Given name
Celina
“heaven”
Celina is a feminine given name from French, ultimately from Latin. It is used in English, Spanish, German, Italian, and 5 other languages.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Celina goes back to Latin Caelia, meaning “heaven.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In Polish usage, Celina is a short form of Marcelina. Celina is a feminine form of Celino.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Celina has an alternative spelling in Selina. The history of Selina gives this family its wider story. Selina was in use during the 17th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Celina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,301
- 6 boys · 16,295 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 593 babies
- 2025
- 329
- #829 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +26%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 329 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 829 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 25.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 593 in 1994. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (54). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 17,445 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.
Celina’s family of names
In Polish usage, Celina is a short form of Marcelina. Celina is a feminine form of Celino. In Polish usage, Celina has a conventional equivalent in the English form Celia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Celina has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
13 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Celina
- Celina JaitlyIndian film actressborn 1981
- Celina JadeHong Kong-American actress, model, singer and martial artist (born 1985)
- Celina JesionowskaPolish sprinter1933–2026
- Lena HallAmerican actressborn 1980
- Celina SeghiItalian Olympic alpine skier (1920–2022)
- Celina GonzálezCuban singer and songwriter (1929–2015)
- Celine BorzeckaFoundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection (1833-1913)
- Celina MurgaArgentinian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producerborn 1973
- Celina LefflerGerman athleteborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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