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This is my name and it's a traditional name in many women of my family since generations.
The day of the saint is 2nd of May, day of Our Lady of Araceli.
The origin of the name is Latin (Ara Coeli/Caelum) but the name is Spanish (I'm not sure if it's used also in Italy since they have The Basilica of St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven in Rome - Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara coeli).
The pronunciation in European Spanish is /a ra 'θe li/ and in Latin American Spanish (or places where the sound of the z and c is like an s, as for example Canary Islands or part of Andalusia) is /a ra 'se li/
It's not a very common name either in Spain but Araceli Segarra is a popular Catalan alpinist, and as someone said to me a few years ago there's also a popular Argentinian actress/model/TV presenter named Araceli González.
The Latin word "ara" can also mean "plow" or "to plow", thus ARACELI would be a "plower of the skies".

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