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Cabiria f Italian (Rare), Popular Culture
Perhaps a Latinized form of Greek Καβειρία (Kabeiria), an epithet of the goddess Demeter, possibly derived from the name of Mount Kabeiros in Asia Minor; see also Kabeiro... [more]

Cabrini f Italian

Caesia f Ancient Roman, Greek, Italian
Caesia is a Latin word that means "bluish grey" or "light blue.” Caesia also refers to a genus of herbs.

Cafiera f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Cafiero.

Caitana f Sicilian
Feminine form of Caitanu.

Calcedonia f Sicilian
Feminine form of Calcedonio.

Calimera f Italian (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Calimero.

Calipso f Catalan, Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Catalan, Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Calypso.

Calliupa f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Calliope.

Calocera f Italian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Calocero. Due to the similarities in appearance and pronunciation, this name is often confused with the name Calogera.

Calògira f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Calogera (see Calogero).

Camilia f Sicilian
Variant of Camelia.

Camillina f Sicilian
Diminutive of Camilla.

Camilluzza f Sicilian
Diminutive of Camilla.

Cammela f Sicilian
Variant of Carmela.

Cammena f Sicilian
Variant of Carmena.

Cammiluzza f Sicilian
Diminutive of Carmela and Carmena.

Candelora f Sicilian (Rare)
Italian form of Candelaria.

Canzia f Italian
Feminine form of Canzio.

Canzianilla f Italian
Italian form of Cantianilla.

Caralisa f Italian
Beloved Lisa

Caramella f Italian (Rare)
Feminine name derived from the word "caramel". Possibly also from the Italian surname Caramella.

Caritina f Spanish, Spanish (Mexican), Filipino (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Charitine. This name is mostly used in Mexico.

Carlina f German, English, Dutch, Flemish, Sicilian, Romansh
German and Dutch variant of Karlina and Sicilian, Romansh and English feminine diminutive of Carl.

Carlottina f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Carlotta.

Carluzza f Sicilian
Diminutive of Carla.

Carmelina f Italian, Romansh
Italian diminutive of Carmela and Romansh diminutive of Carmelia.

Carmelinda f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Elaboration of Carmela.

Carmeline f Italian
Diminutive form of Carmela

Carmena f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Carmina.

Carmila f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Carmela.

Càrmina f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Carmina.

Carminella f Italian
Diminutive of Carmina.

Carminia f Late Roman, Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Feminine form of Carminius.

Carra f Sicilian
Variant of Carla.

Carrina f Sicilian
Variant of Carlina.

Carulina f Asturian, Corsican, Sicilian
Asturian, Corsican and Sicilian form of Carolina.

Casilde f French (Rare), Italian (Rare)
French and Italian form of Casilda.

Casimira f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, English (Rare), Italian
Feminine form of Casimir.

Cassiana f Ancient Roman, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Provençal
Feminine form of Cassian.

Castorina f Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Italian feminine form of Castorino, or else a direct feminine diminutive of either Castoro or Castore, formed with the feminine diminutive suffix -ina (itself ultimately from the Latin feminine adjective-forming suffix -īna "of or pertaining to").

Castrensa f Italian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Castrense.

Castrenza f Italian (Rare)
Variant spelling of Castrensa.

Catalda f Sicilian
Feminine form of Cataldo.

Catelina f Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), English (British, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Catalina.

Catena f Italian, Sicilian
Derived from Italian catena "chain", this name was taken from the title of the Virgin Mary Maria Santissima della Catena. The name is mainly found in Sicily.

Catina f Sicilian
Variant of Catena.

Catirina f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Caterina.

Catiuscia f Italian
Italian borrowing of Katyusha.

Cattarina f Italian (Archaic)
Variant of Catarina notably borne by Maria Cattarina Calegari, a 17th-century Italian composer.

Ceciliana f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Portuguese
Form of Caeciliana in several languages.

Celerina f Late Roman, Italian, Hungarian (Rare), Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Philippines)
Feminine form of Celerinus.

Celestiana f English (Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Probably an elaboration of Celestina.

Cellestina f English (Rare), Italian (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Celestina.

Cenerina f Italian (Archaic)
Derived from Italian ceneri "ashes". This was traditionally given to girls born on Ash Wednesday (mercoledì delle ceneri or Ceneri in Italian). It is a cognate of Cendrillon.

Cerasella f Romanian, Italian
Diminutive of cerasa, an alternative Italian term to say ciliegia, both meaning "cherry". Cerasella is a 1959 Canzone Napoletana song performed by Gloria Christian and Wilma De Angelis... [more]

Cerva f Italian (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Cerva, meaning "doe, hind (female deer)" in Italian.

Cesara f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Feminine form of Cesare.

Cesarea f Italian
Variant of Cesaria.

Cesaria f Italian, History (Ecclesiastical)
Italian form of Caesaria.

Cesia f Italian
Italian form of Caesia.

Cesidia f Italian (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Caesidius.

Cesira f Italian
Of debated origin and meaning. While some scholars connect this name to masculine Cesare, others rather see a link to Cesio... [more]

Cettina f Sicilian
Short form of Concettina.

Chelidonia f Italian
Italian name derived from the Greek word chelidon meaning "swallow". This name was borne by a 12th-century Italian saint.

Cherubina f Medieval Italian, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Cherubino.

Chesia f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Keziah.

Chessy f Italian
Diminutive of Francesca.

Chiaffreda f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Chiaffredo.

Chiaretta f Italian
Diminutive of Chiara.

Chiaruzza f Sicilian
Diminutive of Chiara.

Chicca f Italian
Italian diminutive of Francesca.

Chionia f Late Greek, Greek (Rare), Italian (Archaic), Polish, History (Ecclesiastical)
Variant of Chione. This was the name of a virgin martyr and saint who lived during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian... [more]

Chloè f Italian
Italian from of Chloe.

Ciara f Sicilian (Rare), Sardinian
Variant of Chiara.

Cicilia f Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Dutch, Corsican, Sicilian, Medieval English
Variant of Cecilia.

Cilesti f & m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Celeste.

Cina f Italian, Medieval Italian
Feminine form of of Cino.

Cinzi f English (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Cinzia.

Cipriana f Italian, Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Romanian, Greek (Rare), Gascon, Provençal
Italian, Romanian, Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Gascon and Provençal feminine form of Cyprianus (compare Cypriana).

Cira f Italian, Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Galician (Rare)
Italian, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese feminine form of Cyrus.

Ciriaca f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Cyriaca.

Cirilla f Italian (Rare), Hungarian (Rare)
Italian and Hungarian feminine form of Cyril.

Cisaria f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Cesária.

Cisella f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Cisellus.

Citta f Italian (Archaic)
Older form of Zita 1.

Ciuvanna f Sicilian
Variant of Giuvanna.

Civita f Italian
Means "city, town", taken from the Italian title of the Virgin Mary Madonna della Civita, which refers to a sacred image of the Virgin discovered on Mount Civita by a shepherd whose deaf-muteness was miraculously cured by it... [more]

Clarici f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Clarice.

Cleide f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Cleïs. A notable bearer is Italian athlete Cleide Urlando.

Clemenza f Italian, American (South, Archaic)
Italian variant of Clemenzia and American feminine form of Clement.

Clemenzia f Italian, Corsican
Italian and Corsican form of Clementia.

Cleofe f Italian (Rare), Galician (Rare)
From the Latin Maria Cleophae, literally "Mary of Cleophas" (and popularly interpreted as "Mary, wife of Cleophas"). This is given in reference to the saint known in Italian as Maria Cleofe (alternatively Maria di Cleofa), who is mentioned in John 19:25 as one of the women present at the crucifixion of Jesus.... [more]

Cleofina f Italian (Rare)
Feminine Italian diminutive of Cleophas.

Cleonice f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Catalan (Rare), Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Latinized form of Kleonike.

Cleonilde f Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Cleontina f Romanian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Italian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare, Archaic)

Clia f Italian, Greek (Rare)
Variant of Clio.

Climentina f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Clementina.

Climintina f Sicilian
Variant of Climentina.

Clitennestra f Italian
Italian form of Clytemnestra.

Cliupatra f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Cleopatra.

Clizia f Italian
Italian form of Clytia.

Clodia f Ancient Roman, Italian, Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Clodius and Clodio. This name was borne by one of the Vestal Virgins.

Clodomira f Italian (Rare), Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of Clodomiro, which is the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the ancient Germanic name Chlodomer.... [more]

Clodovea f Italian, Italian (Tuscan), Emilian-Romagnol
Feminine form of Clodoveo.

Clora f Italian
Variant of Clori.

Clori f Italian
Italian form of Chloris.

Clorinda f Italian, Corsican, Galician (Rare), Literature, English (American, Rare)
Probably created by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso for a character of his poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' (1580). The name was also popular in the 19th century.

Clotildi f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Clotilde.

Clotirdi f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Clotilde.

Clurinda f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Clorinda.

Coletta f Italian (Rare), English (Rare)
Truncated form of Nicoletta as well as a variant of Colette.

Colitta f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Coletta.

Columbina f Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Latin American, Archaic), German (Archaic), German (Swiss, Archaic)
Diminutive of Columba.

Comasia f Italian (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Comasia was bore by a II-IV century martyr and saint who would help during drought and dryness. A legend says that her name was unknown even in the past so she was named Santa (Saint) come sia meaning "be that as it may" in Italian and later became Comasia... [more]

Concettuzza f Sicilian
Diminutive of Concetta.

Concita f Italian
Italian form of Conchita as well as variant of Concetta.

Consiglia f Italian (Rare)
Derived from the Italian word consiglio, itself from Latin consilium meaning "advice".... [more]

Consolazione f Italian
Italian form of Consuelo.

Contalda f Italian
Feminine form of Contardo.

Coralia f Romanian (Rare), Spanish, Galician, Italian (Rare)
Romanian, Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Coralie.

Coralina f English (Modern, Rare), French (Rare), Italian, Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Coraline.

Coralla f Italian (Rare)
Origianlly an Italian form of Koralia, its modern usage has been influenced by Italian corallo "coral".

Corallina f Italian (Rare)

Corbina f English (Rare), Portuguese (Rare, Archaic), Italian (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Corbin.

Corbiniana f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Corbiniano.

Coriolana f Italian (Tuscan, Rare)
Italian feminine form of Coriolanus.

Corrada f Italian
Feminine form of Corrado.

Corraduzza f Sicilian
Diminutive of Corrada.

Corsina f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Corso.

Cosetta f Italian
Italian form of Cosette.

Cosimina f Italian
Diminutive of Cosima.

Cosmia f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek (Latinized, Rare), Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare)
Latinized form of the Greek name Κοσμία (Kosmia), which meant "orderly, decent".

Costantina f Italian, Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Feminine form of Costantino.

Crescenza f Italian
Italian form of Crescentia.

Crescenzia f Italian
Italian feminine form of Crescentius.

Crescenziana f Italian (Archaic), Medieval Italian
Italian feminine form of Crescentianus (see Crescentian).

Crespina f Italian, Lengadocian, Provençal
Italian feminine form of Crispino and Languedocian and Provençal feminine form of Crespin.

Creusa f Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Italian (Rare)
Latinized form of Greek Κρέουσα (Kreousa) meaning "princess", from κρέων (kreon) "king, royal" (compare Kreon). This was the name of the first wife of Aeneas, who was killed in the sack of Troy and then appeared to her husband as a ghost, encouraging him to move on without her and seek a new city.

Crimentina f Sicilian
Variant of Climentina.

Crimilde f Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (African)
Italian and Portuguese form of Kriemhild.

Crisantide f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Chrysanthis.

Crisostoma f Italian
Feminine form of Crisostomo.

Crisotemi f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Chrysothemis.

Crispina f Ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Sicilian, Medieval Latin
Feminine form of Crispinus. A notable bearer was the 2nd-century Roman empress Bruttia Crispina, the wife of Emperor Commodus. This name was also borne by a 4th-century Christian martyr from North Africa.

Crizia m & f Italian
Italian form of Kritias and Krizia.

Croce f & m Italian (Rare)
Means "cross" in Italian, making it a cognate of Cruz.

Crucificia f Late Roman, Italian, Spanish
Earliest known usage stemmed from the mid 4th century in Rome, following the rule of Constantine. The meaning of the name is "Crucifixion."

Ctonia f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Chthonia.

Culetta f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Coletta.

Cuncetta f Corsican, Sicilian
Corsican and Sicilian form of Concetta.

Cuncettina f Sicilian
Diminutive of Cuncetta.

Cuncittina f Sicilian
Variant of Cuncettina.

Cunegonda f Italian (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Corsican (Archaic), Gascon (Archaic), Provençal (Archaic)
Dutch variant and Italian, Corsican, Gascon and Provençal form of Kunigunde.

Cuore f Italian
The Italian language word for "heart". It's the name of the last surviving Maenad in ''Final Fantasy IV: The After Years''.

Curinna f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Corinna.

Curnelia f Sicilian
Variant of Cornelia.

Currada f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Corrada.

Curradina f Sicilian
Diminutive of Currada.

Custantina f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Constantina.

Custanza f Sicilian
Feminine form of Custanzu.