Behind the Name: Feminine Names Beginning With C

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

CALEIGH f English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

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

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

CALIXTA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of CALLISTUS

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

CALLEIGH f English (Rare)
Variant of CALLIE

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

CALOGERA f Italian
Feminine form of CALOGERO

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]

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

CAMMIE f English
Diminutive of CAMILLA

CAMRYN f English (Modern)
Feminine variant of CAMERON

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]

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

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".

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]

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

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".

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

CARLENE f English
Feminine diminutive of CARL

CARLEY f English (Modern)
Feminine form of CARL

CARLIE f English
Feminine form of CARL

CARLISA f English (Rare)
Combination of CARLA and LISA

CARLOTA f Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of CARLA

CARLOTTA f Italian
Diminutive of CARLA

CARLY f English
Feminine form of CARL

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

CARMEN f Spanish, English, Romanian
Medieval Spanish form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carmen "song"... [more]

CARMINA f Italian, Spanish
Variant of CARMEN

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

CAROLYN f English
Variant of CAROLINE

CARON f Welsh
Derived from Welsh caru meaning "to love".

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

CARRIE f English
Diminutive of CAROLINE

CARRY f English
Diminutive of CAROLINE

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

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]

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

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]

CĂTĂLINA f Romanian
Romanian form of KATHERINE

CATALINA f Spanish
Spanish form of KATHERINE

CATARINA f Italian, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Portuguese and Galician form of KATHERINE

CATE f English (Rare)
Variant of KATE

CATELINE f Medieval French
Medieval French variant of KATHERINE

CATERINA f Italian, Catalan
Italian and Catalan form of KATHERINE

CATHARINA f Dutch, Swedish
Dutch and Swedish form of KATHERINE

CATHARINE f English
Variant of KATHERINE

CATHERIN f English (Rare)
Variant of KATHERINE

CATHERINA f Spanish
Spanish form of KATHERINE

CATHERINE f French, English
French form of KATHERINE, and also a common English variant.

CATHLEEN f Irish, English
Variant of KATHLEEN

CATHRIN f German
German short form of KATHARINA

CATHRINE f Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of KATHERINE

CATHRYN f English
Variant of KATHERINE

CATHY f English
Diminutive of CATHERINE

CÁTIA f Portuguese
Diminutive of CATARINA

CATINA f Romanian
Contracted form of CĂTĂLINA

CATO (2) f Dutch
Diminutive of CATHARINA

CATRIN f Welsh, German
Welsh form of KATHERINE, as well as a German short form of KATHARINA.

CATRINA f Irish, Scottish
Variant of CATRIONA

CATRINE f Swedish
Swedish variant of KATRINE

CATRIONA f Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of KATHERINE

CAYLEY f English (Rare)
Variant of KAYLEE

CEARA f English (Rare)
Variant of CIARA (2)

CEARRA f English (Rare)
Variant of CIARA (2)

CECELIA f English
Variant of CECILIA

CÉCILE f French, Dutch
French form of CECILIA

CECÍLIA f Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian form of CECILIA

CECILIA f English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, German
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind"... [more]

CECÍLIE f Czech
Czech form of CECILIA

CECILIE f Norwegian, Danish, Czech
Norwegian, Danish and Czech form of CECILIA

CECILIJA f Slovene
Slovene form of CECILIA

CECILY f English
English form of CECILIA... [more]

CECYLIA f Polish
Polish form of CECILIA

CEDAR f English (Rare)
From the English word for the coniferous tree, derived (via Old French and Latin) from Greek κεδρος (kedros).

CÉIBHFHIONN f Irish Mythology
Means "fair locks" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

CEINWEN f Welsh
Derived from the Welsh elements cain "lovely" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".

CELANDINE f English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, which derives from Greek χελιδων (chelidon) "a swallow".

CÉLESTE f & m French
French feminine and masculine form of CAELESTIS

CELESTE f & m Italian, English
Italian feminine and masculine form of CAELESTIS... [more]

CELESTINA f Spanish, Italian
Latinate feminine form of CAELESTINUS

CÉLESTINE f French
French feminine form of CAELESTINUS

CELESTINE f & m English
English form of CAELESTINUS... [more]

CELESTYNA f Polish
Polish feminine form of CAELESTINUS

CÉLIA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of CELIA

CELIA f English, Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of the Roman family name CAELIUS... [more]

CELINA f Polish
Short form of MARCELINA

CELINDA f English (Rare)
Probably a blend of CELIA and LINDA.

CÉLINE f French
French feminine form of CAELINUS... [more]

CEREN f Turkish
Means "young gazelle" in Turkish.

CERES f Roman Mythology
Derived from the Indo-European root *ker meaning "to grow"... [more]

CERI (2) f Welsh
Short form of CERIDWEN

CERIDWEN f Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "blessed poetry" from Welsh cerdd "poetry" and gwen "white, fair, blessed"... [more]

CERISE f French
Means "cherry" in French.

CERRIDWEN f Welsh
Variant of CERIDWEN

CERRIDWYN f Welsh
Variant of CERIDWEN

CERYS f Welsh
Variant of CARYS

CESARINA f Italian
Feminine diminutive of CESARE

CHALCHIUHTICUE f New World Mythology
Means "jade skirt" in Nahuatl... [more]

CHALICE f English (Rare)
Means simply "chalice, goblet" from the English word, derived from Latin calix.

CHANAH f Hebrew
Variant of CHANNAH

CHANDA m & f Indian
Means "fierce, hot, passionate" in Sanskrit... [more]

CHANDANA f Indian
Feminine form of CHANDAN

CHANDRA m & f Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "moon" in Sanskrit, derived from चन्द (chand) "to shine"... [more]

CHANDRAKANTA f Indian
Feminine form of CHANDRAKANT

CHANEL f English
From a French surname which meant "pipe"... [more]

CHANELLE f English (Modern)
Variant of CHANEL

CHANG m & f Chinese
From Chinese 昌 "flourishing, prosperous" (which is usually only masculine), 畅 "smooth, fluent" or 长 "long".

CHANIA f
Perhaps means "encampment" in Hebrew.

CHANNAH f Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of HANNAH

CHANNARY f Khmer
Means "moon-faced girl" in Khmer.

CHANNING m & f English (Modern)
From an English surname of uncertain origin.

CHANTAL f French, English, Dutch
From a French surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stony"... [more]

CHANTÉ f English (Modern)
Means "sung" in French.

CHANTEL f English
Variant of CHANTAL

CHANTELLE f English
Variant of CHANTAL

CHANTREA f Khmer
Means "moonlight" in Khmer.

CHARA f Greek
Means "happiness, joy" in Greek.

CHARIS f Ancient Greek, English (Rare)
Derived from Greek χαρις (charis) meaning "grace, kindness"... [more]

CHARISMA f English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "personal magnetism", ultimately derived from Greek χαρις (charis) "grace, kindness".

CHARISSA f English
Elaborated form of CHARIS... [more]

CHARISSE f English
From a French surname of unknown meaning... [more]

CHARITA f Various
Latinate form of CHARITY

CHARITY f English
From the English word charity, ultimately derived from Late Latin caritas meaning "generous love", from Latin carus "dear, beloved"... [more]

CHARLA f English
Feminine form of CHARLES

CHARLEEN f English
Variant of CHARLENE

CHARLENE f English
Feminine diminutive of CHARLES

CHARLEY m & f English
Diminutive or feminine form of CHARLES

CHARLIE m & f English
Diminutive or feminine form of CHARLES... [more]

CHARLINE f French
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES

CHARLIZE f English (Modern)
Feminine form of CHARLES... [more]

CHARLOTTA f Swedish
Swedish variant of CHARLOTTE

CHARLOTTE f French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES... [more]

CHARMAINE f English
Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of CHARMIAN or the English word charm with the aine suffix from LORRAINE... [more]

CHARMIAN f English (Rare)
Form of CHARMION used by Shakespeare in his play 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606).

CHARMION f Ancient Greek
Greek name derived from χαρμα (charma) meaning "delight"... [more]

CHARNA f Yiddish
From a Slavic word meaning "dark".

CHARNETTE f English (Rare)
Probably an invented name.

CHARO f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of ROSARIO

CHASITY f English
Variant of CHASTITY

CHASTITY f English
From the English word chastity, which is ultimately from Latin castus "pure"... [more]

CHAU f Vietnamese
Means "pearls" in Vietnamese.

CHAUSIKU f Eastern African
Means "born at night" in Swahili.

CHAVA f Hebrew
Modern Hebrew form of EVE

CHAWWAH f Biblical Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew form of EVE

CHAYA f Hebrew
Feminine form of CHAYYIM

CHEFTZI-BAH f Biblical Hebrew
Ancient Hebrew form of HEPHZIBAH

CHELLE f English
Diminutive of MICHELLE

CHELO f Spanish
Diminutive of CONSUELO

CHELSEA f English
From the name of a district in London, originally derived from Old English and meaning "landing place for chalk or limestone"... [more]

CHELSEY f English (Modern)
Variant of CHELSEA

CHELSIE f English (Modern)
Variant of CHELSEA

CHEN m & f Chinese
From Chinese 晨 or 辰 which both mean "morning".

CHENDA f Khmer
Means "thought, intellect" in Khmer.

CHENG m & f Chinese
From Chinese 成 "accomplish, succeed" or 诚 "sincere".

CHER f English
Short form of CHERYL... [more]

CHERETTE f English (Rare)
Diminutive of CHERIE

CHERI f English
Variant of CHERIE

CHERICE f English (Rare)
Variant of CHARISSE

CHERIE f English
Derived from French chérie meaning "darling"... [more]

CHERILYN f English
Combination of CHERYL and the popular name suffix lyn.

CHERISE f English
Variant of CHARISSE