Celia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Caelia, feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”). Introduced into English by Shakespeare in As You Like It.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːliə
Proper noun
Celia
- A female given name.
- c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):: Act I: Scene III:
- Rosalind: But what will you be called?
- Celia: Something that hath a reference to my state:
- No longer Celia, but Aliena.
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