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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"... [more]

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

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 CADWGAWN

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

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

CAECILIA   f   German
German form of CECILIA

CAEDMON   m   English
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
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"... [more]

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 (1)   m   Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

CAI (2)   m   Welsh
Variant of KAY (2)

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

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

CAILEIGH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

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

CAILYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLYN

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

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"... [more]

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... [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
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... [more]

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

CALLEIGH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

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... [more]

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

CALLIXTUS   m   Late Roman
Variant of CALLISTUS... [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]

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]

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"... [more]

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"... [more]

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

CAMDEN   m   English
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
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"... [more]

CAMILA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of CAMILLA

CAMILLA   f   English, Italian, 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 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"... [more]

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... [more]

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... [more]

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"... [more]

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"... [more]

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"... [more]

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"... [more]

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"... [more]

CAREEN   f   English
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 form of CHARITY

CARIN   f   English
Variant of KAREN (1)

CARINA   f   Scandinavian, German, English
Pet form of CARA... [more]

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... [more]

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

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... [more]

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"... [more]

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"... [more]

CARMEL   f   English, Biblical
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 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"... [more]

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

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... [more]

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

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

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... [more]

CARRIE   f   English
Pet form of CAROLINE

CARROL   m   Irish
Variant of CARROLL

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

CARRY   f   English
Pet form 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
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 (1)

CARYN   f   English
Variant of KAREN (1)

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

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