Celeste
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4.4
- proper noun
- /səˈlɛst/
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Celeste
- Today, I met a wonderful woman named Celeste at the conference.
Is your birth name Chloe Celeste Hosterman?
- Is your birth name Chloe Celeste Hosterman?
- You know what's interesting about Celeste Baba?
- Please welcome internal medicine Doctor Jinae Powell and OBGYN Doctor Celeste Green.
- Tad Al Capone, Tony Fabrizio, Mama Celeste, Little Caesar and their matriarch Penny a la vodka.
- So this is Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste ING Hung, and it's spelled Ng.
- While we're on this kick, let's talk about my next book, which is Underneath the Sycamore Tree by Be Celeste.
Examples
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"Did I tell you, Celeste, my book is due at the publisher's Tuesday?"
Fiction book (1993) -
Please welcome internal medicine Doctor Jinae Powell and OBGYN Doctor Celeste Green.
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Hello everybody and welcome to Celeste Thomas.
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As soon as Richard met Celeste, as soon as --
Fiction book (1994) -
Toward the end of my stay, Celeste told me that she knew he had a girlfriend in another village.
Academic text (2002) -
But I just came to tell Celeste that I'm sorry.
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But you can bet I'm gonna call Celeste and find out.
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Celeste, did you hear that?
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And she waited for Sunday so that she could tell Celeste about Richard.
Fiction book (1994) -
Please join me in welcoming Celeste Montgomery from Stephanie Dwyer's eighth-grade class.
Synonyms
106
4.1
A woman's name that comes from France
56
2.4
A woman's name often short for Elizabeth
46
5.9
A woman's first name short for Elisabeth
43
3.4
A female given name sometimes short for Ellen or Eleanor
16
8.1
A female first name often short for Beatrice or used for a fictional character
11
5.6
A woman's name common in Spanish-speaking countries
4
8.0
An Italian girl's name like Margaret
A woman's first name used in several countries
A woman's first name sometimes used as a family name
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Celeste comes from the Latin caelestis, meaning 'heavenly', and from caelum 'sky'. It has the same root as the English word celestial, so the name suggests someone 'of the sky' or 'heavenly'.