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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.
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