Arcelia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Arcelia by the numbers

Arcelia was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 46 babies in 1975, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Arcelia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arcelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Arelia13 in the US (2017)
  • Acelia9 in the US (2017)
  • Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ariellalion of god; feminine form of Ariel305 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aureliagolden, relating to gold390 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aracelialtar of heaven225 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Arcelia

Names that are said the same way as Arcelia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Arcelia

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