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Also used in Brazil: https://www.ibge.gov.br/censo2010/apps/nomes/#/search/response/951
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Araceli is a beautiful and enchanting name. The meaning is just as beautiful too. Unique as well, I really like this name.
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Araceli Aipoh (née Bañez) is a Filipino-Nigerian writer. She is the editor and co-publisher of Inside Track Abuja, a magazine that focuses on events in and around the FCT and is available online through a blog of the same name.
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Araceli Gilbert de Blomberg (1913 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – 1993 in Quito), was an Ecuadorian artist. In 1989, the Ecuadorian Government granted her the National Prize of Culture, Premio Eugenio Espejo.
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Araceli Segarra (born March 1970 in Lleida, Spain) is the first Spanish woman to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. She has also climbed Broad Peak (Attempt, 1991), Kanchenjunga (Attempts, 2001 and 2005), Shishapangma (Summit, 1992), and K2 (Attempt, 2002), among others.
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Araceli Ardon (born January 21, 1958) is a Mexican writer from Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro. She was one of the first women writers to participate in the Festival Internacional de Escritores y Literatura in San Miguel de Allende, giving workshops and lectures.
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This is my name and it's a traditional name in many women of my family since generations.
The day of the saint is 2nd of May, day of Our Lady of Araceli.
The origin of the name is Latin (Ara Coeli/Caelum) but the name is Spanish (I'm not sure if it's used also in Italy since they have The Basilica of St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven in Rome - Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara coeli).
The pronunciation in European Spanish is /a ra 'θe li/ and in Latin American Spanish (or places where the sound of the z and c is like an s, as for example Canary Islands or part of Andalusia) is /a ra 'se li/
It's not a very common name either in Spain but Araceli Segarra is a popular Catalan alpinist, and as someone said to me a few years ago there's also a popular Argentinian actress/model/TV presenter named Araceli González.
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The day of the saint is 2nd of May, day of Our Lady of Araceli.
The origin of the name is Latin (Ara Coeli/Caelum) but the name is Spanish (I'm not sure if it's used also in Italy since they have The Basilica of St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven in Rome - Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara coeli).
The pronunciation in European Spanish is /a ra 'θe li/ and in Latin American Spanish (or places where the sound of the z and c is like an s, as for example Canary Islands or part of Andalusia) is /a ra 'se li/
It's not a very common name either in Spain but Araceli Segarra is a popular Catalan alpinist, and as someone said to me a few years ago there's also a popular Argentinian actress/model/TV presenter named Araceli González.
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Beautiful name with an equally beautiful meaning.
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I think this is a beautiful name with a great meaning.
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Why isn't it Ari cay yee. Which would be the pronunciation of two Ls in Spanish. I love the name. I did know an Aricella once. My husband is a professor with students named Aricelli with that pronunciation (Ari selee).
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My name is Araceli. Growing up all I knew was I was named after "Our Lady of Araceli" whose feast day is July 10, the day I was born. On my 50th birthday I searched the origin of my name and was so happy to learn that it meant 'Treasure' and 'Altar in Heaven'. Now I felt so blessed to have been given this name.
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The meaning is simply stunning.
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Looks similar to Rachel. But much more unique and less harsh, and obviously not related at all.
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Araceli is my name. I prefer to be called cheli by my family members.
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The name Araceli was given to 247 girls born in the US in 2015.
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Quite a lovely name with beautiful imagery as far as the meaning goes.
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A character from the Mempo Giardinelli novel Sultry Moon.
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In Spain, this name is used most frequently in the province of Córdoba, in which Lucena is located, where the Virgen de Araceli is the patron saint.
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I know a single woman by the name of this... and I must admit, it took me a considerable amount of time to decipher what her name was (she had an accent), as I had never before heard of it.
The meaning and written-name is very deceiving; who would have thought that such a beauty on paper would be so hideous to the ear?
Both of the pronunciations ("SEH"/"THEH") sound like a toddler with a lisp attempting to pronounce it's older sibling's name.
Ultimately... I find it very infantile, unattractive, and tasking to take it seriously. (Particularly in an English-speaking country.)
If "Araceli" were an Italian name, it would be mountains more alluring and elegant-- the pronunciation would flow and please.
Ah-Rah-CHEYH-Lee.
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The meaning and written-name is very deceiving; who would have thought that such a beauty on paper would be so hideous to the ear?
Both of the pronunciations ("SEH"/"THEH") sound like a toddler with a lisp attempting to pronounce it's older sibling's name.
Ultimately... I find it very infantile, unattractive, and tasking to take it seriously. (Particularly in an English-speaking country.)
If "Araceli" were an Italian name, it would be mountains more alluring and elegant-- the pronunciation would flow and please.
Ah-Rah-CHEYH-Lee.
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In Rome there is a lovely and interesting church, Santa Maria in Aracoeli (Saint Mary of the Altar of Heaven). Saint Helena, mother of Constantine the Great is buried there, and so is Queen Catherine of Bosnia. If your name is Araceli, I hope you get to visit Rome one day, and soak up some of the history associated with your name.
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I like this name best pronounced 'ah-rah-SEL-ee'. It's some of my favorite sounds: 's', 'l', 'ee', etc. Plus the meaning's cool.
And... I thought in classical Latin, it'd be pronounced 'ah-rah-KEL-ee', not 'ah-rah-CHEL-ee', though I do prefer the latter. I like 'sel' best, but 'chel' is growing on me. So I guess what I'm saying is, the only pronunciation I don't like is (what I thought was) the classical Latin one! =) But I could be wrong about that anyway.
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And... I thought in classical Latin, it'd be pronounced 'ah-rah-KEL-ee', not 'ah-rah-CHEL-ee', though I do prefer the latter. I like 'sel' best, but 'chel' is growing on me. So I guess what I'm saying is, the only pronunciation I don't like is (what I thought was) the classical Latin one! =) But I could be wrong about that anyway.
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You are right. When I last posted comments on this name, I hadn't known that there existed two pronunciations of Latin, and the one I was familiar with (the one in which the third syllable of this name has a "chay"/"chey" sound) was the Ecclesiastical pronunciation of Latin. The Reconstructed Classical pronunciation would make it a "kay" sound (with a hard K, unlike what I said in a previous comment).
Suffice to say, therefore, that my order of preference (which has not changed) for the ways of pronouncing that third syllable goes thus (from least-liked to favourite): "kay" (Reconstructed Classical Latin) > "chay" (Ecclesiastical Latin) > "thay" / "say" (Spanish).
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Suffice to say, therefore, that my order of preference (which has not changed) for the ways of pronouncing that third syllable goes thus (from least-liked to favourite): "kay" (Reconstructed Classical Latin) > "chay" (Ecclesiastical Latin) > "thay" / "say" (Spanish).
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I think this name looks very interesting. I, too, am a fan of a vowels. I pronounce it ara-sehl-ee and ara-chay-lee. I think they both sound pretty.
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This is my name and I love it. Where I live, there are not many people with my name and there are always pleasant reactions when I introduce myself. I pronounce it with a "seh" rather than a "ch".
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I'm not quite sure what Seraphine was talking about, but this name is pronounced Ah-rah-seh-lee, not with a 'ch' sound. Well, at least that's the Spanish pronunciation of it.
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I meant that, if the name comes from Latin (the quite-dead language, not the Latin Americas), I'd give it its Latin pronunciation, which would mean pronouncing the third syllable with a "ch" sound (not as in the hard K sound but as in the word "cheese"). That is what ruins the name for me. But I'm okay with the coexistence of other pronunciations. The Spanish one sounds more graceful, definitely - no jarring "ch" sound in there to mar the effect.
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While this name contains many vowels (a feature of many of those names that I DO take a liking to), the "ch" sound (the 'celi' or 'caeli' element should be pronounced as 'chay-lee', if this is a Latin name) ruins this name for me. Also, where I come from, a word that sounds like the syllable "chay" is used when others don't take your idea seriously (they say "chay" - not you - when it happens). So I personally wouldn't use this name. I'd rather combine the same elements from another language to name a daughter - but (no offense) for a snooty and insensitive story character, I might just consider.
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In Italy, it is pronounced Ah-ra-CHEE-li.
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I think this is a really beautiful name.
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I really like this name. I wouldn't consider it for one of my children though.
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This is one of the most beautiful names that you could possibly give your daughter. I'll definitely consider it!
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Araceli Valdez is the real name of a very beautiful Texan actress Ara Celi.
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I believe that the name can also be pronounced "ayr-a-chel-ee" or "ah-ra-chel-ee". It is the name of a character in Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' Kiesha'ra series.
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I believe ah-rah-CHEL-ee would be the Italian pronunciation.
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Araceli is my sister's name, but she prefers to be called CHELI, which is the popular nickname for Araceli in Mexico.
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The Latin word "ara" can also mean "plow" or "to plow", thus ARACELI would be a "plower of the skies".
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