MEANING & HISTORY
What does Celsa mean?
The researched Celsa entry explicitly identifies the feminine form of Celsus. Celsus is a Roman cognomen meaning tall in Latin.
The inherited adjective explains the name family, rather than predicting a modern bearer’s height or status.
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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.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
3
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
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Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
CELSACSV record 5,634 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Celsa 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 Celsa
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
- Celia♀Feminine of Caelius; also a short form of Cecilia
- Celso♂From Roman Celsus: tall or lofty
- Elsa♀German short form of Elisabeth
- Ceasar·Documented spelling variant of Caesar
- Cesar♂Unaccented form of César, from Roman Caesar
- César♂Spanish form of the Roman name Caesar
- Cesca♀Diminutive of Francesca
- Cecelia·Cecilia-family form; possibly linked with Latin blind
What rhymes with Celsa?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Behind the Name: Celsa (opens in a new tab)
Exact form and documented name relationship.
- Behind the Name: celsus (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted linked-name formation and lexical root.