Given name

Celes

Celes is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Celes isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Celes through the years

Babies since 1880
270
0 boys · 270 girls
Most popular year
2024
17 babies
2025
5
#15,389 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+28%
Rising
051015198020002025Highest share 20243.1
Celes in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1965–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,389 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 319 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

CelesCelestinoCelestinCélestin

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Celes, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Turkish · Modern

Sevda

“a parent's great love”

11Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Sihaya

12Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Sua

Sua is a surname.

11Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Simani

15Very rare

>99% girls

German · Modern

Rosse

“woman from the headland” · “from the headland”

13Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Eipril

11Very rare

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Celes’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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