Araceli

Araceli is a beautiful and enchanting name. The meaning is just as beautiful too. Unique as well, I really like this name.

Beautiful name with an equally beautiful meaning.

I think this is a beautiful name with a great meaning.

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.

The meaning is simply stunning.

Looks similar to Rachel. But much more unique and less harsh, and obviously not related at all.

Araceli is my name. I prefer to be called cheli by my family members.

Quite a lovely name with beautiful imagery as far as the meaning goes.

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.

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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.

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Ultimately... I find it very infantile, unattractive, and tasking to take it seriously. (Particularly in an English-speaking country.)

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If "Araceli" were an Italian name, it would be mountains more alluring and elegant-- the pronunciation would flow and please.
Ah-Rah-CHEYH-Lee.

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.

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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.

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.

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".

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.

I think this is a really beautiful name.

I really like this name. I wouldn't consider it for one of my children though.

This is one of the most beautiful names that you could possibly give your daughter. I'll definitely consider it!