Céline
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Céline is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 12th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Latin Caelina, feminine of Caelinus, related to the Caelius family or 'heavenly'.
- FRFrance≈1 in 407(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil1 in 52K
- VNVietnam≈1 in 198as Lan
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Céline itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #84 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 617 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 407 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,600,000 named Lynn, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Lynn in US United States, GB United Kingdom, SG Singapore and 4 more, Celine in FR France, NO Norway and Lan in VN Vietnam.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Latin Caelina, feminine of Caelinus, related to the Caelius family or 'heavenly'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Céline counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 886 | — | Lynn | 140 |
| VN Vietnam | #38 | ≈500,000 est. | ≈1 in 198 | listed | Lan | 217 |
| US United States | #41 | 193,296as Lynn | 1 in 1.7K | 164K | Lynn | 617 |
| FR France | #30 | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 407 | 239K | Celine | 402 |
| GB United Kingdom | #60 | ≈78,000 est. | ≈1 in 840 | 77 | Lynn | 283 |
| DK Denmark | #363 | 17,062as Line | 1 in 344 | 17K | Lynn | 73 |
| NO Norway | #593 | 10,043as Line | 1 in 544 | 34K | Celine | 65 |
| IE Ireland | #33 | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 784 | — | Lynn | 109 |
| SG Singapore | #12 | ≈6,300 est. | ≈1 in 984 | — | Lynn | 129 |
| BR Brazil | — | 4,067 | 1 in 52K | 4.1K | Lynn | 92 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Céline is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Du latin caelinus / caelum, « céleste, du ciel »; fêtée le 21 octobre avec sainte Céline (mère de saint Rémi).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin Caelina/Caecilia, lié à caelum « ciel »; fêtée le 21 octobre.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin caelum/caelinus, « céleste »; fête le 21 octobre.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin caelinus/celinus, « divin, céleste ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
French, also found occasionally in the English-speaking world: apparently from Latin Cael na , a feminine form of Cael nus , which is a derivative of Caelius (see CELIA ). It may alternatively be an aphetic short form of Marcel(l)ine , a feminine diminutive of MARCEL .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Céline Bonnierb. 1965CACanadian actress
- Céline Dionb. 1968CAFrench Canadian singer (born 1968)
- Tabatha Cashb. 1973FRnot in their usual nameFrench pornographic actress of Asian descent
- Céline Lebrunb. 1976FRFrench judoka
- Céline Sciammab. 1978FRFrench director and screenwriter (born 1978)
- Katsunib. 1979FRnot in their usual nameFrench pornographic actress
- Céline Salletteb. 1980FRFrench actress
- Céline Dumercb. 1982FRFrench basketball player (born 1982)
- Céline Devilleb. 1982FRFrench association football player
- Celine Buckensb. 1996BEBelgian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 42 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 239K | #260 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 103 | #1,575 |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | The Penguin Book of Baby Names (David Pickering) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Céline mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin Caelina, feminine of Caelinus, related to the Caelius family or 'heavenly'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Céline a male or female name?
- Céline is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Céline?
- In the etymology graph, Célia and Caelina are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Marceline and Marcelline.
- In which country does Céline have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 million people named Lynn in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Céline?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 4,067 people named Céline in 2022, about 1 in 52 thousand residents.
- How common is Céline compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Céline is the 12th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Céline?
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Céline” — the 12th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.