Celia

Borrowed from Latin Caelia, feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”). Introduced into English by William Shakespeare in As You Like It.

• Rhymes: -iːliə

Celia

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
     : Act I: Scene III:

     Rosalind: But what will you be called?

     Celia: Something that hath a reference to my state:

     No longer Celia, but Aliena.

   • 2025 August 10, Don Riddell, “Now that my kids are off to college, what’s this empty nester dad to do?”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The British author Celia Dodd, who recently updated her 2011 book, “The Empty Nest: How to Survive and Stay Close to Your Adult Child,” told me that dads often seem to be coping fine with the transition but might be struggling the most.

Borrowed from Italian Celia.

Celia (plural Celias)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Celia is the 37341^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Celia is most common among White (84.25%) and Hispanic/Latino (12.4%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Celia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 309.

• ALICE, Alcie, Alice, Licea, ileac

From Latin Caelia, feminine form of Caelius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.lja/
• Rhymes: -ɛlja
• Hyphenation: Cè‧lia

Celia f

1. a female given name from Latin

Celia m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a matronymic

Borrowed from Latin Caelia, name of a Roman gens.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθelja/ [ˈθe.lja] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈselja/ [ˈse.lja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -elja
• Syllabification: Ce‧lia

Celia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Celia