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It's not awful but it does seem a big much, like bedazzling a diamond bracelet, you know? I'd prefer Celestine or, even better, Celeste. Celeste sounds more modern and sophisticated to me but still has that tinkly diamond quality.

I think it's lovely and I've even used it in a story I wrote in senior high (I named a girl Christine Celestina).

There was a student at the high school named Celestina. I don't know if she is still there, but I told her she had a cool name one day, and she smiled. Very pretty girl, and nice.

Celestina is nice enough, I once knew someone with the name Celestine.

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Celestyna? No.

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That just drives me to think: Oooh! Almost like I imagine a Slavic name! Next up: Celestjna.

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... which actually I find pretty. >>

This message was edited 3/8/2014, 5:33 AM

I really like Celestina, though I prefer Celestine.

I don't really care for the name.

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Of course, my first encounter with it, and what I still think of when I hear the name, was Celestina Warbeck from the Harry Potter series. The character is a singer referenced here and there in the books. What I most distinctly recall is the scene at Christmas where the song "A Cauldron Full of Strong, Hot Love" was playing and everyone, bar Mrs. Weasley, was less than impressed. The lyrics are, frankly, embarrassing. So that's what I think of when I hear Celestina. Haha.

I think of "celestial" as in the heavens. I don't like it as a name.