# Celia

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,316

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Latin.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Caelia, feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”). Introduced into English by William Shakespeare in As You Like It.

## Easily confused with
- **CIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-cia)
- **cell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-cell)
- **clip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-clip)
- **cola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-cola)
- **coli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-coli)
- **clit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-clit)
- **chia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-chia)
- **Clio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-clio)
- **cells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-cells)
- **Colin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-colin)
- **cello** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-cello)
- **cilia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-cilia)
- **colic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-colic)
- **CELTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-celta)
- **curia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-curia)
- **Celtic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-celtic)
- **cellar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-cellar)
- **Celine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-celine)
- **celiac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-celiac)
- **cel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cel-vs-celia)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccelia`, `ceila`, `celai`, `cellia`, `cleia`, `eclia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/celia