Ceres as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ceres

What is the meaning of the name Ceres ?

The baby name Ceres is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈsɪəriːz/ or /ˈsiːriːz/; anglicized: SEER-eez or SEE-rees.

Ceres is Latin in Origin.

Ceres is the Latin name of the Roman goddess of agriculture, grain, and maternal nourishment, from Cerēs, which gives English “cereal.” The name conveys associations such as “harvest,” “grain,” and “growth.” Worship of Ceres was central in ancient Rome, with the spring festival Cerealia held in her honor, and Shakespeare invokes her in The Tempest. The astronomical body discovered in 1801 - now classified as a dwarf planet - also bears her name, keeping Ceres in the cultural imagination.

As a given name, Ceres has seen sporadic use in English since the 19th century, with modest modern revival among mythological and nature-inspired choices. International variants include French Cérès and Italian Cerere; related cognates by mythology are Greek Demeter and her epithet Thesmophoros. Rare nicknames include Ce, Seri, or Reese. Variant modern elaborations sometimes appear as Cerelia.