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CAELAN   m & f   English
Anglicized form of CAOLÁN or CAOILFHIONN

CAM (2)   m & f   English
Short form of CAMERON

CAMERON   m & f   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose"... [more]

CAMILLE   f & m   French
French feminine and masculine form of CAMILLA

CANDE   f & m   Spanish
Short form of CANDELARIA or CANDELARIO

CAREY   m & f   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Ciardha meaning "descendent of Ciardha"... [more]

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

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

CARY   m & f   English
Variant of CAREY

CASEY   m & f   English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Cathasaigh meaning "descendent of Cathasaigh"... [more]

CASSIDY   f & m   English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Caiside meaning "descendent of Caiside"... [more]

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

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

CERI   m & f   Welsh
Possibly derived from Welsh caru meaning "to love"... [more]

CHANCE   f & m   English
Means simply "chance" from the English word... [more]

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

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

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

CHARLEY   f & m   English
Pet form or feminine form of CHARLES

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

CHEN   m & f   Chinese
Means "morning" in Chinese.

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

CHEROKEE   f & m   English
Probably derived from the Creek word tciloki meaning "people of a different speech"... [more]

CHESED   f & m   Jewish
Means "mercy" in Hebrew.

CHEYENNE   f & m   English
Derived from the Dakota word shahiyena meaning "unintelligible speakers"... [more]

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

CHIBUZO   m & f   Igbo
Means "God is the leader" in Igbo.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CHUS   m & f   Spanish
Pet form of JESÚS or JESUSA

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

CLAIR   f & m   English
Variant or masculine form of CLAIRE

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

CLYDE   m & f   English
From the name of the River Clyde in Scotland, which is of unknown origin.

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

CODIE   m & f   English
Variant or feminine form of CODY

CORI   f & m   English
Variant or feminine form of COREY... [more]

CORIE   m & f   English
Variant or feminine form of COREY... [more]

CORTNEY   f & m   English
Variant of COURTNEY

COURTNEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was derived either from a French place name meaning "domain of CURTIS" or else from a French nickname meaning "short nose".

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

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

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