Celestin as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Celestin

What is the meaning of the name Celestin ?

The baby name Celestin is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced French: /se.lɛs.tɛ̃/ (approx. 'say-leh-STAN'); English: /səˈlɛstɪn/ (approx. 'suh-LES-tin').

Celestin is French in Origin.

Celestin is the French-rooted form of a long-standing ecclesiastical name, ultimately from Late Latin Caelestinus, an adjective built on caelestis “heavenly, of the sky.” The meaning carries connotations of the celestial, exalted, and spiritual. In English, the unaccented Celestin appears as a streamlined borrowing of French Célestin.

Usage is deep in church history: five popes chose the regnal name Celestine (I, II, III, IV, and V), which helped spread the name across Catholic Europe. It enjoyed steady use in France - especially in monastic circles - into the nineteenth century, and today reads as vintage and international. Variants and cognates include Célestin (French), Celestine/Célestine (English/French, often feminine), Celestino (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese), and Celestyn (Polish); scholarly spellings like Caelestin also occur. Short forms include Cel, Les, and Tino.