Female "C" Names

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1. CACIA: Nickname for English Acacia, meaning "not evil." 
2. CACILIA (Cäcilia): German form of English Cecilia, meaning "blind."
3. CACILIE (Cäcilie): German form of English Cecilia, meaning "blind."
4. CADENCE: "Flow of rhythm; falling." English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, itself ultimately from Latin cadens, literally meaning "to fall." 
5. CADI: Nickname for Welsh Catrin, meaning "pure."
6. CADY: Variant of English Katie, meaning "pure." 
7. CAECILIA: Feminine form of Latin Caecilius, meaning "blind." 
8. CAELESTIS: "Heavenly." One of the goddess Diana's titles given to her by classical writers: Dea Caelestis, Diana Caelestis. She was also called Urania and identified with Astarte/Ashtoreth, Aphrodite/Venus. 
9. CAELIA (Cælia): Feminine form of Roman Caelius, possibly meaning "heaven."
10. CAELIE: English variant of Irish Kayley, meaning "slender."
11. CAETLIN: Variant of English Caitlin, meaning "pure."
12. CAILEIGH: English variant of Irish Kayley, meaning "slender."
13. CAILIN (Cailín): Irish name meaning "girl."
14. CAILYN: English variant of Irish Cailin, meaning "girl."
15. CAIRISTIONA (Cairistìona): Scottish form of English Christina, meaning "follower of Christ."
16. CAIT (Cáit): Nickname for Irish Caitriona, meaning "pure."
17. CAITLÍN: Irish form of Old French Cateline, meaning "pure."
18. CAITLIN: English form of Irish Caitlín, meaning "pure."
19. CAITLYN: Variant of English Caitlin, meaning "pure."
20. CAITRIA: Irish form of Katherine, meaning "pure."
21. CAITRIN (Caitrín): Irish/Gaelic form of Katherine, meaning "pure."
22. CAITRÌONA: Scottish form of Katherine, meaning "pure."
23. CAITRIONA (Caitríona): Irish form of Katherine, meaning "pure."
24. CAJA: Variant of Danish Kaja, possibly meaning "chicken, hen." 
25. CAJSA: Variant of Swedish Kajsa, meaning "pure."
26. CALANDRA: Italian surname transferred to forename use, meaning "skylark." May have originally been a nickname for someone with a good singing voice.
27. CALANTHA: Variant of English Calanthe, meaning "beautiful flower."
28. CALANTHE: "Beautiful flower." English name derived from the name of the Calanthe orchid flower, itself from Greek Kalos "beautiful" and anthos "flower."
29. CALANTHIA: Variant of English Calanthe, meaning "beautiful flower."
30. CALEIGH: English variant of Irish Kayley, meaning "slender."
31. CALFURAY: Native American Mapuche flower name meaning "violet."
32. CALIDA: English name derived from the Spanish word, calida, meaning "hot." 
33. CALISTA: Variant of Latin Callista, meaning "most beautiful."
34. CALISTO: Variant of Greek Callisto, meaning "most beautiful." 
35. CALLA: "Beauty." English flower name derived from the Calla Lily. Calla is from the Greek word kallaia, meaning "wattle of a cock," itself from Greek kallos meaning "beauty." 
36. CALLIDORA: Greek name meaning "gift of beauty," from kallos "beauty" and doron "gift."
37. CALLIE: English nickname for Latin Callista, meaning "most beautiful."
38. CALLIGENIA: Greek name meaning "beauty-born," from kallos "beauty" and genes "born."
39. CALLIOPE: Latin form of Greek Kalliope, myth name of the muse of epic poetry, meaning "beautiful voice." 
40. CALLISTA: Feminine form of Latin Callistus, meaning "most beautiful."
41. CALLISTO: Greek myth name of the daughter of Lycaon, king of Arcadia. She may also have been a nymph. The name derives from the Greek word kalliste, meaning "most beautiful."
42. CALOGERA: Feminine form of Italian Calogero, meaning "beautiful elder."
43. CALTHA: English name derived from the flower name. Also known as kingcup and marsh marigold. The name itself is from the Greek word calyx, meaning "cup," to describe the shape of the flowers when they open.
44. CALVINA: Feminine form of of Italian Calvino, meaning "little bald one."
45. CALYPSO: "She that conceals." Latin form of Greek Kalypso, myth name of a sea nymph, and daughter of Atlas.
46. CAM: 
    1. Nickname for Scottish unisex Cameron, meaning "crooked nose."
    2. Vietnamese name meaning "orange."
47. CAMARIN: Native American Chamoru name meaning "shelterer; protector."
48. CAMBRIA: Female name derived from the Latin form of Cymru (the Welsh name for Wales), itself probably from the old Brythonic word combroges, meaning "compatriots," from the struggle with the Anglo-Saxons. 
49. CAMELIA: Romanian form of Roman Camilla, meaning "attendant (for a temple." 
50. CAMELLIA: English flower name derived from the name of the flowering evergreen shrub, itself named for the Czech-born missionary/botanist Georg Josef Kamel. Kamel derived from the word kamel, meaning "camel."
51. CAMEO: English jewelry name, derived from the Italian word cammeo, itself ultimately from either Arabic qamaa'il "flower buds" or Persian chumahan, meaning "agate." 
52. CAMERON: "Crooked nose." Scottish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from an ancestor with an ungraceful proboscis.
53. CAMILA: Spanish form of Roman Camilla, possibly meaning "attendant (for a temple)."
54. CAMILLA: Feminine form of Roman Camillus, possibly meaning "attendant (for a temple)." In Roman mythology, Camilla was a warrior maiden and queen of the Volsci. 
55. CAMILLE: French unisex form of Roman Camilla, meaning "attendant (for a temple)."
56. CAMMIE: English pet form of Roman Camilla, possibly meaning "attendant (for a temple)."
57. CAMRYN: English feminine variant of Scottish unisex Cameron, meaning "crooked nose."
58. CANAN: Turkish name meaning "beloved."
59. CANDACE: English name derived from the title of the Queen Mothers of Ethiopia. It is also a biblical name; one of the Ethiopian candaces is mentioned in Acts of the New Testament when the apostle Phillip baptizes an Ethiopian eunuch "of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians." The origin is uncertain; it derives either from the Greek, meaning "fire-white; incandescent" or from the Latin, meaning "pure, unsullied," or from a Nubian word meaning "queen mother."
60. CANDE: Nickname for Spanish Candelaria, meaning "candle."
61. CANDELARIA (Candelária): Portuguese form of Spanish Candelaria, meaning "candle."
62. CANDELARIA: Spanish name derived from the word candela, meaning "candle." The Spanish had a custom of bestowing religious names on their daughters, and sometimes their sons, in honor of the Virgin Mary; for example, Nuestra Senora de los Candelaria which translates to "Our Lady of the Candles," referring to the purification of Mary during Candlemas.
63. CANDELAS: Pet form of Spanish Candelaria, meaning "candle."
64. CANDI: Variant of English Candy, which is either from the word "candy" or a nickname for Candace which has several possible origins. 
65. CANDICE: English variant of Candace which has several possible origins. 
66. CANDIDA: English name derived from Latin word candida, meaning "clear and white," like pure quartz rather than the whiteness of milk. George Bernard Shaw used this name for his 1895 play of the same name.
67. CANDIS: English variant of Candace which has several possible origins. 
68. CANDRA: Indonesian name from a love story about princess Candra Kirana of Kediri. Candra was the incarnation of Dewi Ratih, goddess of love, and her name means "glowing like the moon." 
69. CANDY: English name derived from the word "candy." Also used as a nickname for Candace which has several possible origins. 
70. CANDYCE: Variant of English Candace which has several possible origins. 
71. CAOILAINN: Variant of Irish Caoilfhionn, meaning "fair and slender."
72. CAOILFHIONN: "Fair and slender." Irish name derived from the Gaelic elements caol "slender" and fionn "fair."
73. CAOILINN: Variant of Irish Caoilfhionn, meaning "fair and slender."
74. CAOIMHE: Irish/Gaelic name derived from the word caomh, meaning "beautiful."
75. ČAPEKA: Russian form of Czech Capeka, meaning "little stork."
76. CAPEKA: Czech/Croatian name meaning "little stork."
77. CAPRICE: Italian name meaning "impulsive; ruled by whim." 
78. CAPRICIA: Variant of Italian Caprice, meaning " impulsive; ruled by whim." 
79. CAPRINA: English name derived from the name of the Italian island of Capri. The Latin name for Capri is Capreæ, meaning "goats." However, the Greeks were the first to populate the island, therefore the name probably derived from Greek kapros, meaning "wild boar."
80. CAPUCINE: English and French name derived from the French flower name, meaning "nasturtium." This name was borne by the French actress who played Inspector Clouseau's wife in "The Pink Panther."
81. CARA: Modern English name derived from the Italian term of endearment cara, meaning "beloved" or the Irish/Gaelic word cara, meaning "friend."
82. CARAMIA: English name derived from the Italian phrase cara mia, meaning "my beloved."
83. CARDEA: Roman myth name of a goddess of health, door hinges, handles, and thresholds, meaning "door-pivot."
84. CAREEN: Variant of English Carreen, of unknown meaning.
85. CAREN: Variant of Danish Karen, meaning "pure."
86. CAREY: "Dark one." Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from Gaelic surname Ó Ciardha "descendant of the Ciardha." 
87. CARI: English pet form of French Caroline, meaning "man."
88. CARIDAD: Spanish form of English Charity, meaning "dear." 
89. CARIN: Variant of Danish Karen, meaning "pure."
90. CARINA: 
    1. German and Scandinavian elaborated form of Cara, meaning "beloved" or "friend." 
    2. English name derived from the constellation Carina, itself from Latin carina, which originally meant "shell of a nut," later "keel of a ship."
91. CARINE: Variant of English Carina, meaning "shell of a nut" or "keel of a ship."
92. CARIS: Variant of English Charis, meaning "grace."
93. CARISSA: Variant of English Charissa, meaning "grace."
94. CARITA: Pet form of English Cara, meaning "beloved" or "friend."
95. CARLA: Feminine form of German Carl, Italian Carlo, and Portuguese/Spanish Carlos, all meaning "man."
96. CARLENE: Feminine form of German Carl, meaning "man."
97. CARLEY: Variant of English Carlie, meaning "man."
98. CARLIE: English feminine form of Carl, meaning "man."
99. CARLIN: English pet form of German Carla, meaning "man."
100. CARLISA: English blend of Carla "man" and Lisa "God is my oath."
101. CARLOTA: Variant of Italian Carlotta, meaning "man."
102. CARLOTTA: Italian form of French Charlotte, meaning "man."
103. CARLY: Variant of English Carlie, meaning "man."
104. CARLYN: English abbreviated form of French Caroline, meaning "man."
105. CARME: Catalan and Galician from of Carmel, meaning "vineyard."
106. CARMEL: From the biblical name of a mountain in the Holy Land, meaning "vineyard." 
107. CARMELA: Italian, Sicilian, and Spanish form of Carmel, meaning "vineyard."
108. CARMELITA: Spanish pet form of Carmel, meaning "vineyard."
109. CARMELLA: Latin form of Carmel, meaning "vineyard."
110. CARMEN: Spanish form of Carmel, meaning "vineyard."
111. CARMENCITA: Pet form of Spanish Carmen, meaning "vineyard."
112. CARMINA: Italian form of Carmel, meaning "vineyard."
113. CARMO: Portuguese form of Carmel, meaning "vineyard."
114. CARNA: Roman myth name of a goddess of flesh, meaning "horn." This is the name from which the word carnal was derived. Also the myth name of a nymph who the god Janus fell in love with.
115. CARNATION: English name derived from the flower name, itself from French carnation, meaning "complexion," from Italian carnagione, meaning "flesh-colored." 
116. CAROL: English unisex nickname for Caroline and Carolus, both meaning "man." 
117. CAROLA: Feminine form of Latin Carolus, meaning "man."
118. CAROLE: French feminine form of Latin Carolus, meaning "man."
119. CAROLIEN: Dutch feminine form of Latin Carolus, meaning "man."
120. CAROLINA: English/Spanish feminine form of Latin Carolus, meaning "man."
121. CAROLINE: French feminine form of Latin Carolus, meaning "man."
122. CAROLYN: English variant of French Caroline, meaning "man."
123. CARON: Welsh name, derived from the word caru, meaning "to love."
124. CARREEN: English name probably invented by Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone With the Wind," who gave one of her characters this name. 
125. CARRIE: English pet form of French Caroline, meaning "man."
126. CARRY: Variant of English Carrie, meaning "man." 
127. CARY: Variant of Irish unisex Carey, meaning "dark one."
128. CARYL: Variant of English Carol, meaning "man."
129. CARYN: English variant of Danish Karen, meaning "pure."
130. CARYS: Welsh name derived from the word caru, meaning "love."
131. CASEY: "Vigilant, wakeful." Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from Gaelic Ó Cathasaigh, meaning "descendant of Cathasach." 
132. CASILDA: Spanish name of uncertain origin. This name was borne by an 11th-century saint who was probably of Moorish descent.
133. CASS: English nickname for Latin Cassandra, meaning "she who entangles men."
134. CASSANDRA: "She who entangles men." Latin form of Greek myth name Kassandra, King Priam's daughter to whom Apollo gave the gift of foresight then later caused her prophecies to be ignored because she refused his advances. 
135. CASSIA: Latin form of Hebrew Kezia, meaning "cinnamon tree." 
136. CASSIAH: Variant of Latin Cassia, meaning "cinnamon tree."
137. CASSIDY: "Curly(-headed)." English unisex name derived from the Gaelic surname Ó Caiside, meaning "descendant of Caiside." 
138. CASSIE: Pet form of English Cass, meaning "she who entangles men."
139. CASSIOPEA: Variant of Latin Cassiopeia, meaning "she whose words excel."
140. CASSIOPEIA: "She whose words excel." Latin form of Greek myth name Kassiopeia, name of one of the fifty Nereids. She became the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda. 
141. CATALINA: Spanish form of Katherine, meaning "pure." 
142. CATARINA: Portuguese form of Katherine, meaning "pure."
143. CATE: Variant of English Kate, meaning "pure."
144. CATELINE: Old French form of Katherine, meaning "pure."
145. CATERINA: Italian form of Katherine, meaning "pure."
146. CATH: English nickname for Catherine, meaning "pure."
147. CATHARINE: English variant of Katherine, meaning "pure."
148. CATHERINA: Spanish form of Katherine, meaning "pure."
149. CATHERINE: English and French form of Katherine, meaning "pure."
150. CATHLEEN: English variant of Kathleen, meaning "pure."