# Celestin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/celestin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “celestine” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Célestin, from célestin (“celestine”). Doublet of Celestine.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 6 | 3,792 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,376 |

## People named Celestin

- Celestine V, 13th‑century Italian hermit and founder of the Celestines, Catholic saint, first pope to r
- Célestin Freinet, French pedagogue
- Célestin Oliver, French footballer (1930-2011)
- Célestin Delmer, French footballer (1907-1996)
- Célestin Bouglé, French philosopher (1870-1940)
- Mato Celestin Medović, Croatian painter (1857-1920)
- Célestin du Pont, French cardinal (1792-1859)
- Célestin Lainé, French politician (1908–1983)
- Célestin-Marie Gaoua, bishop
- Célestin Anatole Calmels, French sculptor (1822–1906)
- Jules Jamin, French physicist (1818-1886)
- Victor Méric, French writer (1876-1933)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.