The baby name Celestina is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced seh-LES-tee-nah (IPA: /ˌsɛləsˈtiːnə/; Spanish: se-LES-TEE-nah /seˈlestina/).
Celestina is Latin in Origin.
The baby name Celestina is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced seh-LES-tee-nah (IPA: /ˌsɛləsˈtiːnə/; Spanish: se-LES-TEE-nah /seˈlestina/).
Celestina is Latin in Origin.
Celestina derives from the Latin caelestinus/caelestis, meaning “heavenly, of the sky,” filtered through late Latin Celestinus and its feminine Celestina, alongside Celestine and Celeste. The name took root in Romance languages - Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian - where the -ina ending adds a tender, affectionate nuance; related forms appear in Polish as Celestyna.
Usage traces back to medieval Europe, buoyed by the prestige of several popes named Celestine and by saintly cults, then waned before a 19th‑century revival influenced by romanticism and the vogue for ethereal, virtue-tinged names. In the Spanish canon, Fernando de Rojas’s 1499 work La Celestina fixed the name in literary memory. Variants include Celestine (English/French), Celeste (multilingual), and the rarer Celestia; diminutives/short forms: Cela, Celie, Lina, Tina. Today Celestina reads vintage yet luminous, evoking celestial imagery with an elegant Latinate cadence.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 0 | #52 | 1 | 2,706 | |
| AO | 0 | #75 | 3 | 2,729 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #135 | 79 | 4,575 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| MU | 0 | #137 | 1 | 3,613 | |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #165 | 3 | 3,171 |
| AE | 0 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #187 | 4 | 4,850 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #191 | 159 | 6,973 |
| AR | 0 | #193 | 1 | 2,915 | |
| GH | 0 | #212 | 32 | 5,396 | |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #223 | 5 | 4,141 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #225 | 1 | 3,308 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #231 | 1 | 3,559 |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #234 | 4 | 7,146 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #247 | 3 | 6,293 |
| PT | 0 | #247 | 4 | 4,161 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #250 | 2 | 6,592 |
| NG | 0 | #251 | 14 | 5,926 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #256 | 3 | 3,650 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #260 | 4 | 7,056 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #281 | 5 | 2,795 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #289 | 6 | 3,687 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #289 | 890 | 15,093 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #302 | 2 | 5,122 |
| GT | 0 | #305 | 10 | 5,948 | |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| PE | 0 | #328 | 2 | 6,350 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #335 | 17 | 8,539 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #341 | 3 | 15,378 |
| MY | 0 | #350 | 5 | 12,352 | |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #351 | 1 | 5,378 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #354 | 99 | 7,952 |
| BO | 0 | #357 | 25 | 6,868 | |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #360 | 2 | 8,138 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #374 | 17 | 13,098 |
| France | Girls | 2016 | #405 | 4 | 3,228 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #418 | 64 | 9,861 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #419 | 205 | 9,488 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #422 | 3 | 15,987 |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #444 | 62 | 7,500 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #497 | 3 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #504 | 2 | 9,305 |
| CO | 0 | #509 | 2 | 7,768 | |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #520 | 13 | 11,342 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #525 | 16 | 11,671 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #530 | 7 | 6,731 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #532 | 68 | 8,289 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #545 | 3 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #554 | 8 | 19,177 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #560 | 27 | 18,916 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #576 | 439 | 14,861 |
| BH | 0 | #584 | 4 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #621 | 2 | 9,244 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #635 | 1,244 | 9,415 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #642 | 4 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #644 | 7 | 16,104 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #651 | 4 | 13,121 |
| IT | 0 | #681 | 34 | 4,183 | |
| LB | 0 | #689 | 2 | 13,263 | |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #734 | 5 | 3,895 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #776 | 76 | 14,098 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #818 | 166 | 5,561 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #825 | 14 | 4,949 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #878 | 64 | 12,708 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #891 | 26 | 8,487 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #910 | 26 | 25,931 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #920 | 7 | 14,506 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #941 | 11 | 16,906 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #943 | 52 | 24,821 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 67 | 16,140 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,029 | 5 | 16,355 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,035 | 149 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,086 | 56 | 25,928 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,251 | 4 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Celestina is popular in 63 countries — most recent births per country:
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