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CIAN   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "ancient" in Gaelic... [more]

CIANÁN   m   Irish
Diminutive of CIAN... [more]

CIAR   m   Irish
Derived from Irish ciar meaning "black".

CIARÁN   m   Irish
Derived from Irish ciar "black" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

CIBOR   m   Polish
Short form of CZCIBOR

CIBRÁN   m   Galician
Galician form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).

CICERO   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "chickpea" from Latin cicer... [more]

CILLIAN   m   Irish
Either from Gaelic ceallach meaning "war, strife" or else from Gaelic ceall "church" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

CILLÍN   m   Irish
Variant of CILLIAN

CINÁED   m   Scottish
Means "born of fire" in Gaelic... [more]

CIONAODH   m   Irish
Irish form of CINÁED

CIPRIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).

CIPRIANO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).

CIRIACO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CYRIACUS

CIRIL   m   Slovene
Slovene form of CYRIL

CIRILLO   m   Italian
Italian form of CYRIL

CIRINO   m   Italian, Spanish
Diminutive of CIRO

CIRO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CYRUS

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

CLAIR   m   French, English
French form of Clarus (see CLARA).

CLANCY   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From the Irish surname Mac Fhlannchaidh which means "son of Flannchadh"... [more]

CLARENCE   m   English
From the Latin title Clarensis which belonged to members of the British royal family... [more]

CLARK   m   English
From a surname meaning "cleric" or "scholar" in Middle English... [more]

CLAUD   m   English
Variant of CLAUDE

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

CLÁUDIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of CLAUDIUS

CLAUDIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CLAUDIUS

CLAUDIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CLAUDIUS

CLAUDIUS   m   Ancient Roman
From a Roman family name which was derived from Latin claudus meaning "lame, crippled"... [more]

CLAUS   m   German, Danish
German short form of NICHOLAS

CLAY   m   English
From an English surname meaning "clay", originally referring to a person who lived near or worked with a source of clay... [more]

CLAYTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from an Old English place name meaning "clay settlement".

CLEDWYN   m   Welsh
Derived from the Welsh element caled "rough" combined with gwyn "white, fair, blessed".

CLEISTHENES   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Κλεισθενης (Kleisthenes), derived from κλεος (kleos) "glory" and σθενος (sthenos) "strength"... [more]

CLEM   m   English
Short form of CLEMENT

CLEMENS   m   German, Late Roman
Original Latin form of CLEMENT, as well as the German form.

CLÉMENT   m   French
French form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).

CLEMENT   m   English
English form of the Late Latin name Clemens (or sometimes of its derivative Clementius) which meant "merciful, gentle"... [more]

CLEMENTE   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).

CLEON   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Κλεων (Kleon), a Greek name derived from κλεος (kleos) "glory".

CLEOPAS   m   Biblical
Shortened form of the Greek name Κλεοπατρος (Kleopatros) which was derived from κλεος (kleos) "glory" and πατρος (patros) "of the father"... [more]

CLEOPHAS   m   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of CLOPAS

CLETIS   m   English (Rare)
Variant of CLETUS

CLETO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of ANACLETO

CLETUS   m   English
Short form of ANACLETUS... [more]

CLEVE   m   English
Short form of CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "hilly land"... [more]

CLIFF   m   English
Short form of CLIFFORD or CLIFTON

CLIFFORD   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "ford by a cliff" in Old English.

CLIFTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English.

CLÍMACO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Climacus, derived from Greek κλιμαξ (klimax) "ladder"... [more]

CLINT   m   English
Short form of CLINTON... [more]

CLINTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from an Old English place name meaning "settlement on the summit"... [more]

CLITUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of KLEITOS

CLIVE   m   English
From a surname meaning "cliff" in Old English, originally belonging to a person who lived near a cliff.

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

CLOVIS   m   Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Hludwig (see LUDWIG)... [more]

CLYDE   m   English
From the name of the River Clyde in Scotland, which is of unknown origin... [more]

CNAEUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman variant of GNAEUS

CNUT   m   History
Variant of KNUT

COBUS   m   Dutch
Diminutive of JACOBUS

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

CODIE   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CODY

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

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]

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.

COLEMAN   m   English, Irish
Variant of COLMÁN

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

COLIN (2)   m   English
Medieval diminutive of Colle, a French and Norman form NICHOLAS.

COLLIN   m   English
Variant of COLIN (2)

COLM   m   Irish
Irish form of COLUMBA

COLMÁN   m   Irish
Irish form of the Late Latin name Columbanus, which was itself derived from COLUMBA... [more]

COLOMBAIN   m   French
French form of Columbanus (see COLMÁN).

COLOMBANO   m   Italian
Italian form of Columbanus (see COLMÁN).

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

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

COLUMBAN   m   History
English form of Columbanus (see COLMÁN).

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

CÔME   m   French
French form of COSMAS

COMGAL   m   Irish
Anglicized form 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]

CONCETTO   m   Italian
Masculine form of CONCETTA

CONCHOBHAR   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Original Irish form of CONNOR

CONFUCIUS   m   History
Anglicized form of the Chinese name Kong Fu Zi... [more]

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

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
Derived from the Germanic elements kuon "bold" and rad "counsel"... [more]

CONRADO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of CONRAD

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

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

CONSTANTIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

CONSTANTIN   m   French, Romanian
French and Romanian form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

CONSTANTINE   m   History
From the Roman name Constantinus which was derived from the Latin word constans meaning "constant, steadfast"... [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

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

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

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

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

CORIN   m   French
French form of QUIRINUS

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

CORNEL   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CORNELIUS

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 an Anglicized form of Corneille, the medieval French form of CORNELIUS.

CORRADO   m   Italian
Italian form of CONRAD... [more]

CORT   m   German
Variant of KORT

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

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

COSKUN   m   Turkish
Means "enthusiastic" in Turkish.

COSMA   m   Italian
Italian form of COSMAS

COSMAS   m   History
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

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 CONSTANTINE

COSTICA   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of CONSTANTINE

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".

CRESCENTIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which derives from Latin crescere "to grow".

CRESCENZO   m   Italian
Italian form of CRESCENTIUS

CRISPIAN   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval variant of CRISPIN

CRISPIN   m   English (Rare)
From the Roman cognomen Crispinus which was derived from the Roman family name Crispus, which meant "curly-headed" in Latin... [more]

CRISTI   m   Romanian
Diminutive of CRISTIAN

CRISTIÁN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of CHRISTIAN

CRISTIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CHRISTIAN

CRISTIANO   m   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of CHRISTIAN

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

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.

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

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.

CUNOBELINUS   m   Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
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.

CUSTODIO   m   Spanish
Means "guardian" in Spanish.

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

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

CY   m   English
Short form of CYRUS or CYRIL

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

CYNEFRIÐ   m   Anglo-Saxon
Means "royal peace" from Old English cyne "royal" and frið "peace".

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

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

CYRIACUS   m   Ancient Roman
From the Roman cognomen Cyriacus, which was derived from the Greek name Κυριακος (Kyriakos), which meant "of the lord" (derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord")... [more]

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

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

CYRUS   m   English, Biblical
From Κυρος (Kyros), the Greek form of the Persian name Kûrush, which may mean "far sighted" or may be related to the Persian word khur "sun"... [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".

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