Behind the Name: isla_may's Personal Name List

Calypso

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Καλυψώ(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: kə-LIP-so(English)

Rating: 86% based on 7 votes

From Greek Καλυψώ (Kalypso), which probably meant "she that conceals", derived from καλύπτω (kalypto) meaning "to cover, to conceal". In Greek myth this was the name of the nymph who fell in love with Odysseus after he was shipwrecked on her island of Ogygia. When he refused to stay with her she detained him for seven years until Zeus ordered her to release him.

Carlos

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese

Pronounced: KAR-los(Spanish) KAR-loosh(European Portuguese) KAR-loos(Brazilian Portuguese)

Rating: 70% based on 4 votes

Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles.

Charlie

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: CHAHR-lee

Rating: 70% based on 7 votes

Diminutive or feminine form of Charles. A famous bearer was the British comic actor Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977). It is also borne by Charlie Brown, the main character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz.

Chiara

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: KYA-ra

Rating: 78% based on 4 votes

Italian form of Clara. Saint Chiara (commonly called Clare in English) was a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Cleo

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: KLEE-o

Personal remark: cleo alexandra

Rating: 81% based on 7 votes

Short form of Cleopatra, Cleon or Cleopas.