Celine

What Celine means

Means “heaven”

From French Céline, from Latin Caelīna, derived from the Roman gens name Caelius, from caelum (“heaven”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Celine” (revision 87440330), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Celine?

US: Rising: up from #823 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #871 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,466 girls got the name (#207 that year). First in the US records in 1893.

How common

• About 1 in 1,096 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,273 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,491 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (4.95 per 1,000 girls), HI (3.26 per 1,000 girls), RI (2.45 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Celine is #207 in the US and #235 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Celine were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Selene469 US · 37 E&W
• Selin37 US · 44 E&W
• Seline55 US · 8 E&W
• Ceylin8 US · 15 E&W
• Soline17 US · 3 E&W
• Celene19 US
• Celyn0 US · 14 E&W
• Zelene7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Celine

Girls

• August#960“month of August”^*
• Cecilia#108possibly “blind”^*
• Maia#433Editor’s note Up from #552 in 2015 to #433 in 2025 in the US
• Flora#607Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,337 in 2015, #607 in 2025
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*

For a brother

• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Azariah#472“Yah Has Helped”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• Benedict#814“blessed, well spoken of”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Celine’s. Rank is US 2025.