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Celia is a
given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
for women of Latin origin, as well as a
nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...
for Cecilia, Cecelia,
Celeste Celeste may refer to: Geography * Mount Celeste, unofficial name of a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada * Celeste, Texas, a rural city in North Texas ** Celeste High School, public high school located in the city of Celest ...
, or Celestina. The name is often derived from the Roman family name ''Caelius'', thought to originate in the Latin ''caelum'' ("heaven"). Celia was popular in British pastoral literature in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, possibly stemming from the ruler of the House of Holiness in
Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser (; 1552/1553 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet best known for '' The Faerie Queene'', an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen o ...
's epic poem '' The Faerie Queene'' or from a character in
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
's play ''
As You Like It ''As You Like It'' is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 h ...
''. Celia is also the name of the main character in the series ''Celia's Journey'', by Melissa Gunther.


Names with similar meanings in other languages

*Kūlani ("heavenly", Hawaiian) *Silke (German) *Sylia (Berber) * Shiela (English) *Célia (French) *Celia (Galician, Italian, Polish, Spanish) *Ουρανία ("heavens", Greek, ) *Cèlia (Catalan) *Célia (Portuguese) *Ciel, Cielke, Cieltje (Dutch) *Síle (Irish, Gaelic) *Silje (Norwegian)


People with the name

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Celia (slave) Celia (died December 21, 1855) was an enslaved woman found guilty of the first-degree murder of Robert Newsom, her enslaver, in Callaway County, Missouri. Her defense team led by John Jameson argued an affirmative defense: Celia killed Robert New ...
, executed in 1855 * Celia Adler, actress * Célia Allamargot, squash player * Celia Barlow, politician * Celia Birtwell, textile designer * Celia Chazelle, historian * Celia Corres, field hockey player *
Celia Cruz Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a naturalized Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during ...
, singer * Celia Douty, murder victim *
Celia Dropkin Celia Dropkin ( yi, ציליע דראַפּקין, – August 18, 1956) was a Russian-born American Yiddish poet, writer, and artist. Biography Dropkin was born in Bobruysk, Russian Empire to an assimilated Russian-Jewish family. In Yiddish ...
, poet *
Celia W. Dugger Celia Williams Dugger (born July 3, 1958, in Austin, Texas) is an American journalist who is deputy science editor of '' The New York Times''. Along with her husband Barry Bearak, currently a ''New York Times'' staff writer and visiting profes ...
, journalism * Celia Farber, journalism * Celia Fiennes, travel writer * Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada * Celia S. Friedman, writer * Celia Green, intellectual and author *
Celia Gregory Celia Christine Gregory (23 September 1949 – 8 September 2008) was a British stage, film and television actress, who became a faith healer later in life. Best known for her role as Ruth Anderson in the 1976 BBC television drama '' Survivor ...
, actress *
Celia Grillo Borromeo Clelia Grillo Borromeo Arese or Celia Grillo Borromeo (1684 – 23 August 1777) was an Italian (Genovese) natural philosopher, mathematician and scientist. Life and education Borromeo was born in Genoa, the daughter of duke Marcantonio of Mond ...
, scientist * Celia Imrie, actress * Celia Jiménez (chef), Spanish chef * Celia Jiménez (footballer) (born 1995), Spanish footballer *
Celia Johnson Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson, (18 December 1908 – 26 April 1982) was an English actress, whose career included stage, television and film. She is especially known for her roles in the films ''In Which We Serve'' (1942), ''This Happy Bree ...
, actress * Celia Kaye, actress * Celia Kitzinger, professor * Celia Larkin, partner of Irish Prime Minister *
Celia Levetus Celia Levetus also known as C. A. Nicholson and Diana Forbes (1874-1936) was a Canadian-English author, poet and illustrator of the Birmingham School. Biography Celia Levetus was born in 1874 to English parents living in Montreal. Her father ...
(1874-1936), Canadian-English author, poet and illustrator *
Celia Logan Celia Logan (December 17, 1837 – June 18, 1904) was an American actress, playwright, and writer, and a member of the Logan family of actors and writers. She became a correspondent of American journals and wrote for magazines. During the Americ ...
, actress and writer * Celia Lovsky, actress *
Celia Rees Celia Rees (born 17 June 1949) is an English author. Celia Rees was born in Solihull, West Midlands and attended Tudor Grange Grammar School for Girls. She studied History and Politics at Warwick University and has a PGCE and a master's ...
, author * Celia Sánchez, Cuban revolutionary *
Célia Šašić Célia Šašić (; ; born 27 June 1988) is a German former footballer who played as a striker for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, 1. FFC Frankfurt and the Germany national team before retiring in 2015. Club career Youth career and SC 07 Bad Neuenahr Ša ...
(born 1988), German footballer * Celia Sebiri (1913-2006), American award-winning jewelry designer * Celia Thaxter, poetry and stories * Celia Walden, novelist and journalist


Fictional characters

* Celia, a character and a bachelorette in '' Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life'' and ''
Harvest Moon DS ''Harvest Moon DS'', known in Japan as , is a farm simulation role-playing video game for the Nintendo DS, part of the ''Story of Seasons'' series. It was published and developed by Marvelous Interactive Inc., and released in Japan on March 17, 2 ...
'' *
Celia (As You Like It) Celia is one of the important characters of Shakespeare's ''As You Like It''. Celia is the daughter of Duke Frederick and niece of the banished Duke Senior. Celia and Rosalind are cousins but they have sisterly affection. Physical appearance ...
, a character in William Shakespeare's play ''As You Like It'' *Celia in Lionel Shriver's ''We Need To Talk About Kevin'' *Celia, the object of Strephon's obsession in Jonathan Swift's ''The Lady's Dressing Room'' *Celia Brooke, sister of Dorothea Brooke, the central character of George Eliot's '' Middlemarch'' (1873) *Celia Coplestone, in T. S. Eliot's '' The Cocktail Party'' *Celia Gálvez de Montalbán, in Elena Fortún's classic Spanish series of novels which began in 1929 with '' Celia, lo que dice'' *Celia Hamilton, in the ''
Mandie The Mandie books are a children's historical mystery series written by Lois Gladys Leppard. There are forty novels in the main series and eight in the junior series, along with several special books. The story starts around the year 1900 when Man ...
'' series by Lois Gladys Leppard *Celia in
Ben Jonson Benjamin "Ben" Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for t ...
's "Song to Celia" from ''The Forest'' (another Celia also appears in Jonson's play Volpone, the wife of the merchant Corvino). *Celia “Cece” Mack, a main character on
Disney Channel Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Comp ...
series '' Andi Mack'' *Celia Bowen in '' The Night Circus''. *Celia in '' Fledgling'' by Octavia E. Butler * Celia Facilier, a character from '' Descendants 3'' *Celia Mae, Mike Wazowski's girlfriend in the 2001 animated film '' Monsters Inc.'' *Celia St James, late wife of Evelyn Hugo, The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid {{given name English feminine given names Spanish feminine given names