Celine

Where Celine comes from

From French Céline, from Latin Caelīna, derived from the Roman gens name Caelius, from caelum (“heaven”). Also a short form of Marceline, feminine diminutive of Marcel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Celine
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,437 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Celine Brun-Lie born
    Norwegian cross-country skier
  3. 1988
    Celine Song born
    South Korean-Canadian director and writer
  4. 2025
    Peak, #207
    1,466 babies named Celine — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Celine Song · South Korean-Canadian director and writer, born 1988
  • Celine Brun-Lie · Norwegian cross-country skier, born 1988
  • Celine Fariala Mangaza · Disability advocate who died of COVID-19, 1967–2020
  • Celine van Duijn · Dutch diver, born 1992
  • Celine Van Gestel · Belgian volleyball player, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.