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CÄCILIA   f   German
German form of CECILIA

CÄCILIE   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 (Modern)
Sometimes explained as a derivative of the Irish surname Caden, which is a reduced form of the Gaelic surname Mac Cadáin meaning "son of Cadán"... [more]

CADENCE   f   English (Modern)
From an English word meaning "rhythm, flow"... [more]

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

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"... [more]

CADI   f   Welsh
Short form of CATRIN

CADOC   m   Welsh
Derived from Welsh cad "battle"... [more]

CADOGAN   m   Welsh, Irish
Anglicized form of CADWGAN

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

CADWGAN   m   Welsh
Means "glory in battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwogawn "glory, honour"... [more]

CAECILIA   f   German, Ancient Roman
German form of CECILIA, as well as the original Latin form.

CAECILIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original masculine form of CECILIA

CAEDMON   m   History
Meaning unknown, though the first element is likely connected to British caed meaning "battle"... [more]

CÁEL   m   Irish Mythology
From Gaelic caol "slender"... [more]

CAELAN   m & f   English (Rare)
Anglicized form of CAOLÁN or CAOILFHIONN

CAELESTINUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name, a derivative of CAELESTIS... [more]

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

CAELIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CAELIUS

CAELIE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of KAYLEE

CAELINA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CAELINUS

CAELINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was itself derived from the Roman family name CAELIUS.

CAELIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin caelum meaning "heaven".

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"... [more]

CAESARIUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name which was derived from CAESAR... [more]

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

CAETLIN   f   English (Rare)
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 (1)   m   Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

CAI (2)   m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh form of KAY (2)

CAIAPHAS   m   Biblical
Meaning unknown, probably of Aramaic origin... [more]

CAIETANUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of GAETANO

CAILEAN   m   Scottish
Means "whelp" in Gaelic... [more]

CAILEIGH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of KAYLEE

CAILIN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of KAYLYN... [more]

CAILYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLYN

CAIN   m   Biblical, Biblical Latin
Means "acquired" in Hebrew... [more]

CAINAN   m   Biblical, Biblical Latin
Variant of KENAN

CAINNEACH   m   Irish
Irish form of COINNEACH

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

CAIRISTÌONA   f   Scottish
Scottish form of CHRISTINA

CAIRO   m   English (Rare)
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   Irish, English
Anglicized form of CAITLÍN

CAITLYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of CAITLIN

CAITRIA   f   ?
Possibly a form of CAITRÍONA

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)

CAJETAN   m   History
English form of CAIETANUS

CAJSA   f   Swedish
Variant of KAJSA

CAL   m   English
Short form of CALVIN

CALANTHE   f   English (Rare)
From the name of a type of orchid, ultimately meaning "beautiful flower", derived from Greek καλος (kalos) "beautiful" and ανθος (anthos) "flower".

CALANTHIA   f   English (Rare)
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... [more]

CALEIGH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

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

CALIGULA   m   History
Means "little boot" in Latin... [more]

CALISTA   f   English, Portuguese, Spanish
Feminine form of CALLISTUS... [more]

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

CALIXTUS   m   Late Roman
Variant of CALLISTUS, the spelling perhaps influenced by Latin calix "wine cup"... [more]

CALLA   f   English
From the name of a type of lily... [more]

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

CALLEIGH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CALLIE

CALLIAS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of KALLIAS

CALLIE   f   English
Diminutive of CAROLINE, or sometimes of names beginning with Cal.

CALLIOPE   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of KALLIOPE

CALLISTA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of CALLISTUS

CALLISTO (1)   m   Italian
Italian form of CALLISTUS

CALLISTO (2)   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of KALLISTO... [more]

CALLISTUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name which was derived from the Greek name Καλλιστος (Kallistos) "most beautiful"... [more]

CALLIXTUS   m   Late Roman
Variant of CALLISTUS, the spelling perhaps influenced by Latin calix "wine cup"... [more]

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"... [more]

CALOGERUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of CALOGERO

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"... [more]

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

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

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

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

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

CAMDEN   m   English (Modern)
From a surname which was from a place name perhaps meaning "enclosed valley" in Old English... [more]

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

CAMELLIA   f   English (Rare)
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, Scandinavian, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of CAMILLUS... [more]

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

CAMILLO   m   Italian
Italian form of CAMILLUS

CAMILLUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen, which is probably of Etruscan origin and unknown meaning... [more]

CAMILO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLUS

CAMMIE   f   English
Diminutive of CAMILLA

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

CAMRON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CAMERON

CAMRYN   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of CAMERON

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

CANAAN   m   Biblical
Meaning unknown... [more]

CANAN   f   Turkish
Means "beloved" in Turkish.

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

CANDE   f & m   Spanish
Short form of CANDELARIA or CANDELARIO

CANDELA   f   Spanish
Short form of CANDELARIA

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

CANDELARIO   m   Spanish
Masculine form of CANDELARIA

CANDELAS   f   Spanish
Diminutive of CANDELARIA

CANDI   f   English
Variant of CANDY

CANDICE   f   English
Variant of CANDACE

CANDIDA   f   Late Roman, English
Late Latin name derived from candidus meaning "white"... [more]

CANDIS   f   English
Variant of CANDACE

CANDY   f   English
Diminutive of CANDACE... [more]

CANDYCE   f   English
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"... [more]

CAOILINN   f   Irish
Variant of CAOILFHIONN

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

CAOIMHÍN   m   Irish
Irish form of KEVIN

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

CAPRICE   f   English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "impulse", ultimately (via French) from Italian capriccio.

CAPRICIA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of CAPRICE

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

CARA   f   English, German
From an Italian word meaning "beloved"... [more]

CARADOC   m   Welsh
Variant of CARADOG

CARADOG   m   Welsh
Welsh form of CARATACOS... [more]

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

CARATACOS   m   Ancient Celtic
Derived from the Celtic element car meaning "love"... [more]

CARATACUS   m   Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Latinized form of CARATACOS

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"... [more]

CAREEN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CARREEN

CAREN   f   English
Variant of KAREN (1)

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

CARI   f   English
Variant of CARRIE

CARIDAD   f   Spanish
Spanish cognate of CHARITY

CARIN   f   Swedish
Variant of KARIN

CARINA (1)   f   English, German
Elaborated form of CARA... [more]

CARINA (2)   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of KARINA

CARINE   f   French
French form of CARINA (1)

CARIS   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CHARIS

CARISSA   f   English
Variant of CHARISSA

CARITA   f   Swedish
Derived from Latin caritas meaning "dearness, esteem, love".

CARL   m   German, Scandinavian, English
German form of CHARLES... [more]

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

CARLENE   f   English
Feminine diminutive of CARL

CARLES   m   Catalan
Catalan form of CHARLES

CARLETON   m   English
Variant of CHARLTON

CARLEY   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of CARL

CARLIE   f   English
Feminine form of CARL

CARLISA   f   English (Rare)
Combination of CARLA and LISA

CARLISLE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the name of a city in northern England... [more]

CARLITO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of CARLOS

CARLITOS   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of CARLOS

CARLMAN   m   Ancient Germanic
Germanic form of CARLOMAN

CARLO   m   Italian
Italian form of CHARLES

CARLOMAN   m   History, Ancient Germanic
From a Germanic name derived from karl (see CHARLES) and man "man"... [more]

CARLOS   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CHARLES

CARLOTA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of CARLA

CARLOTTA   f   Italian
Diminutive 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"... [more]

CARMEL   f   English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the title of the Virgin Mary Our Lady of Carmel... [more]

CARMELA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CARMEL

CARMELITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive 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
Medieval Spanish form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carmen "song"... [more]

CARMI   m   Biblical
Means "vine" in Hebrew... [more]

CARMINA   f   Italian, Spanish
Variant of CARMEN

CARMINE   m   Italian
Italian masculine form of CARMEN

CARMO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CARMEL

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

CAROL (2)   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CAROLUS... [more]

CAROLA   f   Italian, German
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... [more]

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, Biblical Latin
Latin form of the Greek name Καρπος (Karpos), which meant "fruit, profits"... [more]

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

CARREEN   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a combination of CARA and the name suffix een... [more]

CARRIE   f   English
Diminutive of CAROLINE

CARROL   m   Irish
Variant of CARROLL

CARROLL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CEARBHALL... [more]

CARRY   f   English
Diminutive of CAROLINE

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

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 (Rare)
From a surname which 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 (1)

CARYN   f   English
Variant of KAREN (1)

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"... [more]

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

CASIMIR   m   English
English form of the Polish name Kazimierz, derived from the Slavic element kazic "to destroy" combined with mer "great" or mir "peace"... [more]

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

CASPAR   m   Judeo-Christian Legend
Latin variant of JASPER

CASPER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of JASPER... [more]

CASPIAN   m   Literature
Used by author C... [more]

CASS   f & m   English
Short form of CASSANDRA, CASSIDY, and other names beginning with Cass.

CASSANDRA   f   English, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Κασσανδρα (Kassandra), which possibly meant "shining upon man", derived from κεκασμαι (kekasmai) "to shine" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

CASSARAH   f   English (Rare)
Recently created name intended to mean "what will be, will be"... [more]

CASSIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CASSIUS

CASSIAN   m   Ancient Roman (Anglicized)
From the Roman family name Cassianus, which was derived from CASSIUS... [more]

CASSIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was a derivative of CASSIUS.

CASSIDY   f & m   English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Caiside meaning "descendent of Caiside"... [more]

CASSIE   f   English
Diminutive of CASSANDRA and other names beginning with Cass.

CASSIOPEA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Variant of CASSIOPEIA

CASSIOPEIA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Κασσιοπεια (Kassiopeia) or Κασσιεπεια (Kassiepeia), possibly meaning "cassia juice"... [more]

CASSIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English
Roman family name which was possibly derived from Latin cassus "empty, vain"... [more]

CASTOR   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Καστωρ (Kastor), possibly related to κεκασμαι (kekasmai) "to shine, to excel"... [more]

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