Entry № 1827 · Greek origin

Celandine Celandine — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SEL-an-dyne /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"A yellow wildflower"

Syllables

First recorded

Traditional

The meaning

A name that means "a yellow wildflower".

Celandine is a bright yellow wildflower whose name comes from the Greek for swallow, as it blooms when the swallows return.

A yellow wildflower — a Greek name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Celandine

Transliteration: Celandine
Pronunciation: / ˈse.lan.daɪn /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Celandine stands.

Celandine 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.

Namesakes

Celandines before her.

Real people

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In fiction

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Names connected to Celandine.

Numerology

The number behind Celandine.

The Builder

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