Details for the forename Céline

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Céline (female)


Diminutive for:	Marceline (F) Marcelline (F)
Derivative(s):	Selina (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	French and occasionally English, probably from Latin caelum "heaven" or possibly from Cēlēne, the Greek moon goddess. A given name in its own right, Céline is also a diminutive of Marceline, itself a diminutive of Marcelle.