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| Pronunciation | /ˈsiːliə/ SEE-lee-ə |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Latin, Berber |
| Meaning | Heaven, Caelian Hill, blind Quern-stone |
| Region of origin | Western Europe, Latin America, Maghreb |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Cecilia, Cecelia, Celeste, Celestina, Celie |
Celia is a feminine given name of Latin origin, as well as a nickname for Cecilia, Cecelia, Celeste, or Celestina. The name is often derived from the Roman family name Caelius, thought to originate in the Latin caelum ("heaven"). Celia was popular in British pastoral literature in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, possibly stemming from the ruler of the House of Holiness in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene or from a character in William Shakespeare's play As You Like It.
Celia could indeed have Berber origines, since it is considered as a variant of the Quinquegentiani princess Cyria, daughter of Flavius Nubel, the name is derived from the Berber word "Tissirt" meaning Quern-stone, the name shared the same origines as the historical city cirta, a popular variant of the anem is Silya/Celya.
It is a popular name in Lebanon and Maghreb countries (Algeria more specifically)[1]
- ^ "Celia Name Meaning, Origins & Popularity". forebears.io. Archived from the original on 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-12-22.