Celest

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning heavenly; a form of Celeste.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Celest by the numbers

Celest was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 56 babies in 2004, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Celesteheavenly, celestial671 in the US (2017)
  • Celes16 in the US (2017)
  • Celenamoon goddess; a variant of Selena36 in the US (2017)
  • Celenemoon goddess; a form of Selene16 in the US (2017)
  • Celestiaheavenly; celestial3 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean the sky or heaven

Like Celest, each of these has the sky or heaven in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
  • Irisrainbow; goddess of the rainbow759 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Heavensky; the abode of god967 in the US (2017)
  • Skyesky; the Isle of Skye214 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Itzelrainbow lady635 in the US (2017)
  • Kalanithe heavens or sky622 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Celest

RomeeUmaimaMeerabAirahEmieRubaniMehreenChikaima

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