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Meaning of the nameCelsa

Celsa is a feminine name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Celso, which comes from Latin Celsus, 'tall, lofty'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Celso, from Latin Celsus, 'tall, lofty'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Celsa · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Celso · Behind the Name: Celsus · Wiktionary: celsus

People (2022)
1,377
Rank in Brazil
#6,649
Median age
58 years
2010 Census
1,682
people

Celsa in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Celsa, 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 (376 people).

1,339 women 38 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 Celsa is most common

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

  1. Piauí 0.003%
  2. Bahia 0.001%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2310.001%
Bahia1270.001%
Minas Gerais1200.001%
Piauí1110.003%
Ceará970.001%
Rio de Janeiro930.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul620.002%
Maranhão610.001%
Rio Grande do Sul540.001%
Paraná490.000%
Goiás460.001%
Pernambuco380.000%
Pará340.000%
Alagoas340.001%
Santa Catarina320.000%
Sergipe320.001%
Distrito Federal280.001%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Paraíba210.001%
Espírito Santo200.001%
Amazonas180.001%
Tocantins160.001%
Rio Grande do Norte150.001%

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

About the name Celsa

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) defines Celsa as the feminine of Celso. Behind the Name gives Celsus as a Roman cognomen meaning 'tall', and Wiktionary gives the Latin adjective celsus as 'tall; lofty; noble'. The meaning is that of the base name Celso. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,377 people named Celsa, with a median age of 58.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Celsa · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Celso · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Celsus · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: celsus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: Celsa · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Celsa

What does the name Celsa mean?

Celsa means “feminine form of Celso, from Latin Celsus, 'tall, lofty'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Celsa in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,377 people with the first name Celsa, which ranks it number 6,649 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Celsa is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,339 women and 38 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Celsa?

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

In which Brazilian state is Celsa most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.003% of the state's population is named Celsa (111 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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