Celestine
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Celestine
Celestine is a pretty, crystalline extension (actually a diminutive) of Celeste that would make a choice that is both delicate and strong. It is also a popular name in France, though typically spelled as Célestine.
Celestine for girls#3219 US
Meaning "heavenly", it shares a root with Celia and Celine and was a familiar choice in the US until the 1960s, Borne by the mother of painter Edgar Degas, and associated with the 1993 spiritual novel, The Celestine Prophecy
Given to nearly 50 girls in the US in a recent year, it is slowly coming back into style, alongside Marceline and Josephine. Celestina and Celestia are other attractive variations.
Celestine for boys
Celestine is more familiar as a female name these days, but it also has a long history of male usage – most notably, as the name of five popes. It ultimately derives from the Latin caelum "heavens, skies".
Pronounced SEL-uh-steen.
As of October 2026, Celestine ranked #3219 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #493 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #834.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #4,444 | 32 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,743 | 28 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #4,498 | 31 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,896 | 27 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #3,968 | 37 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #3,219 | 49 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Celestine for girls
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Famous Celestines
- Celestine IGirl
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- Celestine SibleyGirl
American journalist and novelist
- Célestine GalliGirl
Marié (born Marie,Célestine Laurence Marié de l'Isle), French opera singer who originated the role of "Carmen"
- Celestine Ann "Tina" Beyince KnowlesGirl
mother of singer Beyonce
- Celestine Tate HarringtonGirl
American quadriplegic street musician
- Celestine Hycieth BabayaroGirl
Nigerian male footballer
Celestine in pop culture
- CélestineGirl
mouse in the French animated film "Ernest et Célestine"
- "The Celestine ProphecyGirl
" 1993 novel by James Redfield
- "La Célestine (La Femme à la taie)Girl
" often called Celestina, painting by Picasso
- (Celestine) Allison ArgentGirl
character on TV's "Teen Wolf"
- CélestineGirl
narrator of "The Diary of a Chambermaid" by Octave Mirbeau
- CelestineGirl
character in "The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden" by Jonas Jonasson
- CelestineGirl
character in Image Comics
- Celestine TavernierGirl
male character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Celestine HarknessGirl
character on TV's "How to Get Away with Murder"
- Celestine NorthGirl
main character of the book "Flawed" by Cecelia Ahern