Celia is a given name 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 Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls born ...

, 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 Celeste, ...

, 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's epic poem ''

The Faerie Queene ''The Faerie Queene'' is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books IIII were first published in 1590, then republished in 1596 together with books IVVI. ''The Faerie Queene'' is notable for its form: at over 36,000 lines and over 4,000 st ...

'' 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 natio ...

'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 has ...

''. 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 Shiela is a given name. People with that name include: *Shiela Grant Duff (1913–2004), British author, journalist and foreign correspondent *Shiela Makoto (born 1990), Zimbabwean association football defender *Shiela Marie Pineda (born 1991), Fili ...

(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

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 Ne ...

, 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 h ...

, poet * Celia W. Dugger, journalism * Celia Farber, journalism * Celia Fiennes, travel writer * Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada *

Celia S. Friedman Celia S. Friedman (born January 12, 1957) is an American speculative fiction author who often writes as "C. S. Friedman." As of 2022, she has published fourteen novels, numerous short stories—several of which were included in her 2021 collec ...

, writer * Celia Green, intellectual and author * Celia Gregory, actress * Celia Grillo Borromeo, scientist * Celia Imrie, actress *

Celia Jiménez (chef) Celia Jiménez Caballero (born 19 February 1976) is a Spanish chef, who when she was head chef at El Lago restaurant became the first female chef in Spain to win a Michelin star. Career Celia Jiménez trained at La Cónsula de Málaga, a succes ...

, Spanish chef * Celia Jiménez (footballer) (born 1995), Spanish footballer * Celia Johnson, actress *

Celia Kaye Celia Kaye (born Celia Kay Burkholder; February 24, 1942) is an American actress. She is most famous for her starring role in the 1964 film adaptation of ''Island of the Blue Dolphins'' which won her a Golden Globe award. Early life Kaye is of ...

, actress *

Celia Kitzinger Celia Kitzinger and Sue Wilkinson are a British lesbian couple who lobbied to have their relationship recognised as a marriage in England. Celia Kitzinger Kitzinger is Professor of Conversation Analysis, Gender and Sexuality in the Department ...

, 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, 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 deg ...

, author * Celia Sánchez, Cuban revolutionary * Célia Šašić (born 1988), German footballer *

Celia Sebiri Celia Sebiri (1913-2006) was an American jewelry designer active in the 1940s-1980s. Biography Sebiri was born 17 March 1913, and studied at Hunter College. Her husband was a meat broker, and in the 1970s, they lived on Greenwich Square, Washingto ...

(1913-2006), American award-winning jewelry designer * Celia Thaxter, poetry and stories *

Celia Walden Celia Pughe-Morgan (née Walden; born 8 December 1975) is a French-born British journalist, novelist, and critic. Career Walden is a feature writer and former gossip columnist. She was the last editor of ''The Daily Telegraph's'' now defunct dia ...

, novelist and journalist

Fictional characters

* Celia, a character and a bachelorette in '' Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life'' and '' Harvest Moon DS'' * Celia (As You Like It), 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 ''Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life'' is a novel by the English author Mary Anne Evans, who wrote as George Eliot. It first appeared in eight installments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872. Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midland town, i ...

'' (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, lo que dice'' (''"What Celia Says"'' or literally, ''"Celia, What She Says"'') is the first in the series of children's novels by Spanish author Elena Fortún. The novel is a collection of short stories first published in magazines in 19 ...

'' *Celia Hamilton, in the '' Mandie'' 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 ...

's "Song to Celia" from ''The Forest'' (another Celia also appears in Jonson's play

Volpone ''Volpone'' (, Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-perfor ...

, the wife of the merchant Corvino). *Celia “Cece” Mack, a main character on Disney Channel series ''

Andi Mack ''Andi Mack'' is an American family comedy-drama television series created by Terri Minsky that premiered on Disney Channel on April 7, 2017. It ran for three seasons and 57 episodes, concluding on July 26, 2019. The series stars Peyton Eliza ...

'' *Celia Bowen in '' The Night Circus''. *Celia in '' Fledgling'' by Octavia E. Butler *

Celia Facilier List of characters appearing in Disney's ''Descendants'' franchise. Introduced in ''Descendants'' film series Introduced in ''Descendants'' Descendants *Mal (played by Dove Cameron) is the daughter of Maleficent ('' Sleeping Beauty'') and Had ...

, a character from '' Descendants 3'' *Celia Mae,

Mike Wazowski Michael "Mike" Wazowski is a fictional character who appears in Disney/ Pixar's Monsters Inc. franchise. He is a green one-eyed round monster with two arms, legs, and small horns. In the films, Mike is one of the two protagonists, alongside Jam ...

'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