as a First Name
From Latin Caelia, feminine form of the old Roman family name Caelius (of uncertain origin, probably a derivative of caelum ‘heaven’). The name was not used in the Middle Ages, but was introduced to the English-speaking world as the name of a character in Shakespeare's As You Like It. It was popularized in the 1940s by the actress Celia Johnson (1908–82). This name is sometimes taken as a short form of Cecilia.
| 726th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 48,645
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- California
- has the most people named Celia per capita
- 1910
- marked the height of its popularity
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