Celeste
Celeste is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning Heavenly.
What Celeste means
Heavenly.
Celeste sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Celeste comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Celeste is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Celeste?
Celeste is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Celeste is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Celeste
We group Celeste under the stars and sky and faith — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Celeste
These share Celeste's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Angelo — Angel; a messenger.
- Krishna — Dark; the divine one.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Cecilia — Patroness of music.
- Celestia — Of the heavens.
- Constance — Steadfast and constant.
- Grace — Grace, elegance, divine favor.
- Luna — The moon.
- Nova — New; a blazing star.
- Stella — Star. Shining and celestial.
- Arabella — Yielding to prayer; beautiful.
- Domenica — Of the Lord; born on Sunday.
More Latin names
- Cecilia — Patroness of music.
- Celestia — Of the heavens.
- Cato — All-knowing; wise.
- Charity — Selfless love and giving.
- Cassius — Hollow; (later) clever.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Cassian — Of Cassius; an old Roman name.
- Clarity — Brightness; clear understanding.
- Candace — Queen mother; radiant.
- Claudia — An old Roman family name.