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CELIA
Gender: F
Origin: Diminutive of CECILIA
Meaning: "blind one"
Popularity in 2008: #757
Underused today, but splendidly sleek and feminine, Celia was scattered throughout Shakespeare and other Elizabethan literature, but still manages to feel totally modern.
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