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CHI (1)   f   Vietnamese
Means "tree branch" in Vietnamese.

CHI (2)   m & f   Igbo
Short form of Igbo names beginning with the element Chi meaning "God".

CHIAMAKA   f   Igbo
Means "God is beautiful" in Igbo.

CHIARA   f   Italian
Italian form of CLARA... [more]

CHIARINA   f   Italian
Diminutive of CHIARA

CHIBUEZE   m & f   Igbo
Means "God is the king" in Igbo.

CHIBUIKE   m & f   Igbo
Means "God is strength" in Igbo.

CHIBUZO   m & f   Igbo
Means "God lead the way" in Igbo.

CHICA   f   Portuguese
Diminutive of FRANCISCA

CHICHI   f   Igbo
Diminutive of Igbo names beginning with the element Chi meaning "God".

CHIDI   m & f   Igbo
Means "God exists" in Igbo... [more]

CHIDIEBERE   m & f   Igbo
Means "God is merciful" in Igbo.

CHIDIEBUBE   m & f   Igbo
Means "God is glorious" in Igbo.

CHIDIEGWU   m & f   Igbo
Means "God is wonderful" in Igbo.

CHIDIMMA   f   Igbo
Means "God is good" in Igbo.

CHIELA   f   Esperanto
Means "heavenly, from the sky" in Esperanto.

CHIJINDUM   m & f   Igbo
Means "God holds my life" in Igbo.

CHIKA (1)   f   Igbo
Means "God is the greatest" in Igbo.

CHIKA (2)   f   Japanese
From Japanese 散 (chi) "scatter" and 花 (ka) "flower".

CHIKAKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) "thousand", 香 (ka) "smell, perfume" and 子 (ko) "child".

CHIKE   m & f   Igbo
Means "God's power" in Igbo.

CHIKELU   m & f   Igbo
Variant of CHIKERE

CHIKERE   m & f   Igbo
Means "God created" in Igbo.

CHIN   m & f   Chinese
Variant of JIN (1) (using Wade-Giles transcription).

CHINA   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the Asian country, ultimately derived from Qin, the name of a dynasty that ruled there in the 3rd century BC.

CHINASA   f   Igbo
Means "God answers" in Igbo.

CHINATSU   f   Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) "thousand" and 夏 (natsu) "summer".

CHINEDU   m & f   Igbo
Means "God leads" in Igbo.

CHINWE   m & f   Igbo
Means "God owns" in Igbo.

CHINWEIKE   m & f   Igbo
Means "God owns power" in Igbo.

CHINWENDU   m & f   Igbo
Means "God owns life" in Igbo.

CHINWEUBA   m & f   Igbo
Means "God owns wealth" in Igbo.

CHINYELU   f   Igbo
Variant of CHINYERE

CHINYERE   f   Igbo
Means "God gave" in Igbo.

CHIOMA   f & m   Igbo
Means "good God" in Igbo.

CHIPO   f   Southern African
Means "gift" in Shona.

CHITA   f   Spanish
Short form of CONCHITA

CHIYO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) "thousand" combined with 代 (yo) "generations" or 世 (yo) "world".

CHIYOKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) "thousand" and 代 (yo) "generations" and 子 (ko) "child".

CHIZOBA   m & f   Igbo
Means "God protect us" in Igbo.

CHLOE   f   English, Biblical, Greek Mythology
Means "green shoot" in Greek... [more]

CHLOÉ   f   French
French form of CHLOE

CHLORIS   f   Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek χλωρος (chloros) meaning "green"... [more]

CHO   f   Japanese
Variant transcription of CHOU

CHOLPON   f   Kyrgyz
Means "Venus (the planet)" in Kyrgyz.

CHOU   f   Japanese
Means "butterfly" in Japanese.

CHOUKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 蝶 (chou) "butterfly" and 子 (ko) "child".

CHRIS   m & f   English
Short form of CHRISTOPHER, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTINE, and other names that begin with Chris.

CHRISSIE   f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRISSY   f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRISTA   f   German, Danish, English
Short form of CHRISTINA

CHRISTABEL   f   English (Rare)
Combination of CHRISTINE and the name suffix bel... [more]

CHRISTABELLA   f   English (Rare)
Latinate form of CHRISTABEL

CHRISTABELLE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CHRISTABEL

CHRISTAL   f   English
Variant of CRYSTAL

CHRISTEL   f   German
German diminutive of CHRISTINA

CHRISTELLE   f   French
French diminutive of CHRISTINE influenced by the sound of the name CRYSTAL.

CHRISTI   f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRISTIANA   f   English
Latinate feminine form of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIANE   f   German, French
German and French feminine form of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIANNE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIE (1)   f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRISTIN   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of KRISTIN

CHRISTINA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From Christiana, the Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN... [more]

CHRISTINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French form of CHRISTINA, used as a variant in other languages.

CHRISTMAS   m & f   English (Rare)
From the name of the holiday, which means "Christ festival".

CHRISTOBEL   f   English (Archaic)
Variant of CHRISTABEL

CHRISTY (1)   f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRYSANTA   f   English (Rare)
Shortened form of the word chrysanthemum, the name of a flowering plant, which means "golden flower" in Greek.

CHRYSANTHE   f   Greek, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of CHRYSANTHOS

CHRYSEIS   f   Greek Mythology
Patronymic derived from CHRYSES... [more]

CHRYSSA   f   Greek
Feminine form of CHRYSANTHOS

CHRYSTAL   f   English
Variant of CRYSTAL

CHUN   f & m   Chinese
Means "spring" in Chinese.

CHUS   m & f   Spanish
Diminutive of JESÚS or JESUSA

CHYNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of CHINA

CIANNAIT   f   Irish
Feminine form of CIAN

CIARA (1)   f   Irish
Feminine form of CIAR... [more]

CIARA (2)   f   English (African American, Modern)
Variant of SIERRA... [more]

CICELY   f   English
Medieval variant of CECILY

CIEL   f   Various
Means "sky" in French.

CIERA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SIERRA

CIERRA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SIERRA

CILI   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of CECILIA

CILKA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of CECILIA

CILLA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Diminutive of CECILIA

CILLE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of CECILIA

CINDERELLA   f   Literature
From the French name Cendrillon which means "little ashes"... [more]

CINDI   f   English
Diminutive of CYNTHIA

CINDRA   f   English (Rare)
Combination of CINDY and SANDRA

CINDY   f   English
Diminutive of CYNTHIA

CÍNTIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CYNTHIA

CINZIA   f   Italian
Italian form of CYNTHIA

CIRCE   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Κιρκη (Kirke), which possibly meant "bird"... [more]

CIRILA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of CYRIL

CISSY   f   English
Variant of SISSY

CITLALI   f & m   Native American
Means "star" in Nahuatl.

CITRA   f   Indonesian
Means "image" in Indonesian.

CLAIRE   f   French, English
French form of CLARA

CLARA   f   Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous"... [more]

CLARE   f   English
Medieval English form of CLARA... [more]

CLARETTA   f   Italian
Diminutive of CLARA

CLARETTE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of CLARA

CLARIBEL   f   English
Combination of CLARA and the popular name suffix bel... [more]

CLARICE   f   English, French
Medieval French diminutive of CLARA, also used in England since the Middle Ages.

CLARINDA   f   English
Combination of CLARA and the popular name suffix inda... [more]

CLARISA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of CLARISSA

CLARISSA   f   English, Italian, Portuguese
Latinate form of CLARICE

CLARISSE   f   French
French form of CLARICE

CLARITY   f   English (Rare)
Simply means "clarity, lucidity" from the English word, ultimately from Latin clarus "clear".

CLAUDE   m & f   French, English
French masculine and feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

CLAUDETTE   f   French
French feminine form of CLAUDIUS

CLÁUDIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of CLAUDIUS

CLAUDIA   f   English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

CLAUDIE   f   French
French feminine variant of CLAUDE

CLAUDINE   f   French
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS

CLEENA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of CLÍODHNA

CLELIA   f   Italian
Meaning unknown, from the Latin name Cloelia... [more]

CLEMATIS   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for a type of flowering vine, ultimately derived from Greek κλημα (klema) "twig, branch".

CLÉMENCE   f   French
French feminine form of Clementius (see CLEMENT).

CLEMENCE   f   English
Feminine form of Clementius (see CLEMENT)... [more]

CLEMENCY   f   English (Rare)
Medieval variant of CLEMENCE... [more]

CLEMENTINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of CLEMENT

CLEMENTINE   f   French
French feminine form of CLEMENT

CLEO   f   English
Short form of CLEOPATRA

CLEOPATRA   f   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Κλεοπατρα (Kleopatra) which meant "glory of the father", derived from κλεος (kleos) "glory" combined with πατρος (patros) "of the father"... [more]

CLIO   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized), Italian
Latinized form of KLEIO

CLÍODHNA   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "shapely" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

CLÍONA   f   Irish
Contracted form of CLÍODHNA

CLODAGH   f   Irish
From the name of a river in Tipperary, Ireland.

CLOTHILDE   f   French
Variant of CLOTILDE

CLOTHO   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of KLOTHO

CLOTILDA   f   English
Latinized form of CLOTILDE

CLOTILDE   f   French
French form of a Germanic name which was composed of the elements hlud "famous" and hild "battle"... [more]

CLOVER   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the wild flower, ultimately deriving from Old English clafre.

CLOVIA   f  
Possibly a feminine form of CLOVIS

CLYTEMNESTRA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Κλυταιμνηστρα (Klytaimnestra), from κλυτος (klytos) "famous, noble" and μνηστρια (mnestria) "courter, wooer"... [more]

CLYTIA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of KLYTIË

COBY   m & f   English, Dutch
Masculine or feminine diminutive of JACOB

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

COKKIE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of CORNELIA

COLEEN   f   English
Variant of COLLEEN

COLENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of COLLEEN

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

COLINE   f   French
Short form of NICOLINE

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

COLLYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of COLLEEN

COLOMBE   f   French
French feminine form of COLUMBA

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

COLUMBINE   f   English (Rare)
English form of COLOMBINA... [more]

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

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

CONCEPTA   f   Irish
Latin form of CONCEPCIÓN

CONCETTA   f   Italian
Italian cognate of CONCEPCIÓN

CONCETTINA   f   Italian
Diminutive of CONCETTA

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

CONCHITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of CONCHA

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".

CONNIE   f   English
Diminutive of CONSTANCE

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

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).

CONSTANTINA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

CONSTANZA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of CONSTANTIA

CONSUELA   f   Spanish
Variant of CONSUELO

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

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 coralium (see CORAL).

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

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

COREEN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CORINNE

CORETTA   f   English
Diminutive of CORA... [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

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]

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

CORNÉLIE   f   French
French form of CORNELIA

CORONA   f   History
Means "crown" in Latin. This was the name of a 2nd-century saint and martyr.

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

CORYNN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CORINNE

COSETTE   f   French
Meaning unknown... [more]

COSIMA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of COSIMO

COSMINA   f   Romanian
Feminine form of COSMIN

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]

CRESCENCIA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

CRESCENTIA   f   German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

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

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

CRISTAL   f   English
Variant of CRYSTAL

CRISTEN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of KRISTIN

CRISTIANA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of CHRISTINA

CRISTINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of CHRISTINA

CROCETTA   f   Italian
Diminutive of CROCIFISSA

CROCIFISSA   f   Italian
Means "crucifix" in Italian.

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

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

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

CÚC   f   Vietnamese
Means "chrysanthemum" in Vietnamese.

CUNÉGONDE   f   French
French form of KUNIGUNDE... [more]

CUSTODIA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of CUSTODIO

CVETKA   f   Slovene
Feminine form of CVETKO

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

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]

CYNTHIA   f   English, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Κυνθια (Kynthia) which means "woman from Kynthos"... [more]

CYRA   f   History
Feminine form of CYRUS... [more]

CYRIACA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CYRIACUS

CYRILLA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of CYRIL

CYRILLE   m & f   French
French masculine and feminine form of CYRIL

CZESŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of CZESŁAW

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