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The Name Begins With The Letter C:
COLE  m  English
From a surname meaning "black" in Old English.

COLEEN  f  English
Variant of COLLEEN

COLEMAN  m  English, Irish
Variant of COLMÁN

COLENE  f  English
Variant of COLLEEN

COLETTE  f  French
Short form of NICOLETTE...

COLIN (1)  m  Scottish
Anglicized form of CAILEAN

COLIN (2)  m  English
Medieval pet form of NICHOLAS

COLINE  f  French
Short form of NICOLINE

COLLEEN  f  English
Derived from the Irish word cailín meaning "girl"...

COLLIN  m  English
Variant of COLIN

COLLYN  f  English
Variant of COLLEEN

COLM  m  Irish
Irish form of COLUMBA

COLMÁN  m  Irish
Irish form of the Late Latin name Columbanus, which was itself derived from COLUMBA...

COLOMBAIN  m  French
French form of Columbanus (see COLMÁN).

COLOMBANO  m  Italian
Italian form of Columbanus (see COLMÁN).

COLOMBE  f  French
French feminine form of COLUMBA

COLOMBINA  f  Italian
Italian feminine pet form of COLUMBA

COLOMBO  m  Italian
Italian form of COLUMBA

COLTEN  m  English
Variant of COLTON

COLTON  m  English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Cola's town"...

COLUM  m  Irish
Irish form of COLUMBA

COLUMBA  m  Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "dove"...

COLUMBAN  m  English
English form of Columbanus (see COLMÁN).

COLUMBINE  f  English
Feminine pet form of COLUMBA...

COLWYN  m  Welsh
From the name of a river in northern Wales.

CÔME  m  French
French form of COSMO

COMFORT  f  English
Simply means "comfort" from the English word, ultimately from Latin confortare "to strengthen greatly", a derivative of fortis "strong".

COMGAL  m  Irish
Anglicized form of COMHGHALL

COMGAN  m  Irish
Anglicized form of COMHGHÁN

COMHGHALL  m  Irish
Means "joint pledge" from Irish comh "together" and gall "pledge".

COMHGHÁN  m  Irish
Means "born together" from Irish comh "together" and gan "born".

CONALL  m  Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Means "strong wolf" in Gaelic...

CONAN  m  Irish
Means "little wolf" or "little hound" from Gaelic cú "wolf, hound" combined with a diminutive suffix...

CONCEPCIÓN  f  Spanish
Means "conception" in Spanish...

CONCEPTA  f  Irish
Latin form of CONCEPCIÓN

CONCETTA  f  Italian
Italian cognate of CONCEPCIÓN

CONCETTINA  f  Italian
Pet form of CONCETTA

CONCETTO  m  Italian
Masculine form of CONCETTA

CONCHA  f  Spanish
Pet form of CONCEPCIÓN...

CONCHITA  f  Spanish
Pet form of CONCHA

CONCHOBHAR  m  Irish, Irish Mythology
Original Irish form of CONNOR

CONCORDIA  f  Roman Mythology
Means "harmony" in Latin...

CONDOLEEZZA  f  English (Modern)
In the case of American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice it is derived from the Italian musical term con dolcezza meaning "with sweetness".

CONFUCIUS  m  History
Anglicized form of the Chinese name Kong Fu Zi...

CONLAOCH  m  Irish Mythology
Possibly derived from Gaelic conn "chief" and flaith "lord"...

CONLETH  m  Irish
Modern form of the old Irish name Conláed, possibly meaning "chaste fire" from Gaelic connla "chaste" and aodh "fire"...

CONLEY  m  Irish
Anglicized form of CONLETH

CONN  m  Irish
Means "chief" in Irish Gaelic.

CONNELL  m  English
English form of CONALL

CONNER  m  English
Variant of CONNOR

CONNIE  f  English
Pet form of CONSTANCE

CONNLA  m  Irish Mythology
Variant of CONLAOCH

CONNOR  m  Irish, English
From the Gaelic name Conchobhar which means "dog lover" or "wolf lover"...

CONOR  m  Irish, English
Variant of CONNOR

CONRAD  m  English, German
Derived from the Germanic elements kuon "bold" and rad "counsel"...

CONRADO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of CONRAD

CONRÍ  m  Irish
Means "wolf king" in Irish Gaelic.

CONSOLATA  f  Italian
Means "consolation" in Italian...

CONSTANÇA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of CONSTANTIA

CONSTANCE  f  English, French
Medieval form of CONSTANTIA...

CONSTÂNCIA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of CONSTANTIA

CONSTANT  m  English, French
From the Late Latin name Constans, which meant "constant, steadfast".

CONSTANTA  f  Romanian
Romanian form of CONSTANTIA

CONSTANTIA  f  Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Constantius, which was itself derived from Constans (see CONSTANT).

CONSTANTIJN  m  Dutch
Dutch form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

CONSTANTIN  m  French, Romanian
French and Romanian form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

CONSTANTINA  f  Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

CONSTANTINE  m  History
From the Roman name Constantinus which was derived from the Latin word constans meaning "constant, steadfast"...

CONSTANZA  f  Spanish
Spanish form of CONSTANTIA

CONSUELA  f  Spanish
Variant of CONSUELO

CONSUELO  f  Spanish
Means "consolation" in Spanish...

CONSUS  m  Roman Mythology
Possibly derived from Latin conserere meaning "to sow, to plant"...

CONWAY  m  English
From a surname which was derived from the name of the River Conwy, which possibly means "holy water" in Welsh.

COOPER  m  English
From a surname meaning "barrel maker" in Middle English.

COOS  m  Dutch
Pet form of JACOB

CORA  f  English
Latinate form of KORË...

CORAL  f  English
Simply means "coral" from the English word for the underwater skeletal deposits which can form reefs...

CORALIE  f  French
Means "coral" from Latin coralium (see CORAL).

CORBIN  m  English
Possibly from the Roman cognomen Corvinus, which was derived from Latin corvus "raven".

CORDELIA  f  English
From Cordeilla, a Celtic name of unknown meaning...

CORDELL  m  English
From a surname meaning "maker of cord" or "seller of cord" in Middle English.

CORDULA  f  English, German
Late Latin name meaning "heart" from Latin cor, cordis...

COREEN  f  English
Variant of CORINNE

CORENTIN  m  Breton, French
Possibly means "hurricane" in Breton...

CORETTA  f  English
Pet form of CORA

COREY  m  English
From a surname which was possibly either derived from the Old Norse given name Kori (of unknown meaning), or else meant "ravine" in Gaelic.

CORI  f & m  English
Variant or feminine form of COREY...

CORIANDER  f  English
From the name of the spice, also called cilantro, which may ultimately be of Phoenician origin.

CORIE  m & f  English
Variant or feminine form of COREY...

CORIN  m  French
French form of QUIRINUS

CORINA  f  English, German, Romanian
Variant of CORINNA

CORINE  f  English
Variant of CORINNE

CORINNA  f  English, German
From the ancient Greek name Κοριννα (Korinna), which was derived from κορη (kore) "maiden"...

CORINNE  f  French
French form of CORINNA

CORMAC  m  Irish
Means "son of defilement" from Gaelic corb "defilement" and mac "son"...

CORMAG  m  Scottish
Scottish form of CORMAC

CORNEL  m  Romanian
Romanian form of CORNELIUS

CORNELIA  f  English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS

CORNÉLIE  f  French
French form of CORNELIA

CORNÉLIO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of CORNELIUS

CORNELIO  m  Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of CORNELIUS

CORNELIS  m  Dutch
Dutch form of CORNELIUS

CORNELIU  m  Romanian
Romanian form of CORNELIUS

CORNELIUS  m  Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Roman family name which possibly derives from the Latin element cornu "horn"...

CORNELL  m  English
Medieval form of CORNELIUS

CORONA  f  History
Means "crown" in Latin. This was the name of a 2nd-century saint and martyr.

CORRADO  m  Italian
Italian form of CONRAD...

CORRIE  f  English
Pet form of CORINNA or CORA

CORRINA  f  English
Variant of CORINNA

CORRINE  f  English
Variant of CORINNE

CORT  m  German
Variant of KORT

CORTNEY  f & m  English
Variant of COURTNEY

CORWIN  m  English
From an English surname, perhaps a derived from Old French cordoan "leather".

CORY  m  English
Variant of COREY

CORYNN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CORINNE

COSETTE  f  French
Meaning unknown...

COSIMA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of COSMO

COSIMO  m  Italian
Italian variant of COSMO...

COSKUN  m  Turkish
Means "enthusiastic" in Turkish.

COSMA  m  Italian
Italian variant of COSMO

COSME  m  French
French form of COSMO

COSMIN  m  Romanian
Romanian form of COSMO

COSMINA  f  Romanian
Feminine form of COSMIN

COSMO  m  Italian, German, English
Italian form of the Greek name Κοσμος (Kosmos), which was derived from κοσμος (kosmos) meaning "order, decency"...

COSTANTINO  m  Italian
Italian form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

COSTANZO  m  Italian
Italian form of Constans (see CONSTANT).

COSTEL  m  Romanian
Romanian pet form of CONSTANTINE

COSTICA  m  Romanian
Romanian pet form of CONSTANTINE

COSTIN  m  Romanian
Romanian short form of CONSTANTIN

COTY  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "river bank" in Old French.

COURTNEY  f & m  English
From a surname which was derived either from a French place name meaning "domain of CURTIS" or else from a French nickname meaning "short nose".

COWAL  m  Irish
Anglicized form of COMHGHALL

COWESSESS  m  Native American
Means "little child" in Ojibwa...

CRAIG  m  Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag" or "rocks"...

CRAWFORD  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "crow ford" in Old English.

CREE  m  English
From the name of the Native American tribe of central Canada...

CREIGHTON  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "rock town" from Welsh craig "rock" and Old English tun "town".

CRESCENCIA  f  Spanish
Spanish feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

CRESCENTIA  f  German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

CRESCENTIUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which derives from Latin crescere "to grow".

CRESCENZO  m  Italian
Italian form of CRESCENTIUS

CRESSIDA  f  English
Derived from Greek χρυσος (chrysos) meaning "gold"...

CRINA  f  Romanian
Derived from Romanian crin meaning "lily".

CRISPIAN  m  English
Medieval form of CRISPIN

CRISPIN  m  English
From a Roman cognomen which was derived from the Roman family name Crispus, which meant "curly-headed" in Latin.

CRISTAL  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CRYSTAL

CRISTEN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KRISTIN

CRISTI  m  Romanian
Pet form of CRISTIAN

CRISTIÁN  m  Spanish
Spanish form of CHRISTIAN

CRISTIAN  m  Romanian
Romanian form of CHRISTIAN

CRISTIANA  f  Italian
Italian form of CHRISTINA

CRISTIANO  m  Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of CHRISTIAN

CRISTINA  f  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of CHRISTINA

CRISTÓBAL  m  Spanish
Spanish form of CHRISTOPHER

CRISTOFORO  m  Italian
Italian form of CHRISTOPHER

CRISTÓVÃO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of CHRISTOPHER

CRIUS  m  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of KREIOS

CROCETTA  f  Italian
Pet form of CROCIFISSA

CROCIFISSA  f  Italian
Means "crucifix" in Italian.

CROFTON  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town with a small enclosed field" in Old English.

CRONUS  m  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Κρονος (Kronos), possibly derived from κορωνη (korone) meaning "crow"...

CRUZ  f & m  Spanish, Portuguese
Means "cross" in Spanish or Portuguese, referring to the cross of the crucifixion.

CRUZITA  f  Spanish
Pet form of CRUZ

CRYSTAL  f  English
Means simply "crystal" from the English word for the clear, colourless glass, sometimes cut into the shape of a gemstone...

CRYSTIN  f  Welsh
Welsh form of CHRISTINE

CSABA  m  Hungarian
Possibly means either "shepherd" or "gift" in Hungarian...

CSENGE  f  Hungarian
Possibly derived from Hungarian cseng meaning "to ring, to clang".

CSILLA  f  Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian csillag meaning "star"... 

CTIBOR  m  Czech
Czech form of CZCIBOR

CUÁN  m  Irish
Means "little wolf" or "little hound" from the Irish element cú "wolf, hound" combined with a diminutive suffix.

CUAUHTÉMOC  m  Native American
Means "falling eagle" in Nahuatl...

CUC  f  Vietnamese
Means "chrysanthemum" in Vietnamese.

CÚCHULAINN  m  Irish Mythology
Means "hound of Culann" in Irish...

CULHWCH  m  Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "hiding place of the pig" in Welsh...

CULLEN  m  English
From a surname which was derived from an Old French form of Cologne, the name of a city in Germany.

CUNÉGONDE  f  French
French form of KUNIGUNDE...

CUNOBELINUS  m  Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Possibly means "hound of Belenus" from Old Celtic koun "hound" combined with the name of the god BELENUS...

CUPID  m  Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin cupido meaning "desire"...

CURRO  m  Spanish
Andalusian pet form of FRANCISCO

CURT  m  English
Either a variant of KURT or short form of CURTIS

CURTIS  m  English
From a surname which originally meant "courteous" in French.

CUSTODIA  f  Spanish
Feminine form of CUSTODIO

CUSTODIO  m  Spanish
Means "guardian" in Spanish.

CUTHBERT  m  English
Derived from the Old English elements cuæ "famous" and beorht "bright"...

CVETKA  f  Slovene
Feminine form of CVETKO

CVETKO  m  Slovene
Derived from south Slavic cvet "blossom".

CY  m  English
Short form of CYRUS

CYAN  f  English
From the English word meaning "greenish blue", ultimately derived from Greek κυανος (kyanos).

CYBELE  f  Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown...

CYBILL  f  English
Variant of SIBYL

CYMBELINE  m  English
Form of CUNOBELINUS used by Shakespeare in his play 'Cymbeline'.

CYMONE  f  English
Feminine form of SIMON

CYNDI  f  English
Short form of CYNTHIA

CYNEBURGA  f  Anglo-Saxon
Means "royal fortress" from Old English cyne "royal" and burg "fortress"...

CYNEFRIР m  Anglo-Saxon
Means "royal peace" from Old English cyne "royal" and frið "peace".

CYNTHIA  f  English, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Κυνθια (Kynthia) which means "woman from Kynthos"...

CYPRIAN  m  History
From the Roman family name Cyprianus which meant "from Cyprus" in Latin...

CYRA  f  History
Feminine form of CYRUS...

CYRANO  m  Literature
Possibly derived from the name of the ancient Greek city of Cyrene, which was located in North Africa...

CYRIACA  f  Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CYRIACUS

CYRIACUS  m  Ancient Roman
From the Roman cognomen Cyriacus, which was derived from the Greek name Κυριακος (Kyriakos), which meant "of the lord" (derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord")...

CYRIL  m  English, Czech, Slovak
From the Greek name Κυριλλος (Kyrillos) which was derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord"...

CYRILLA  f  English
Feminine form of CYRIL

CYRILLE  m & f  French
French masculine and feminine form of CYRIL

CYRUS  m  English, Biblical
From Κυρος (Kyros), the Greek form of the Persian name Kûrush, which may mean "far sighted" or may be related to the Persian word khur "sun"...

CYRYL  m  Polish
Polish form of CYRIL

CYSTENNIN  m  Welsh
Welsh form of CONSTANTINE

CZCIBOR  m  Polish
Means "battle of honour" from the Slavic elements chest "honour" and bor "battle".

CZESŁAW  m  Polish
Derived from the Slavic elements chest "honour" and slav "glory".

CZESŁAWA  f  Polish
Feminine form of CZESŁAW

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