MEANING & HISTORY
What does Celestine mean?
Celestine is an English form of Latin Caelestinus. Caelestinus derives from Caelestis, heavenly or of the sky.
English feminine use also reflects French Célestine, while the Latin family has masculine papal bearers. The name’s gender history therefore varies by language and period. Its meaning belongs to an inherited sky-related adjective, not a separate claim of supernatural birth.
The extra syllable records a historical derivative within the same Latin root family.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Caelestinus.
A unisex given name.
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People with the name Celestine
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Toni Gonzaga
Filipino entertainer and entrepreneur (born 1984)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Toni Gonzaga
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Celestine in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Celestine
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Celestina·Heavenly; feminine Caelestinus-family form
- Celestino♂Heavenly; of the sky
- Celeste♀Heavenly or of the sky
- Christine♀Christian; feminine form of Christianus
- Ernestine♀French feminine form of Ernest
- Augustine·Augustus-family derivative; venerable association
- Ceferino♂Form of Zeferino, associated with the west wind
- Claudine♀French feminine form of Claude
What rhymes with Celestine?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Celestine further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q17770571 — Celestine (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Toni Gonzaga (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q17770571 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Celestine (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Celestine (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Caelestinus (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Caelestis (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.