Celestine

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning heavenly; from Caelestis.

Babies a year
17
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1719
17 babies

Celestine by the numbers

In 2025, 17 babies in England and Wales were named Celestine. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 195 babies in 1952, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Celestinaheavenly; a form of Celestine5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Celesteheavenly, celestial671 in the US (2017)
  • Celestiaheavenly; celestial3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Celestialof the heavens; heavenly10 in the US (2017)
  • Clementinemild and merciful; feminine form of Clement270 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Christinefollower of Christ; feminine of Christian346 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the sky or heaven

Like Celestine, 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 Celestine

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