Given name & surname
Celsius
“one who is lofty”
Celsius is a variant of Celso. One Italian interpretation is “one who is lofty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Celsius is a variant of Celso. One Italian interpretation is “one who is lofty.”
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Where it comes from
Celsius is a variant of Celso. An origin associated with Celso is Latin.
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How it developed
From Swedish Celsius, from Latin celsus (“mound”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Celsius is a variant of Celso. The history of Celso gives this family its wider story. Celso’s historical associations include various early Roman saints.
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Celsius’s family of names
Celsius has a related form in Celso. In Czech usage, Celsius as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Celsjusz.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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