Celinka as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Celinka

What is the meaning of the name Celinka ?

The baby name Celinka is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: /səˈlɪŋkə/ (suh-LING-kah); Polish/Czech: /tsɛˈliːnka/ (tseh-LEEN-kah).

Celinka is Slavic in Origin.

Celinka is a Slavic pet form of Celina, most common in Polish usage. The root name traces to Latin Caelina, the feminine of Caelinus, a derivative of the Roman family name Caelius from caelum, “sky, heaven,” yielding the sense “heavenly” or “of the sky.” In everyday Polish, the -inka ending marks affectionate diminutives, so Celinka carries a warm, tender tone while retaining Celina’s celestial meaning.

Via French Céline - borne by Saint Céline of Laon - the Celina/Céline family spread across Europe, peaking in the 19th century and remaining steady in Central and Eastern Europe. Celinka appears in Polish parish records as a household name and is occasionally bestowed independently today, including in the diaspora. Variants and cognates: Celina (Polish, Spanish, Portuguese), Céline/Celine (French, English). Related short forms include Cela and Celka. Not to be confused with Selina/Selena, which derive from Greek selene “moon.”

⚙ Celinka is seldom given. We have only 15 recorded uses of it on record, from 1 country.