Meaning of the nameCelina

Celina is a female name, a form of Céline, from the Latin Caelinus, which Behind the Name links to the family name Caelius and to the Latin caelum, 'sky'.

Meaning

“form of Céline, linked to the Latin caelum, 'sky'”

Source: Behind the Name: Celina · Behind the Name: Céline · Behind the Name: Caelinus · Behind the Name: Caelius

People (2022): 40,881
Rank in Brazil: #658
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 48,127; people

Celina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Celina, 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 (8,974 people).

40,686 women 195 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 Celina is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	11,045	0.025%
Minas Gerais	4,698	0.023%
Bahia	3,771	0.027%
Rio de Janeiro	3,568	0.022%
Paraná	2,544	0.022%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,249	0.021%
Pará	1,503	0.019%
Goiás	1,336	0.019%
Santa Catarina	1,128	0.015%
Pernambuco	1,076	0.012%
Ceará	980	0.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul	943	0.034%
Espírito Santo	847	0.022%
Maranhão	721	0.011%
Mato Grosso	699	0.019%
Amazonas	677	0.017%
Paraíba	500	0.013%
Distrito Federal	498	0.018%
Rio Grande do Norte	373	0.011%
Alagoas	343	0.011%
Piauí	320	0.010%
Rondônia	287	0.018%
Tocantins	228	0.015%
Sergipe	217	0.010%
Amapá	140	0.019%
Roraima	100	0.016%
Acre	90	0.011%

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

About the name Celina

Behind the Name gives Celina as the Polish, Portuguese and Spanish form of Céline, the French feminine of Caelinus, a Latin name derived from the Roman family name Caelius or directly from caelum, 'sky'; Caelius, in turn, also comes from caelum. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado, links Celina to the French Céline and also points to a possible origin in the Latin personal name Caelius. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 40,881 people named Celina, with a median age of 60. Most of the people recorded were born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and the name appears more frequently again among those born from 2010 onward.

Sources

Behind the Name: Celina · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Céline · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Caelinus · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Caelius · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Celina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Celina · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Celina

What does the name Celina mean?

Celina means “form of Céline, linked to the Latin caelum, 'sky'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Celina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 40,881 people with the first name Celina, which ranks it number 658 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Celina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 40,686 women and 195 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Celina?

Celina is a name of Latin and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Celina most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.034% of the state's population is named Celina (943 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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