Entry № 1712 · Latin origin

Caelia Caelia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SEEL-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Heavenly"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "heavenly".

Caelia (also Celia) comes from the Latin caelum, meaning "heaven" or "sky." The Roman family name Caelius was used by various Roman senators.

Caelia is rare as a given name but distinctive — chosen by parents drawn to the Latin form rather than Celia.

Heavenly. The Roman family of the sky.

The name in its native script.

Caelia
Transliteration
Caelia
Pronunciation
/ ˈsiːl.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Caelia stands.

Caelia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Caelias before her.

Real people
Caelia
Roman family name.
In fiction
Caelia
Common in Roman and Renaissance literature.

Names connected to Caelia.

The number behind Caelia.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Caelia reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.