The first name Celina
A girl’s name from Latin.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
Variant of Celine, from French Céline, ultimately from Latin.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 35 girls were named Celina, making it the 983rd most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Celina with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Celina at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 329 girls born in the United States were named Celina, the 829th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1994, when 593 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.
Famous people named Celina
7 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Celina GonzálezCuban singer and songwriter (1929–2015)
- Celina MurgaArgentinian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer, born 1973
- Celina Maria Turchi MartelliBrazilian epidemiologist, researcher and university teacher, born 1952
- Celina Guimarães VianaBrazilian teacher (1890-1972)
- Celina LefflerGerman athlete, born 1996
- Lena HallAmerican actress, born 1980
- Celine BorzeckaFoundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection (1833-1913)
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Questions
- What does the name Celina mean?
- Variant of Celine, from French Céline, ultimately from Latin.
- What is the origin of the name Celina?
- Variant of Celine, from French Céline, ultimately from Latin.
- How popular is the name Celina?
- In 2025, 35 girls born in England and Wales were named Celina, ranking 983rd.
- Is Celina a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 16,301 US babies named Celina since 1880 were girls.
- When was Celina most popular?
- 1994 in the United States, when 593 babies were named Celina, its highest rank at 423rd.