CELIA Gender: Feminine Usage: English, Spanish, Italian Pronounced: SEEL-yə (English), SEE-lee-ə (English), THE-lyah (Spanish), SE-lyah (Latin American Spanish), CHE-lyah (Italian)   [key] Feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius (see CELIO). It was used by Shakespeare in his play 'As You Like It' (1599), which introduced the name to the English-speaking world. It is sometimes used as a short form of CECILIA.

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(see also CÉLIA)