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- CÀ: Northern Vietnamese unisex
name meaning "the eldest; the first."
- CACIA:
Short form of English Acacia, meaning "not
evil."
- CÄCILIA: German form of Latin
Cæcilia, meaning
"blind."
- CÄCILIE: German form of Latin
Cæcilia, meaning
"blind."
- CADENCE:
English unisex name derived
from the vocabulary word, from Latin cadens "to fall,"
hence "flow of rhythm."
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CADHLA: Irish name meaning "beautiful."
- CADI:
Pet form of Welsh Catrin, meaning "pure."
- CADICE:
French name meaning "chief."
- CADY:
Variant spelling of English Katie, meaning
"pure."
- CÆCILIA:
Feminine form of Latin Cæcilius,
meaning "blind."
- CÆLESTIS: Latin
unisex name meaning "heavenly." In Roman
mythology, this is an epithet belonging to the god Jupiter
(Jupiter Cælestis) and the goddess Diana
(Diana
Cælestis).
- CÆLIA: Feminine form of
Roman Latin
Cælius, probably meaning "heaven."
- CAELIE:
Variant spelling of English Kaylie,
meaning "slender."
- CAETLIN:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Caitlín, meaning "pure."
- CAIA:
Danish variant spelling of Scandinavian Kaia,
meaning "pure."
- CAILEIGH:
Variant spelling of English Kayleigh,
meaning "slender."
- CAILÍN: Irish
Gaelic name meaning "girl."
- CAILYN:
Anglicized form of Irish Cailín, meaning "girl."
- CAIRISTINE:
Scottish Gaelic form of Latin Christina,
meaning "believer" or "follower of Christ."
- CAIRISTÌONA: Scottish
Gaelic form of
Latin Christiana,
meaning "believer" or "follower of Christ."
- CAIT:
Short form of Irish Caitríona
and Scottish Caitrìona, meaning
"pure."
- CAITIE:
Pet form of Irish Caitríona, meaning
"pure."
- CAITLÍN:
Irish Gaelic form of Old French Cateline,
meaning "pure."
- CAITLYN:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Caitlín, meaning "pure."
- CAITRIA:
Variant form of Irish Gaelic Caitrín, meaning "pure."
- CAITRÍN:
Irish Gaelic form of French Catherine,
meaning "pure."
- CAITR�ONA:
Scottish Gaelic form of French Catherine,
meaning "pure."
- CAITRÍONA: Irish
Gaelic form of French Catherine,
meaning "pure."
- CAJA:
Danish variant spelling of Scandinavian Kaia,
meaning "pure."
- CAJSA:
Variant spelling of Swedish Kajsa, meaning
"pure."
- CALANDRA:
Italian surname transferred to forename use, meaning
"skylark." This name may have originally been a byname for someone with a
good singing voice.
- CALANTHA:
English name derived from the name of the heroine of John Ford's
tragedy "The Broken Heart," 1633, composed of the Greek elements kalos "beautiful" and anthos
"flower," hence "beautiful flower."
- CALANTHE:
Variant spelling of English Calantha, meaning "beautiful
flower." This is the name of a genus of orchid flowers.
- CALANTHIA:
Variant spelling of English Calantha,
meaning "beautiful flower."
- CALEIGH:
Variant spelling of English Kayley, meaning
"slender."
- CALFURAY:
Native American Mapuche flower name meaning "violet."
- CALIDA:
English name derived from the Spanish word, calida, meaning
"hot."
- CALISTA:
Variant spelling of Latin Callista, meaning "most
beautiful."
- CALISTO:
Variant spelling of Latin Callisto, meaning "most
beautiful."
- CALLA:
English name derived from the name of the Calla Lily, from Greek kallaia, meaning "wattle of a cock," from kallos meaning "beauty."
- CALLIDORA:
Greek name composed of the elements kallos
"beauty" and doron "gift," hence "gift of
beauty."
- CALLIE:
English pet form of Latin Callista, meaning "most
beautiful."
- CALLIGENIA:
Latin form of Greek Kalligeneia,
meaning "beauty-born." In mythology, this is the name of the nymph
nurse of the goddess Demeter and
her daughter Persephone.
- CALLIOPE:
Latin form of Greek Kalliope,
meaning "beautiful voice." In mythology, this is the name of the muse of epic
poetry.
- CALLISTA:
Latin form of Greek Kallistê,
meaning "most beautiful." In mythology, this is the name of a
Haliad nymph, the daughter of the sea god Triton.
This is also a surname belonging to Artemis.
- CALLISTE:
Latin form of Greek Kallistê,
meaning "most beautiful." In mythology, this is the name of a
Haliad nymph, the daughter of the sea god Triton.
This is also a surname belonging to Artemis.
- CALLISTO: Latin form of Greek Kallisto,
meaning "most beautiful." In Greek mythology, this is the name of the daughter of
Lycaon, king of Arcadia. Compare
with masculine Callisto.
- CALOGERA:
Feminine form of Italian Calogero,
meaning "beautiful elder."
- CALTHA:
English name derived from the flower name, also known as the kingcup and marsh
marigold, derived from the Greek word calyx, meaning "cup,"
denoting the shape of the flowers when they open.
- CALVINA:
Feminine form of of Italian Calvino,
meaning "little bald one."
- CALYPSO:
Latin form of Greek Kalypso,
meaning "she who conceals." In mythology, this is the name of a
sea nymph and daughter of Atlas.
- CAM:
- Short form of Scottish unisex Cameron
("crooked nose"), and other names
beginning with Cam-.
- Vietnamese name meaning
"orange."
- CAMARIN: Chamoru name meaning "shelterer;
protector."
- CAMBRIA:
From the Latin form of Cymru (the Welsh name for
Wales), probably from the old Brythonic word combroges,
meaning "compatriots," from the struggle with the Anglo-Saxons.
- CAMELIA:
Romanian name derived from the Latin name of the flowering evergreen shrub, camellia, named
after the Czech-born missionary/botanist Georg
Josef Kamel, from the word kamel, meaning "camel."
- CAMELLIA:
English name derived from the Latin name of the flowering evergreen shrub, camellia,
named after the Czech-born missionary/botanist Georg
Josef Kamel, from the word kamel, meaning "camel."
- CAMEO:
English jewelry name, derived from the Italian word cammeo, from either Arabic
qamaa'il
"flower buds" or Persian chumahan, meaning
"agate."
- CAMERON:
Scottish surname transferred
to unisex forename use, from the name of the great
Highland clans whose ancestor had an ungraceful proboscis, composed of the Gaelic elements
cam "bent, crooked" and sròn "nose,"
hence "crooked nose."
- CAMILA:
Spanish form of Roman Latin Camilla,
possibly meaning
"attendant (for a temple)."
- CAMILLA:
Feminine form of Roman Latin Camillus,
possibly meaning "attendant (for a temple)." In mythology, this is
the name of a warrior maiden and queen of the Volsci.
- CAMILLE:
French unisex form of Roman Latin Camilla, possibly meaning "attendant (for a
temple)."
- CAMMIE:
English pet form of Roman Latin Camilla,
possibly meaning "attendant (for a temple)."
- CAMRYN:
English feminine variant spelling of Scottish unisex Cameron, meaning
"crooked nose."
- CANAN:
Turkish name meaning "beloved."
- CANDACE:
Latin form of Greek Kandake, which
is of foreign origin, meaning "prince of servants." In Acts 8:27 of the New
Testament bible, a queen of Ethiopia is referred to by this name. But it was
not actually a personal name, but the name of a dynasty of Ethiopian
queens.
- CANDE:
Short form of Spanish Candelaria, meaning
"candle."
- CANDELÁRIA: Portuguese form of Spanish Candelaria,
meaning "candle."
- CANDELARIA:
Spanish name derived from the Latin candela, meaning
"light, torch," hence "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.
- CANDELAS:
Pet form of Spanish Candelaria, meaning
"candle."
- CANDI:
Variant spelling of English Candy, meaning either
"candy" the sweet, or "prince of servants."
- CANDICE:
English variant spelling of Latin Candace, meaning "prince of servants."
- CANDIDA:
English name derived from Latin 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.
- CANDIS:
English variant spelling of Latin Candace, meaning
"prince of servants."
- 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."
- CANDY:
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English name derived from the vocabulary word, meaning "candy."
- English pet form of Latin Candace,
meaning "prince of
servants."
- CANDYCE:
English variant spelling of Latin Candace, meaning
"prince of servants."
- CANUTE:
Variant spelling of Latin Canutte,
meaning "knot."
- CANUTTE:
Feminine form of Latin Canutus,
meaning "knot." In use by the Norwegians.
- CAOILAINN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Caoilfhionn, meaning "fair and
slender."
- CAOILFHIONN:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements caol
"slender" and fionn "fair," hence "fair and
slender."
- CAOILINN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Caoilfhionn, meaning "fair and
slender."
- CAOIMHE
(pronounced kee-va): Irish name derived from Gaelic caomh, meaning
"beloved, comely."
- ČAPEKA:
Hungarian form of Czech/Slovak Capeka, meaning "little
stork."
- CAPEKA:
Czech and Slovak name meaning "little
stork."
- CAPRICE: Italian name meaning
"impulsive; ruled by whim."
- CAPRICIA:
Elaborated form of Italian Caprice, meaning
"impulsive; ruled by whim."
- CAPRINA:
English name derived from the name of the Italian island of Capri. The Latin name for
Capri is Capreæ, meaning "goats." But the Greeks were the
first to populate the island. Latin Capreæ
may be a derivative of Greek
kapros, meaning "wild boar."
- CAPUCINE:
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."
- CARA:
Modern English name derived either from Italian cara, a term of
endearment meaning "beloved," or from the Irish Gaelic word cara,
meaning
"friend."
- CARAMIA:
English name derived from the Italian phrase cara mia, meaning
"my beloved."
- CARDEA:
Latin name meaning "door-pivot." In Roman mythology, this is the
name of a goddess of health, door hinges,
handles, and thresholds.
- CAREEN:
Possibly a diminutive form of English Cara,
hence "beloved" or "friend." The name first appears in Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone With
the Wind, where it is the name of a sister of Scarlett.
- CAREN:
English variant spelling of Danish Karen, meaning
"pure."
- CAREY:
Variant spelling of English unisex Cary, meaning "dark one."
- CARI:
Variant spelling of English unisex Cary, meaning "dark one."
- CARIDAD:
Spanish form of English Charity,
meaning "dear."
- CARIN:
English variant spelling of Danish Karen, meaning
"pure."
- CARINA:
- 19th-century English elaborated form of
Latin cara, meaning "beloved."
- From the constellation Carina, from
Latin carina,
which originally meant "shell of a nut," later "keel of a
ship."
- CARINE:
Variant spelling of English Careen, meaning "beloved" or
"friend."
- CARIS:
English variant spelling of Latin Charis, meaning
"grace."
- CARISSA:
Variant spelling of English Charissa,
meaning
"grace."
- CARITA:
Pet form of English Cara, meaning "beloved" or
"friend."
- CARLA:
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Feminine form of German Carl, meaning "man."
- Feminine form of Italian Carlo,
meaning "man."
- CARLENE:
Pet form of German Carla, meaning
"man."
- CARLEY:
Variant spelling of English Carlie, meaning "man."
- CARLIE:
English pet form of German Carla, meaning
"man."
- CARLIN:
Irish Gaelic unisex name meaning "little champion."
- CARLISA:
English blend of German Carla "man" and
English Lisa
"God is my oath."
- CARLITA:
Feminine form of Italian Carlo, meaning
"man."
- CARLOTA:
Variant spelling of Italian Carlotta, meaning
"man."
- CARLOTTA:
Pet form of Italian Carla, meaning "man."
- CARLY:
Variant spelling of English Carlie, meaning "man."
- CARLYN:
Feminine variant spelling of Irish Gaelic unisex Carlin,
meaning "little champion."
- CARME:
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Catalan and Galician-Portuguese form of Latin Carmel, meaning
"garden-land."
- Latin form of Greek Karme,
meaning "to shear." In mythology, this is the
name of a harvest goddess.
- CARMEL: Latin
feminine form of Hebrew unisex Karmel,
meaning "garden-land." In the bible, this is the name of a
mountain in the Holy Land.
- CARMELA:
Feminine form of Spanish Carmelo, meaning
"garden-land."
- CARMELITA:
Spanish pet form of Latin Carmel, meaning
"garden-land."
- CARMELLA:
Elaborated form of Latin Carmel, meaning "garden-land."
- CARMEN:
Spanish form of Latin Carmina, meaning "song."
- CARMENCITA:
Pet form of Spanish Carmen, meaning
"song."
- CARMINA:
Feminine form of Latin Carmine, meaning "song."
- CARMO:
Portuguese form of Latin Carmel, meaning
"garden-land."
- CARNA:
Roman name meaning "horn." In mythology, this is the name of a
goddess of flesh, and the name of a
nymph loved by the god Janus.
- CARNATION:
English name derived from the flower name, from French carnation,
meaning "complexion," from Italian carnagione, meaning
"flesh-colored."
- CARNI
(קַרְנִי):
Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Karni,
meaning "my horn," a symbol of strength.
- CARNIA
(קַרְנִיָּה):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Karnia, meaning "horn of God."
- CARNIELA
(קַרְנִיאֵלָה):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Karniela,
meaning "horn of the Lord."
- CARNIELLA:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Carniela, meaning
"horn of the Lord."
- CAROL:
English form of French Carole, meaning "man." Compare
with masculine Carol.
- CAROLA:
Feminine form of Latin Carolus, meaning
"man."
- CAROLE:
French form of Latin Carola,
meaning "man."
- CAROLIEN:
Dutch feminine form of Latin Carolus,
meaning "man."
- CAROLINA:
Pet form of Latin Carola, meaning "man."
- CAROLINE:
Pet form of French Carole, meaning "man."
- CAROLYN:
English variant spelling of French Caroline, meaning
"man."
- CARON:
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Variant spelling of English Caren, meaning "man."
- Welsh name,
derived from the word caru, meaning "to love."
- CARREEN:
Variant spelling of English Careen, possibly meaning "beloved" or "friend."
- CARRIE:
English pet form of French Caroline, meaning "man."
- CARRY:
Variant spelling of English Carrie, meaning "man."
- CARY:
Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from an Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Ciardha, "descendant of Ciardha ("black, dark"),
hence "dark one."
- CARYL:
Variant spelling of English Carol, meaning
"man."
- CARYN:
English form of Danish Karen, meaning
"pure."
- CARYS: Welsh name
derived from the word caru, meaning
"love."
- CASEY:
Variant spelling of
English Cassie, meaning "she who entangles men." Compare with
masculine Casey.
- CASILDA:
Spanish name of uncertain origin, borne by an 11th-century
saint who was probably of Moorish descent.
- CASS:
English short form of Latin Cassandra, meaning "she
who entangles men."
- CASSANDRA:
Latin form of Greek Kassandra, meaning "she who entangles men."
In mythology, this is the name of
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.
- CASSIA:
Latin form of Hebrew Qetsiyah,
meaning "cassia," a bark similar to
cinnamon.
- CASSIAH:
Variant spelling of Latin Cassia,
meaning "cassia," a bark similar to
cinnamon.
- CASSIDY:
English surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from an
Anglicized form of Gaelic � Caiside, "descendant of Caiside,"
hence "curly(-headed)."
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