This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the first letter is C.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Cynewise f Anglo-SaxonDerived from Old English
cyne "royal" and
wīs "wise". A notable bearer of this name was the wife of King Penda of Mercia, also referred to as Kyneswitha (see
Cyneswið).
Cynewynn f Anglo-SaxonDerived from the Old English name element
cyne meaning "royal" and
wynn meaning "joy, bliss".
Cynosure f AstronomyFrom the Ancient Greek elements κυνός (
kunós) “dog's” and οὐρά (
ourá) meaning “tail”. This is an alternate name for Ursa Minor.
Cypress f & m American (Rare)From the English word
cypress, a group of coniferous trees. Ultimately from Greek
kuparissos.
Cyrenia f History, Indonesian (Rare)Feminine form of
Cyrenius. This was the name of a saint from the Roman province of Cilicia in southern Anatolia, who was martyred by burning in 306 at Tarsus, in persecutions of Galerius.
Cyrine f ArabicPossibly a variant of
Shirin. It tends to be used by Christian Arabs: a notable example is the Lebanese singer Cyrine Abdelnour (b. 1977).
Cythera f Ancient Greek (Latinized)Latinized form of Greek Κύθηρα
(Kythera), the name of an island of Greece, as well as an ancient town on the island. In Greek mythology, Cythera was the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite, being the island to which she first arrived after emerging from the sea, and the source of her epithet
Kythereia (Latin:
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Częstobrona f PolishDerived from Polish
często "often" and
bronić "to protect someone" or
bronić się "to defend oneself".