Meaning & Origin
A member of a Roman Catholic monastic order, a branch of the Benedictines, founded in 1244.
Celestine is a girl's and boy's baby name of Latin origin meaning 'heavenly' or 'of the sky,' from the Latin caelestis. It was the name of five popes, including Pope Celestine V, who famously abdicated in 1294 — an act immortalized by Dante in the Divine Comedy.
Rare and beautiful, Celestine has an old-world grandeur that places it alongside Seraphina and Clementine in the category of names that feel both antique and surprisingly wearable. It is a name that sounds like starlight.