MEANING & HISTORY
What does Celso mean?
Celso is a Romance form of the Roman cognomen Celsus. The Latin adjective supplies tall or lofty.
The personal-name history includes classical and Christian bearers, but their beliefs do not change that adjective-based formation. The inherited meaning does not establish a modern bearer’s height or social rank.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Latin
Dictionary accounts by language
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Celso
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Celso Advento Castillo
Filipino actor and film director (1943-2012)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Celso Al. Carunungan
Filipino writer
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Similar names to Celso
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Names in this collection
- Celsa·Feminine Celsus form, tall or lofty
- Celia♀Feminine of Caelius; also a short form of Cecilia
- Cerio♂Short form of Glicerio
- Ceasar·Documented spelling variant of Caesar
- Cecil♂Roman Caecilius; also an English family-name route
- Cecilio♂From Roman Caecilius, traditionally linked with blind
- Celeste♀Heavenly or of the sky
- Cereno♂Often associated in secondary name guides with: A name related to Sereno
Recorded combinations with Celso
2 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Celso Joseph♂Celso: form of Celsus in several Romance languages; Joseph: Hebrew Yosef through Greek and Latin, he will add
- Juan Cipriano Celso♂Juan: John form; Cipriano: from Cyprus; Celso: tall
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 16 elected-candidate records ·
CELSO
· CSV row 1,314 · ODbL 1.0 - Wikidata
- 6 person records with this given name · Q3664307 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q3664307 — Celso (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Celso Advento Castillo (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Celso Al. Carunungan (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Celso (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Celso (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Celsus (opens in a new tab)