Entry № 1837 · French origin

Céline Céline — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ seh-LEEN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"Heavenly (Céline Dion, 250M records; the Saint-Laurent fashion house)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "heavenly (céline dion, 250m records; the saint-laurent fashion house)".

Céline is the French form of Caelina — from the Latin caelum ("heaven, sky"). A top-500 US baby name since 1995. In 2022 disclosed she has Stiff Person Syndrome; documentary I Am: Celine Dion (Amazon, 2024) chronicled her health journey.

Heavenly. Céline Dion has 250M+ records sold; "My Heart Will Go On" — 14 weeks #1 Billboard Hot 100.

The name in its native script.

Céline
Transliteration
Céline
Pronunciation
/ səˈliːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Céline stands.

Céline 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.

Célines before her.

Real people
Céline Dion
Canadian Grammy singer.
born 1968
Céline Sciamma
French film director.
born 1980
Saint Céline of Laon
French 5th-century saint.
5th century
In fiction
Céline
Various French culture.

Names connected to Céline.

The number behind Céline.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Céline reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.