Meaning of the nameCelestino

Male
Latin origin
Ce-les-ti-no

Celestino is a masculine name of Latin origin, coming from Caelestinus, derived from caelestis, "celestial", and from caelum, "sky".

Meaning

“celestial, of the sky”

Source: Wiktionary: Caelestinus · Wiktionary: caelestis

People (2022): 3,674
Rank in Brazil: #3,396
Median age: 64 years
2010 Census: 4,972; people

Celestino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Celestino, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (838 people).

0 women 3,655 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Celestino is most common

States with the highest share of people named Celestino in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
Santa Catarina 0.004%
Bahia 0.003%
Paraná 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	629	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	445	0.004%
Bahia	441	0.003%
Minas Gerais	347	0.002%
Santa Catarina	272	0.004%
Paraná	260	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	186	0.001%
Pará	113	0.001%
Ceará	93	0.001%
Mato Grosso	92	0.003%
Goiás	87	0.001%
Pernambuco	86	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	84	0.003%
Espírito Santo	77	0.002%
Amazonas	71	0.002%
Maranhão	59	0.001%
Piauí	57	0.002%
Rondônia	50	0.003%
Paraíba	43	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	37	0.001%
Sergipe	35	0.002%
Distrito Federal	25	0.001%
Tocantins	25	0.002%
Alagoas	20	0.001%
Roraima	20	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Celestino

The name comes from the Latin Caelestinus, which Wiktionary links to the adjective caelestis, "celestial", formed from caelum, "sky". The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado (1981), gives the Latin Coelestīnus as the origin and sees in the name a connection with the Christian calendar, attributed to a modern period; it is also used as a surname. Most people named Celestino were born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and the name is almost always male. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,674 people named Celestino, with a median age of 64.

Sources

Wiktionary: Caelestinus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: caelestis · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Celestino · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Celestino · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Celestino · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Celestino

What does the name Celestino mean?

Celestino means “celestial, of the sky”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Celestino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,674 people with the first name Celestino, which ranks it number 3,396 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Celestino a boy's or a girl's name?

Celestino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,655 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Celestino?

Celestino is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Celestino most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Celestino (445 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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