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The Name Begins With The Letter C:
CÄCILIA  f  German
German form of CECILIA

CADE  m  English
From a surname which was originally derived from a nickname meaning "round" in Old English.

CADELL  m  Welsh
From Welsh cad "battle" and a diminutive suffix.

CADEN  m  English
Possibly from the Gaelic surname Mac Cadáin, which means "son of Cadán"...

CADENCE  f & m  English
From an English word meaning "rhythm, flow".

CADEYRN  m  Ancient Celtic
Means "battle king" from Welsh cad "battle" and teyrn "king, monarch"...

CADFAEL  m  Welsh
Means "battle prince" from Welsh cad "battle" and mael "prince".

CADFAN  m  Welsh
Means "battle peak" from Welsh cad "battle" and ban "peak"...

CADI  f  Welsh
Short form of CATRIN

CADOC  m  Welsh
Derived from Welsh cad "battle"...

CADOGAN  m  Welsh, Irish
Anglicized form of CADWGAWN

CADWALADER  m  Welsh
Means "leader of the battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwaladr "leader"... 

CADWGAWN  m  Welsh
Means "glory in battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwogawn "glory, honour"... 

CAECILIA  f  German
German form of CECILIA

CAEDMON  m  English
Meaning unknown, though the first element is likely connected to British caed meaning "battle"...

CÁEL  m  Irish Mythology
From Gaelic caol "slender"...

CAELAN  m & f  English
Anglicized form of CAOLÁN or CAOILFHIONN

CAELESTIS  m  Late Roman
From a Late Latin name which meant "of the sky, heavenly".

CAELIE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

CAERWYN  m  Welsh
Derived from the Welsh elements caer "fortress" and gwyn "white, fair".

CAESAR  m  Ancient Roman
From a Roman cognomen which possibly meant "hairy", from Latin caesaries "hair"...

CAETANO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of Caietanus (see GAETANO).

CAETLIN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CAITLIN

ÇAĞATAY  m  Turkish
From the Mongolian name Chagatai (of unknown meaning), which was borne by the second son of Genghis Khan.

CAHAL  m  Irish
Anglicized form of CATHAL

CAHIR  m  Irish
Anglicized form of CATHAIR

CAHYA  m  Indonesian
Means "light" in Indonesian.

CAI  m  Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

CAIAPHAS  m  Biblical
Meaning unknown, probably of Aramaic origin...

CAILEAN  m  Scottish
Means "whelp" in Gaelic...

CAILEIGH  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

CAILIN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLYN...

CAILYN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLYN

CAIN  m  Biblical
Means "acquired" in Hebrew...

CAINAN  m  Biblical
Variant of KENAN

CAIRBRE  m  Irish, Scottish
Means "charioteer" in Gaelic.

CAIRISTÌONA  f  Scottish
Scottish form of CHRISTINA

CAIRO  m  English
From the name of the city in Egypt, called Al Qahirah in Arabic, which was derived from al Qahir, the Arabic name of the planet Mars.

CÁIT  f  Irish
Short form of CAITRÍONA

CAITLÍN  f  Irish
Irish form of Cateline, the Old French form of KATHERINE.

CAITLIN  f  English
Anglicized form of CAITLÍN

CAITLYN  f  English
Variant of CAITLIN

CAITRIA  f  Irish
Irish form of KATHERINE

CAITRÍONA  f  Irish
Irish form of KATHERINE

CAITRÌONA  f  Scottish
Scottish form of KATHERINE

CAIUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman variant of GAIUS

CAJ  m  Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

CAJA  f  Danish
Variant of KAJA (1)

CAJSA  f  Swedish
Variant of KAJSA

CAL  m  English
Short form of CALVIN

CALANTHE  f  English
Means "beautiful flower", derived from Greek καλος (kalos) "beautiful" and ανθος (anthos) "flower"... 

CALANTHIA  f  English
Elaborated form of CALANTHE

CALBHACH  m  Irish
Means "bald" in Irish Gaelic.

CALE  m  English
Short form of CALEB

CALEB  m  English, Biblical
Means "dog" in Hebrew...

CALEIGH  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

CALFURAY  f  Native American
Means "violet (flower)" in Mapuche.

CALIGULA  m  History
Means "little boot" in Latin...

CALISTA  f  English, Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of CALLISTA (English) or CALIXTA (Portuguese and Spanish).

CALISTO  m  Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of CALIXTO

CALIX  m 
Possibly from Latin calix meaning "wine cup".

CALIXTA  f  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of CALLISTUS

CALIXTO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CALLISTUS

CALLA  f  English
From the name of a type of lily...

CALLAHAN  m  English
From a surname, the Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Ceallachain, which means "descendent of Ceallachan"...

CALLIAS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of KALLIAS

CALLIE  f  English
Short form of CAROLINE or CALLISTA

CALLIOPE  f  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of KALLIOPE

CALLISTA  f  English
Feminine form of CALLISTUS or a form of KALLISTO

CALLISTO (1)  m  Italian
Italian form of CALLISTUS

CALLISTO (2)  f  Roman Mythology
Roman form of KALLISTO...

CALLISTUS  m  Late Roman
Late Latin name which was derived from Greek καλλιστος (kallistos) "most beautiful".

CALLIXTUS  m  Late Roman
Variant of CALLISTUS...

CALLUM  m  Scottish
Variant of CALUM

CALOGERA  f  Italian
Feminine form of CALOGERO

CALOGERO  m  Italian
From the Late Latin name Calogerus which meant "beautiful elder" from Greek καλος (kalos) "beautiful" and γερων (geron) "old man, elder"...

CALUM  m  Scottish
Scottish form of COLUMBA

CALVAGH  m  Irish
Anglicized form of CALBHACH

CALVIN  m  English
Derived from the French surname Chauvin, which was derived from chauve "bald"...

CALVINO  m  Italian
Italian form of CALVIN

CALYPSO  f  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Καλυψω (Kalypso) which probably meant "she that conceals", derived from καλυπτω (kalypto) "to cover, to conceal"...

CAM (1)  f  Vietnamese
Means "orange" in Vietnamese.

CAM (2)  m & f  English
Short form of CAMERON

CAMBRIA  f  English
Latin form of the Welsh Cymru, the Welsh name for the country of Wales, derived from cymry meaning "the people"...

CAMBYSES  m  History
From Καμβυσης (Kambyses), the Greek form of the Persian name Kambujiya, which is of unknown meaning...

CAMDEN  m  English
From a surname which was from a place name perhaps meaning "enclosed valley" in Old English...

CAMELIA  f  Romanian
From camelie, the Romanian spelling of camellia (see CAMELLIA).

CAMELLIA  f  English
From the name of the flowering shrub, which was named for the botanist and missionary Georg Josef Kamel.

CAMERON  m & f  Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose"...

CAMILA  f  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLA

CAMILLA  f  English, Italian, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of CAMILLUS...

CAMILLE  f & m  French
French feminine and masculine form of CAMILLA

CAMILLO  m  Italian
Italian form of CAMILLUS

CAMILLUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman family name, which is sometimes claimed to mean "attendant at a religious service" in Latin but may actually be of unknown Etruscan origin.

CAMILO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLUS

CAMMIE  f  English
Pet form of CAMILLA

CAMPBELL  m  Scottish
From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked mouth" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and béul "mouth"...

CAMRON  m  English
Variant of CAMERON

CAMRYN  f  English
Feminine variant of CAMERON

CAN  m  Turkish
Means "soul" or "life" in Turkish.

CANAAN  m  Biblical
Meaning unknown...

CANAN  f  Turkish
Means "beloved" in Turkish.

CANDACE  f  English, Biblical (Variant)
From the hereditary title of the queens of Ethiopia, as mentioned in Acts in the New Testament...

CANDE  f & m  Spanish
Short form of CANDELARIA or CANDELARIO

CANDELA  f  Spanish
Pet form of CANDELARIA

CANDELARIA  f  Spanish
Means "Candlemas" in Spanish, ultimately derived from Spanish candela "candle"...

CANDELARIO  m  Spanish
Masculine form of CANDELARIA

CANDELAS  f  Spanish
Pet form of CANDELARIA

CANDI  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CANDY

CANDICE  f  English
Variant of CANDACE

CANDIDA  f  English
Derived from Latin canditia meaning "white"...

CANDIS  f  English
Variant of CANDACE

CANDY  f  English
Either a short form of CANDACE or else from the English word candy.

CANDYCE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CANDACE

CANUTE  m  History
Anglicized form of KNUT

CAOILAINN  f  Irish
Variant of CAOILFHIONN

CAOILFHIONN  f  Irish
Derived from the Gaelic elements caol "slender" and fionn "fair"...

CAOILINN  f  Irish
Variant of CAOILFHIONN

CAOIMHE  f  Irish, Scottish
Derived from Gaelic caomh meaning "beautiful".

CAOIMHÍN  m  Irish
Original Irish form of KEVIN

CAOLÁN  m  Irish
From Gaelic caol "slender" combined with the diminutive suffix án.

CAPRICE  f  Various
Means "impulsive" in Italian.

CAPRICIA  f  Various
Elaborated form of CAPRICE

CAPRINA  f  Various
From the name of the Italian island of Capri.

CARA  f  English
This name can mean either "beloved" in Italian or "friend" in Irish.

CARADOC  m  Welsh
Variant of CARADOG

CARADOG  m  Welsh
Derived from Welsh cariadus "beloved"...

CARAMIA  f  Various
From the Italian phrase cara mia meaning "my beloved".

CARATACUS  m  Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Latinized form of CARADOG

CARBREY  m  Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of CAIRBRE

CARBRY  m  Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of CAIRBRE

CARDEA  f  Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin cardo meaning "hinge, axis"...

CAREEN  f  English
Variant of CARREEN

CAREN  f  English
Variant of KAREN

CAREY  m & f  Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Ciardha meaning "descendent of Ciardha"...

CARI  f  English
Variant of CARRIE

CARIDAD  f  Spanish
Spanish form of CHARITY

CARIN  f  English
Variant of KAREN

CARINA  f  Scandinavian, German, English
Pet form of CARA...

CARINE  f  French, English
Variant of CARINA

CARIS  f  English
Variant of CHARIS

CARISSA  f  English
Variant of CHARISSA

CARITA  f  English
Pet form of CARA...

CARL  m  German, Scandinavian, English
German form of CHARLES...

CARLA  f  Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, German
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL

CARLENE  f  English
Feminine pet form of CARL

CARLES  m  Catalan
Catalan form of CHARLES

CARLEY  f  English
Feminine form of CARL

CARLIE  f  English
Feminine form of CARL

CARLISA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of CARLA and LISA

CARLISLE  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "city belonging to Lugovalos" in Welsh...

CARLITO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Pet form of CARLOS

CARLITOS  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Pet form of CARLOS

CARLO  m  Italian
Italian form of CHARLES

CARLOMAN  m  History
From a Germanic name derived from Karl (see CHARLES) and mann "man"...

CARLOS  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CHARLES

CARLOTA  f  Spanish, Portuguese
Pet form of CARLA

CARLOTTA  f  Italian
Pet form of CARLA

CARLTON  m  English
Variant of CHARLTON

CARLY  f  English
Feminine form of CARL

CARLYLE  m  English
Variant of CARLISLE

CARLYN  f  English
Contracted variant of CAROLINE

CARME (1)  f  Galician, Catalan
Galician and Catalan form of CARMEL

CARME (2)  f  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Καρμη (Karme), which was derived from κειρω (keiro) "to shear"...

CARMEL  f  English, Biblical
From the title of the Virgin Mary Our Lady of Carmel...

CARMELA  f  Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CARMEL

CARMELITA  f  Spanish
Spanish pet form of CARMEL

CARMELLA  f  English
Latinized form of CARMEL

CARMELO  m  Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian masculine form of CARMEL

CARMEN  f  Spanish, English, Romanian
Spanish form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carmen "song"...

CARMI  m  Biblical
Means "vine" in Hebrew...

CARMINA  f  Italian
Italian form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carminis "of song".

CARMINE  m  Italian
Italian masculine form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carminis "of song".

CARMO  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of CARMEL

CAROL (1)  f & m  English
Short form of CAROLINE...

CAROL (2)  m  Romanian
Romanian form of CAROLUS...

CAROLA  f  English
Feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLE  f  French
French feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLIEN  f  Dutch
Dutch feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLIN  f  German
German feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLINA  f  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Latinate feminine form of CAROLUS...

CAROLINE  f  French, English
French feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLUS  m  Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latin form of CHARLES

CAROLYN  f  English
Variant of CAROLINE

CARON  f  Welsh
Derived from Welsh caru meaning "to love".

CARPUS  m  Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latin form of the Greek name Καρπος (Karpos), which meant "fruit, profits"... 

CARRAN  m  English
From a surname, a variant of the Irish surname Mac Ciarain, which means "son of CIARÁN".

CARREEN  f  English
Combination of CAROLINE and IRENE...

CARRIE  f  English
Pet form of CAROLINE

CARROL  m  Irish
Variant of CARROLL

CARROLL  m  Irish
Anglicized form of CEARBHALL...

CARRY  f  English
Pet form of CAROLINE

CARSON  m & f  Scottish, Irish, English
From a Gaelic surname of unknown meaning...

CARSTEN  m  German
Variant of KARSTEN

CARTER  m  English
From a surname which meant "one who uses a cart" in Middle English.

CARVER  m  English
From a surname which was meant "wood carver" in Middle English.

CARWYN  m  Welsh
Means "blessed love" from Welsh caru "love" and gwyn "white, fair, blessed".

CARY  m & f  English
Variant of CAREY

CARYL  f  English
Variant of CAROL

CARYN  f  English
Variant of KAREN

CARYS  f  Welsh
Derived from Welsh caru meaning "love".

CASEY  m & f  English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Cathasaigh meaning "descendent of Cathasaigh"...

CASH  m  English
From an English occupational surname for a box maker, derived from Norman French casse meaning "case"...

CASIMIR  m  English
Means "to destroy peace", derived from the Slavic element kazic "to destroy" combined with mir "peace" (or possibly the older element mer "great")... 

CASIMIRO  m  Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of CASIMIR

CASPAR  m  Dutch
Dutch form of JASPER

CASPER  m  Dutch
Dutch form of JASPER...

CASPIAN  m  Literature
Used by author C...

CASS  f  English
Short form of CASSANDRA and other names beginning with Cass.

Cac... - Cass...

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Chid... - Col...

Colm... - Czc...

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