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Calista f English, Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Callistus. As an English name it might also be a variant of Kallisto.

Calisto m Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Portuguese and Spanish form of Callistus.

Calixta f Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Calixtus.

Calixto m Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Calixtus.

Camila f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Camilla.

Camilo m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Camillus.

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". This name is given in honour of the church festival of Candlemas, which commemorates the presentation of Christ in the temple and the purification of the Virgin Mary.

Candelario m Spanish
Masculine form of Candelaria.

Candelas f Spanish
Diminutive of Candelaria.

Cándida f Spanish
Spanish form of Candida.

Cándido m Spanish
Spanish form of Candidus.

Caridad f Spanish
Means "charity" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, meaning "Our Lady of Charity". This is the name of the patron saint of Cuba, with a shrine located in the town of El Cobre.

Carina 1 f English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Late Roman
Late Latin name derived from cara meaning "dear, beloved". This was the name of a 4th-century saint and martyr. It is also the name of a constellation in the southern sky, though in this case it means "keel" in Latin, referring to a part of Jason's ship the Argo.

Carla f Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, English, German, Dutch
Feminine form of Carlo, Carlos or Carl.

Carlito m Portuguese, Spanish (Rare)
Diminutive of Carlos.

Carlitos m Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Carlos.

Carlos m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles.

Carlota f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Charlotte.

Carmela f Italian, Spanish, Galician
Italian, Spanish and Galician form of Carmel.

Carmelina f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish diminutive of Carmela.

Carmelita f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Carmel.

Carmelo m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian masculine form of Carmel.

Carmen f Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese, French, Romanian, German
Medieval Spanish form of Carmel, appearing in the devotional title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Carmen meaning "Our Lady of Mount Carmel". The spelling has been altered through association with the Latin word carmen meaning "song". This was the name of the main character in George Bizet's opera Carmen (1875).

Carmenza f Spanish (Latin American)
Elaboration of Carmen.

Carmina f Italian, Spanish
Variant of Carmen.

Carolina f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Swedish
Latinate feminine form of Carolus. This is the name of two American states: North and South Carolina. They were named for Charles I, king of England.

Casandra f Spanish, Romanian
Spanish and Romanian form of Cassandra.

Casilda f Spanish
Meaning uncertain. This is the name of the 11th-century patron saint of Toledo, Spain. It might have an Arabic origin (Saint Casilda was a Moorish princess), perhaps from قصيدة (qaṣīda) meaning "poem". Alternatively it could be derived from a Visigothic name in which the second element is hilds meaning "battle".

Casimiro m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Casimir.

Catalina f Spanish, Corsican
Spanish and Corsican form of Katherine.

Cayetana f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).

Cayetano m Spanish
Spanish form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).

Cebrián m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian).

Cecilia f English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Romanian, Finnish
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus meaning "blind". Saint Cecilia was a semi-legendary 2nd or 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she was beheaded. She was later regarded as the patron saint of music and musicians.... [more]

Cecilio m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Caecilius.

Ceferina f Spanish
Feminine form of Ceferino.

Ceferino m Spanish
Spanish form of Zephyrinus (see Zeferino).

Celeste f & m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English
Italian feminine and masculine form of Caelestis. It is also the Portuguese, Spanish and English feminine form.

Celestina f Spanish, Italian
Latinate feminine form of Caelestinus.

Celestino m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Caelestinus.

Celia f English, Spanish
Feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius. Shakespeare used it in his play As You Like It (1599), which introduced the name to the English-speaking public at large. It is sometimes used as a short form of Cecilia.

Celino m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Caelinus or a short form of Marcelino.

Celio m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Caelius.

Celsa f Ancient Roman, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Feminine form of Celsus.

Celso m Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Italian
Portuguese, Galician, Spanish and Italian form of Celsus.

César m French, Spanish, Portuguese
French, Spanish and Portuguese form of Caesar. A famous bearer was the American labour organizer César Chávez (1927-1993).

Charo f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Rosario.

Che m Spanish
From an Argentine expression meaning "hey!". This nickname was acquired by the Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Guevara while he was in Cuba.

Chela f Spanish
Diminutive of Graciela or Marcela.

Chelo f Spanish
Diminutive of Consuelo.

Chema m Spanish
Diminutive of José María or José Manuel.

Chita f Spanish
Short form of Conchita.

Chucho m Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Jesús.

Chus m & f Spanish
Diminutive of Jesús or Jesusa.

Chuy m Spanish
Diminutive of Jesús.

Cielo f Spanish
Means "sky, heaven" in Spanish. In Mexico this name was popularized by a character named María del Cielo, called Cielo, on the telenovela Por tu amor (1999).

Cintia f Spanish, Hungarian
Spanish and Hungarian form of Cynthia.

Cipriana f Spanish, Romanian
Spanish and Romanian feminine form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian).

Cipriano m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian).

Ciríaco m Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Portuguese form and Spanish variant of Cyriacus.

Ciriaco m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Cyriacus.

Cirilo m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Cyril.

Cirino m Italian, Spanish
Diminutive of Ciro or an Italian and Spanish form of Cyrinus.

Ciro m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Cyrus.

Clara f German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Catalan, Romanian, English, Swedish, Danish, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus, which meant "clear, bright, famous". The name Clarus was borne by a few early saints. The feminine form was popularized by the 13th-century Saint Clare of Assisi (called Chiara in Italian), a friend and follower of Saint Francis, who left her wealthy family to found the order of nuns known as the Poor Clares.... [more]

Clarisa f Spanish
Spanish form of Clarissa.

Claudia f English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Claudius. It is mentioned briefly in the New Testament. As a Christian name it was very rare until the 16th century.

Claudina f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Claudia.

Claudio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Claudius.

Clemencia f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Clementius (see Clement).

Clemente m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Clemens (see Clement).

Clementina f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of Clement.

Cleto m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of Anacleto.

Clímaco m Spanish
Spanish form of Climacus, derived from Greek κλῖμαξ (klimax) meaning "ladder". The 7th-century monk Saint John Climacus (also known as John of the Ladder) acquired this name because he wrote a book called The Ladder of Divine Ascent.

Clodomiro m Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Chlodomer.

Cloe f Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Chloe.

Clotilde f French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
French form of Chrodechildis, the Latin form of a Frankish name composed of the elements hruod "fame, glory" and hilt "battle". Saint Clotilde (whose name was originally recorded in forms such as Chrodechildis or Chrotchildis in Latin sources) was the wife of the Frankish king Clovis, whom she converted to Christianity. It was also borne by others in the Merovingian royal family. In the Middle Ages this name was confused with Chlodechilda, in which the first element is hlut "famous, loud".

Concepción f Spanish
Means "conception" in Spanish. This name is given in reference to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. A city in Chile bears this name.

Concha f Spanish
Diminutive of Concepción. This name can also mean "seashell" in Spanish.

Conchita f Spanish
Diminutive of Concha.

Conrado m Spanish
Spanish form of Conrad.

Consolación f Spanish
Means "consolation" in Spanish. It is taken from a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Consolación, meaning "Our Lady of Consolation".

Constancio m Spanish
Spanish form of Constantius.

Constantino m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Constantinus (see Constantine 1).

Constanza f Spanish
Spanish form of Constantia.

Consuela f Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Consuelo.

Consuelo f Spanish
Means "consolation" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo, meaning "Our Lady of Consolation".

Coral f English, Spanish
From the English and Spanish word coral for the underwater skeletal deposits that can form reefs. It is ultimately derived (via Old French and Latin) from Greek κοράλλιον (korallion).

Corina f Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, German
Romanian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Corinna, as well as a German variant.

Cornelio m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Cornelius.

Corona f Late Roman, Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Means "crown" in Latin, as well as Italian and Spanish. This was the name of a 2nd-century saint who was martyred with her companion Victor.

Cosme m Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Cosmas.

Covadonga f Spanish
From the name of a village in Asturias, Spain. Called Cuadonga in Asturian, it probably means "cave of the spring", though it has long been associated with Vulgar Latin Cova Dominica "Cave of Our Lady". This is the site of an important shrine to the Virgin Mary, and its use as a given name stems from the Marian title Nuestra Señora de Covadonga "Our Lady of Covadonga".

Crescencia f Spanish
Spanish form of Crescentia.

Crescencio m Spanish
Spanish form of Crescentius.

Crisóstomo m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Chrysostomos.

Cristal f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Crystal.

Cristián m Spanish
Spanish form of Christian.

Cristian m Romanian, Spanish
Romanian and Spanish form of Christian.

Cristina f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Romanian form of Christina.

Cristóbal m Spanish
Spanish form of Christopher.

Cristopher m Spanish
Spanish form of the English name Christopher.

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

Cruzita f Spanish (Rare)
Diminutive of Cruz.

Curro m Spanish
Andalusian diminutive of Francisco.

Custodia f Spanish
Feminine form of Custodio.

Custodio m Spanish
Means "guardian" in Spanish, from Latin custodia "protection, safekeeping".