Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Celinda is a variant of Celina. An origin associated with Celina is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Celinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,085
- 0 boys · 1,085 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,391 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,391 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,279 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.
Celinda’s family of names
Celinda has a related form in Celina.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Celinda
- Celinda ArreguiChilean feminist politician, writer, teacher and suffrage activist1864–1941
- Celinda Sosa LundaBolivian politicianborn 1963
- Celinda LakeAmerican political strategist
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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