Celeste

Celeste: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “heavenly”
Origin: Latin
Say it: sə-LEST · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

From Latin caelestis 'heavenly, of the sky'. Used in several European languages, especially French and Italian.

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How popular is Celeste?

2024468 per million US babies

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Babies named Celeste in 20241,556

2024 rank#198 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188064,006

Celeste is rising: use over the last five years is 1.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Celeste

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Norahonor · Latin
Lucylight · Latin
Gracegrace; favor · Latin
Novanew · Latin

Celeste questions

What does the name Celeste mean?

Celeste means "heavenly". It comes from Latin. From Latin caelestis 'heavenly, of the sky'. Used in several European languages, especially French and Italian.

Is Celeste a boy or girl name?

Celeste is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Celeste?

1,556 US babies were named Celeste in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Celeste?

Celeste is usually pronounced sə-LEST.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.