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COBA   f   Dutch
Short form of JACOBA

COBUS   m   Dutch
Short form of JACOBUS

COBY   m & f   English
Masculine or feminine diminutive of JACOB

COCO   f   Various
Diminutive of names beginning with Co, influenced by the word cocoa... [more]

CODIE   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CODY

CODY   m   English, Irish
From the Gaelic surname Mac Óda, which means "son of OTTO"... [more]

CÓEMGEIN   m   Irish
Original Irish form of KEVIN

COEUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of KOIOS

COILEAN   m   Irish
Irish form of CAILEAN

COINNEACH   m   Scottish
Derived from Gaelic caoin "handsome"... [more]

COKKIE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of CORNELIA

COL   m   Medieval English
Medieval short form of NICHOLAS

COLBERT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a Germanic name composed of the elements col, possibly meaning "helmet", and beraht, meaning "bright".

COLBY   m   English
From a surname, originally from various English place names, derived from the Old Norse nickname Koli (meaning "coal, dark") and býr "town".

COLE   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from the Old English nickname Cola "charcoal", denoting a person with a dark features.

COLEEN   f   English
Variant of COLLEEN

COLEMAN   m   English, Irish
Variant of COLMÁN

COLENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of COLLEEN

COLETTE   f   French
Short form of NICOLETTE... [more]

COLIN (1)   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of CAILEAN

COLIN (2)   m   English
Medieval diminutive of Col, a short form of NICHOLAS.

COLINE   f   French
Short form of NICOLINE

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

COLLIN   m   English
Variant of COLIN (2)

COLLYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of COLLEEN

COLM   m   Irish
Variant of COLUM

COLMÁN   m   Irish
Diminutive of Colm (see COLUM)... [more]

COLOMBA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of COLUMBA

COLOMBANO   m   Italian
Italian form of COLUMBANUS

COLOMBE   f   French
French feminine form of COLUMBA

COLOMBINA   f   Italian
Italian feminine diminutive of COLUMBA... [more]

COLOMBO   m   Italian
Italian form of COLUMBA

COLTEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of COLTON

COLTON   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Cola's town"... [more]

COLUM   m   Irish
Irish form of COLUMBA... [more]

COLUMBA   m & f   Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "dove"... [more]

COLUMBAN   m   Irish
Possibly an Irish diminutive of COLUMBA... [more]

COLUMBANUS   m   Late Roman
This name can be viewed as a derivative of COLUMBA or a Latinized form of COLUMBAN, both derivations being approximately equivalent... [more]

COLUMBINE   f   English (Rare)
From the name of a variety of the flower... [more]

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

CÔME   m   French
French form of COSMAS

COMFORT   f   English (Rare)
From the English word comfort, ultimately from Latin confortare "to strengthen greatly", a derivative of fortis "strong"... [more]

COMGAL   m   Irish
Variant of COMHGHALL

COMGALL   m   Irish
Variant 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... [more]

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

CONCEPCIÓN   f   Spanish
Means "conception" in Spanish... [more]

CONCEPTA   f   Irish
Latinate form of CONCEPCIÓN

CONCETTA   f   Italian
Italian cognate of CONCEPCIÓN

CONCETTINA   f   Italian
Diminutive of CONCETTA

CONCETTO   m   Italian
Masculine form of CONCETTA

CONCHA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of CONCEPCIÓN... [more]

CONCHITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of CONCHA

CONCHOBHAR   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Original Irish form of CONNOR

CONCORDIA   f   Roman Mythology
Means "harmony" in Latin... [more]

CONDOLEEZZA   f   Various
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... [more]

CONIGUNDE   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of KUNIGUNDE

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

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

CONLEY   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CONLETH

CONN   m   Irish
Means "chief" in Irish Gaelic.

CONNELL   m   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Conaill meaning "descendent of CONALL".

CONNER   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CONNOR

CONNIE   f   English
Diminutive of CONSTANCE

CONNLA   m   Irish Mythology
Variant of CONLAOCH

CONNOR   m   Irish, English (Modern), Irish Mythology
From the Gaelic name Conchobhar which means "dog lover" or "wolf lover"... [more]

CONOR   m   Irish, English
Variant of CONNOR

CONRAD   m   English, German, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements kuoni "brave" and rad "counsel"... [more]

CONRADO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of CONRAD

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

CONSOLATA   f   Italian
Means "consolation" in Italian... [more]

CONSTANÇA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CONSTANTIA

CONSTANCE   f   English, French
Medieval form of CONSTANTIA... [more]

CONSTÂNCIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CONSTANTIA

CONSTANS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name (see CONSTANTINE).

CONSTANT   m   French, English (Rare)
From the Late Latin name Constans, which meant "constant, steadfast"... [more]

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   Late Roman
Feminine form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

CONSTANTINE   m   History
From the Latin name Constantinus, a derivative of the name Constans, which meant "constant, steadfast"... [more]

CONSTANTINUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of CONSTANTINE

CONSTANTIUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name which was a derivative of CONSTANS.

CONSTANZA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of CONSTANTIA

CONSUELA   f   Spanish
Variant of CONSUELO

CONSUELO   f   Spanish
Means "consolation" in Spanish... [more]

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

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
Diminutive of JACOB

CORA   f   English
Created by James Fenimore Cooper for his novel 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1826)... [more]

CORAL   f   English
From the English word coral for the underwater skeletal deposits which can form reefs... [more]

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

CORBIN   m   English
From a French surname which was derived from corbeau "raven", originally denoting a person who had dark hair... [more]

CORD   m   German
Low German contracted form of CONRAD

CORDELIA   f   English
From Cordeilla, possibly a Celtic name of unknown meaning... [more]

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

CORDULA   f   German
Late Latin name meaning "heart" from Latin cor, cordis... [more]

COREEN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CORINNE

CORENTIN   m   Breton, French
Possibly means "hurricane" in Breton... [more]

CORETTA   f   English
Diminutive of CORA... [more]

COREY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Kori, of unknown meaning... [more]

CORI   f   English
Feminine form of COREY

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

CORIE   f   English
Variant of CORRIE

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, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Κοριννα (Korinna), which was derived from κορη (kore) "maiden"... [more]

CORINNE   f   French, English
French form of CORINNA... [more]

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

CORMAG   m   Scottish
Scottish form of CORMAC

CORNÉ   m   Dutch
Diminutive of CORNELIS

CORNEILLE   m   French (Archaic)
French form of CORNELIUS

CORNEL   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CORNELIUS

CORNELIA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS... [more]

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"... [more]

CORNELL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name 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... [more]

CORRIE   f   English
Diminutive of CORINNA, CORA, and other names starting with Cor... [more]

CORRINA   f   English
Variant of CORINNA

CORRINE   f   English
Variant of CORINNE

CORTNEY   f & m   English
Variant of COURTNEY

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

CORY   m   English
Variant of COREY

CORYNN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CORINNE

COSETTE   f   French
Meaning unknown... [more]

COSIMA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of COSIMO

COSIMO   m   Italian
Italian variant of COSMAS... [more]

COSKUN   m   Turkish
Means "enthusiastic" in Turkish.

COSMA   m   Italian
Italian form of COSMAS

COSMAS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Κοσμας (Kosmas), which was derived from κοσμος (kosmos) meaning "order, decency"... [more]

COSME   m   Portuguese, French
Portuguese and French form of COSMAS

COSMIN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of COSMAS

COSMINA   f   Romanian
Feminine form of COSMIN

COSMO   m   English
English form of COSMAS... [more]

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

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

COSTEL   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of CONSTANTIN

COSTICA   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of CONSTANTIN

COSTIN   m   Romanian
Romanian short form of CONSTANTIN

COTY   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CODY

COURTNEY   f & m   English
From an aristocratic English surname which was derived either from the French place name Courtenay (originally a derivative of the personal name Curtenus, itself derived from Latin curtus "short") or else from a Norman nickname meaning "short nose"... [more]

COWAL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of COMHGHALL

COWESSESS   m   Native American
Means "little child" in Ojibwa... [more]

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

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

CREE   m   English (Rare)
From the name of a Native American tribe of central Canada... [more]

CREIGHTON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name, originally from Gaelic crioch "border" combined with Old English tun "town".

CRESCENCIA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

CRESCENS   m   Late Roman, Biblical Latin
Latin name which was derived from crescere "to grow"... [more]

CRESCENTIA   f   German, Late Roman
Feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

CRESCENTIUS   m   Late Roman
Latin name which was a derivative of the name CRESCENS... [more]

CRESCENZO   m   Italian
Italian form of CRESCENTIUS

CRESSIDA   f   Literature
Medieval form of CHRYSEIS... [more]

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

CRISPIAN   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval variant of CRISPIN

CRISPIN   m   English (Rare)
From the Roman cognomen Crispinus which was derived from the name CRISPUS... [more]

CRISPINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of CRISPIN

CRISPUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "curly-haired" in Latin.

CRISTAL   f   English
Variant of CRYSTAL

CRISTEN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of KRISTIN

CRISTI   m   Romanian
Diminutive of CRISTIAN

CRISTIÁN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of CHRISTIAN

CRISTIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CHRISTIAN

CRISTIANA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese 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
Diminutive of CROCIFISSA

CROCIFISSA   f   Italian
Means "crucifix" in Italian.

CROFTON   m   English (Rare)
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"... [more]

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

CRUZITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of CRUZ

CRYSTAL   f   English
From the English word crystal for the clear, colourless glass, sometimes cut into the shape of a gemstone... [more]

CRYSTIN   f   Welsh
Welsh form of CHRISTINE

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

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

CSILLA   f   Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian csillag meaning "star"... [more]

CTIBOR   m   Czech
Czech form of CZCIBOR

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

CUAUHTÉMOC   m   Native American
Means "falling eagle" in Nahuatl... [more]

CÚC   f   Vietnamese
Means "chrysanthemum" in Vietnamese.

CÚCHULAINN   m   Irish Mythology
Means "hound of Culann" in Irish... [more]

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

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... [more]

CUNOBELINUS   m   Ancient Celtic
Possibly means "hound of Belenus" from the old Celtic element koun "hound" combined with the name of the god BELENUS... [more]

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

CURRO   m   Spanish
Andalusian diminutive of FRANCISCO

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

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

CUSTODIA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of CUSTODIO

CUSTODIO   m   Spanish
Means "guardian" in Spanish.

CUTHBERT   m   English (Rare)
Derived from the Old English elements cuæ "famous" and beorht "bright"... [more]

CVETKA   f   Slovene
Feminine form of CVETKO

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

CY   m   English
Short form of CYRUS or CYRIL

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

CYBELE   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

CYBILL   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SIBYL... [more]

CYDNEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SYDNEY

CYMBELINE   m   Literature
Form of CUNOBELINUS used by Shakespeare in his play 'Cymbeline' (1609).

CYMONE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SIMONE (1)

CYNDI   f   English
Short form of CYNTHIA

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

CYNEFRIÐ   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"... [more]

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

CYPRIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Roman form of CYPRIAN

CYRA   f   History
Meaning unknown... [more]

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

CYRIACA   f   Late Roman
Feminine form of CYRIACUS

CYRIACUS   m   Late Roman
Latinized form of the Greek name Κυριακος (Kyriakos), which meant "of the lord" (derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord")... [more]

CYRIELLE   f   French
French feminine form of CYRIL

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

CYRILLA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of CYRIL

CYRILLE   m & f   French
French form of CYRIL, sometimes used as a feminine form.

CYRILLUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of KYRILLOS

CYRUS   m   English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From Κυρος (Kyros), the Greek form of the Persian name Kūrush, which may mean "far sighted" or "young"... [more]

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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