Céline, sometimes spelled Celine, is a French female first name version of Latin origin, coming from Caelëna, the feminine form of the Roman cognomen Caelënus, meaning "heavenly". Its equivalent in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese is Celina. Céline was frequently chosen as a first name in honour of two Gallo-Roman saints closely associated with the beginnings of the French nation:
Saint Céline of Laon, mother of St Rémy, and Saint Céline of Meaux, a companion of St Geneviève; the feast day for both is 21 October.
Céline as a single name may refer to the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline, author of Journey to the End of the Night.
People with the name
Pseudonyms and fictional characters
- Celine is the name of the female protagonist in the films "Before Sunrise", "Before Sunset" and "Before Midnight", played by Julie Delpy.
- Celine, a major character from the video game Fields of Mistria.
- Celine, a character in the video game '.
- Celine, a supporting character from the movie KPop Demon Hunters.
- Celine Verans, a minor character mentioned only by Mr. Rochester in Charlotte Brontë's classic novel Jane Eyre.
- Celine Jules, a character from the PlayStation video game '.
As a surname
Pseudonyms and fictional characters
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline, the pen name of Louis-Ferdinand Destouches (1894âÂÂ1961), a French writer and doctor
- Hagbard Celine, character in the Illuminatus trilogy of books by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
Other
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