Given name & surname
Celio
“one who is blind”·“the sixth-born child”
Celio is a variant of Cecil. Interpretations include “one who is blind” and “the sixth-born child”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Celio is a variant of Cecil. Interpretations include “one who is blind” and “the sixth-born child”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Celio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 73
- 73 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,915 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,915 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 751 as a first name in 2020; 857 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Celio
- Celio CalcagniniItalian humanist1479–1541
- Celio Secondo CurioneItalian humanist (1503-1569)
- Celio PiccolominiItalian cardinal1609–1681
- Celio MalespiniItalian writer1531–1609
- Celio RoncancioColombian racing cyclist1966–2014
- Celio GonzálezCuban musician1924–2004
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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