Celeste
Celeste comes from the Latin "caelestis," meaning heavenly or of the sky. It is the feminine form of "Caelestinus," which gave us the male name Celestine. Several popes were named Celestine, including the hermit-pope Celestine V (1215-1296), who abdicated after five months and was later imprisoned by his successor. Dante placed him in the Ante-Inferno for the sin of cowardice. Celeste has been in the US top 1000 most years since 1880, peaking at #245 in 1989. It is a name that has never been wildly popular but has never gone out of use. Celeste Holm (1917-2012), the actress who won an Oscar for "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947), was the most visible 20th-century bearer. I find Celeste has an ethereal quality — the soft "c," the "l," the "st" at the end. It sounds like the sky it names. The name is unisex in Italian (the male form is Celeste), but in English it is overwhelmingly female. It is one of those rare names that manages to be both grounded and otherworldly. Celeste is a female name of Latin origin that means "Heavenly (from caelestis)". Ethereal, gentle, and quietly luminous. The name sounds like sky. Celestes tend to be calm. US top 1000 most years. Currently around #400. Well-known people named Celeste include Celeste Holm (actress), Celeste (pope name), Celeste Ng (author), Celeste (singer). Common variations and related forms of Celeste include Caelestis (Latin original), Celestina (Italian), Céleste (French), Celestine (male form).