Celine

Celine carries a Parisian accent and a concert-hall echo. A French form of the Latin Caelina, from caelum meaning "heaven" or "sky," it was worn by a sixth-century French saint and made globally famous by Céline Dion, whose vocal range could probably redecorate a room. Couture fans hear it as a leather handbag; opera fans as a high C. The American charts have welcomed Celine steadily since the 1990s, and it now rests in the top 250. Two syllables, the soft S opening into a long ending "een," French without the burden of being foreign. Sleek, assured, and quietly dazzling.