Meaning of the nameCelino

Male
Latin origin
Ce-li-no

Celino is a male name, the masculine form of Celina, which Wiktionary links to the French Céline and, ultimately, to Latin.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,438 people named Celino, the 4,492nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 57, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Celino is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 2,438
Rank in Brazil: #4,492
Median age: 57 years
2010 Census: 3,141; people

Celino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Celino, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (634 people).

0 women 2,429 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 Celino is most common

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

Bahia 0.003%
Goiás 0.002%
Pará 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	427	0.001%
Bahia	363	0.003%
Minas Gerais	288	0.001%
Pará	190	0.002%
Goiás	171	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	118	0.001%
Paraná	105	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	91	0.001%
Maranhão	91	0.001%
Mato Grosso	81	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	78	0.003%
Santa Catarina	68	0.001%
Amazonas	63	0.002%
Pernambuco	48	0.001%
Espírito Santo	45	0.001%
Ceará	36	0.000%
Distrito Federal	27	0.001%
Piauí	20	0.001%
Tocantins	19	0.001%
Roraima	19	0.003%
Rondônia	16	0.001%
Paraíba	15	0.000%
Sergipe	15	0.001%

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

About the name Celino

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) defines Celino as the masculine of Celina and, citing Machado (1981), links Celina to the French Céline, with a possible origin in the Latin personal name Caelius. Wiktionary says Celina is a variant of Celine, from the French Céline, ultimately from Latin, without giving a meaning. Behind the Name describes Celino, in Italian and Spanish, as a form of Caelinus or as a short form of Marcelino. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,438 people named Celino, with a median age of 57. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. The name is almost always male.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Celino · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Celina · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Celino · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Celina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Celino

What does the name Celino mean?

The meaning of Celino is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Celino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,438 people with the first name Celino, which ranks it number 4,492 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Celino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,429 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Celino?

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

In which Brazilian state is Celino most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Celino (363 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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