Céline
Fewer than fifty people in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one, though two girls got it last year. A Latin name at root, meaning "heavenly".
Céline Pronunciation
Céline is pronounced TSÉLEE-ne (/ˈt͡sélinɛ/).
What Céline means
Where Céline comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Céline grows from Latin, from caelum, the word for sky and heaven. From caelum came caelestis, heavenly, and the short meaning of Céline holds that sense: heavenly, or in Polish niebiańska. French speakers made the name their own and softened the Latin into three light syllables.
A real Céline stands early in the record. Saint Céline of Laon was the mother of Remigius, the bishop who baptised Clovis around 496. Her name kept the sky-word alive in Frankish Gaul long before it reached Poland.
Polish took the same root by another door. Here the name arrives as Celina, the variant, and shrinks to Celinka for a small girl. A teacher reading the class register might find a Celina in one row and hear the French Céline behind it. The forms sit close. The Latin caelum runs under all of them, and the meaning stays fixed: heavenly.
How many people are named Céline
1 in 500974 women in Poland is named Céline. 45 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5686 among female names.
Céline's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1507 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Céline as a middle name
Céline is a first name for 45 women in Poland and a middle name for another 19, a 70/30 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1658th, between Bonifacja (19) and Darina (19).
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#1656 Birgitta19
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#1657 Bonifacja19
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#1658 Céline19
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#1659 Darina19
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#1660 Dee19