Celia (given name)
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Celia is a given name
for females of Latin origin, as well as a nickname
for Cecilia, Celeste
, or Celestina.
The name is often derived from the Roman family name Caelius, thought to originate in the Latin caelum ("heaven"). As a derivative of Cecilia, Celia can also mean "blind" or "musical".
Celia was popular in British pastoral literature in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, stemming from Shakespeare's use in the play As You Like It
.
Nicknames:
Cece
Celie
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Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
for females of Latin origin, as well as a nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
for Cecilia, Celeste
Celeste
- People :* Celeste Holm , US actress* Madame Céleste , French dancer and actress* Celeste , American former pornographic actress* Dick Celeste , governor of Ohio from 1983 to 1991...
, or Celestina.
The name is often derived from the Roman family name Caelius, thought to originate in the Latin caelum ("heaven"). As a derivative of Cecilia, Celia can also mean "blind" or "musical".
Celia was popular in British pastoral literature in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, stemming from Shakespeare's use in the play As You Like It
As You Like It
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
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Nicknames:
Cece
Celie
Ce
Names with similar meanings in other languages
- Kūlani ("heavenly", HawaiianHawaiian languageThe Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...
) - Silke (German)
- Célia (French)
- Celia (Polish)
- Ουρανία (Greek)
- Cèlia (Catalan)
- Celia (Spanish)
- Célia (Portuguese)
Literary Celias
- Celia in Lionel ShriverLionel Shriver-Early life and education:Lionel Shriver was born Margaret Ann Shriver on May 18, 1957 in Gastonia, North Carolina, to a deeply religious family . At age 15, she changed her name from Margaret Ann to Lionel because she did not like the name she had been given, and as a tomboy felt that a...
's "We Need To Talk About Kevin" - Celia, the object of Strephon's obsession in Jonathan Swift'sJonathan SwiftJonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...
"The Lady's Dressing Room" - Celia Brooke, sister of Dorothea Brooke, the central character of George Eliot's MiddlemarchMiddlemarchMiddlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is her seventh novel, begun in 1869 and then put aside during the final illness of Thornton Lewes, the son of her companion George Henry Lewes...
(1873) - Celia Coplestone, in T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail PartyThe Cocktail PartyThe Cocktail Party is a play by T. S. Eliot. Elements of the play are based on Alcestis, by the Ancient Greek playwright Euripides. The play was the most popular of Eliot's seven plays in his lifetime, although his 1935 play, Murder in the Cathedral, is better remembered today.The Cocktail Party...
- Celia Gálvez de Montalbán, in Elena Fortún's classic Spanish series of novels which began in 1929 with Celia, lo que diceCelia, lo que diceCelia, lo que dice is the first in the series of children's novels by the famous Spanish author Elena Fortún. The novel is a collection of short stories first published in magazines in 1929...
- Celia Hamilton, in the MandieMandieThe Mandie series of books are a popular series written by the late Lois Gladys Leppard from 1983 to 2006, intended for children ages 8 – 12 years old. More than 7 million copies have been printed of the Mandie series. There are forty books in the main series along with several special books. ...
series by Lois Gladys Leppard - Celia in Ben JonsonBen JonsonBenjamin Jonson was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems...
's "Song to Celia" from The Forest