, continent (large contiguous landmass)

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

• In Serbo-Croatian, totality, whole, entirety

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

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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●

• Celina Szymanowskab. 1812FRwife of Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz (1812–1855)
• Celina Gonzálezb. 1929CUCuban singer and songwriter (1929–2015)
• Celina Jesionowskab. 1933PLPolish sprinter
• Maria Dzielskab. 1942PLnot in their usual namePolish classical philologist, historian, translator and political activist (1942-2018)
• Celina Murgab. 1973ARArgentinian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer
• Lena Hallb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Celina Jaitlyb. 1981INIndian film actress
• Celina Jadeb. 1985CNHong Kong-American actress, model, singer and martial artist (born 1985)
• Celina Sindenb. 1987GBBritish actress
• Sophie Schederb. 1997DEnot in their usual nameGerman artistic gymnast

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 · 1,161 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Celina?

We estimate roughly 493 thousand people bear Celina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Celina have the most bearers?

Celina is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled lynn.

How common is Celina compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Celina is the 52nd most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Celina a male or female name?

Celina 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 Celina mean?

Recorded meaning: Feminine of Latin Caelinus, ‘belonging to Caelius/Celio’.