The first name Celestine
A girl’s name from Latin.
4 syllables Female Also a surname
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
Learned borrowing from Latin Caelestinus.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 17 girls were named Celestine, making it the 1,719th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Celestine with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Celestine at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 49 girls born in the United States were named Celestine, the 3,219th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1952, when 195 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Celestine in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
Famous people named Celestine
5 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Célestine Galli-MariéFrench mezzo-soprano (1837–1905)
- Célestine Ouezzin-CoulibalyBurkina Faso politician, 1914–1997
- Célestine Ketcha CourtèsCameroonian politician, born 1964
- Tina KnowlesAmerican businesswoman and fashion designer, mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, born 1954
- Toni GonzagaFilipino entertainer and entrepreneur (born 1984)
More Latin girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Celestine mean?
- Learned borrowing from Latin Caelestinus.
- What is the origin of the name Celestine?
- Learned borrowing from Latin Caelestinus.
- How popular is the name Celestine?
- In 2025, 17 girls born in England and Wales were named Celestine, ranking 1,719th.
- Is Celestine a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 98% of the 10,041 US babies named Celestine since 1880 were girls.
- When was Celestine most popular?
- 1952 in the United States, when 195 babies were named Celestine, its highest rank at 634th.
- What are other spellings of Celestine?
- Celestina.
- Is Celestine also a surname?
- Yes. Celestine is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.