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CÀ m & f VietnameseMeans "the eldest; the first" in a northern Vietnamese dialect.
CABELL m American (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
CABELL. A notable bearer is jazz musician and bandleader Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (1907-1994).
CABEZA f SpanishFrom
cabeza "head", after the Marian title
Virgen de la Cabeza, venerated in many points of Spain, specially in Andalusia. Legend has it that a shepherd found a statuette of Virgin Mary in La Cabeza hill in Sierra Morena.... [
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CABIRIA f Italian (Rare)Possibly invented by Italian author Gabriele D'Annunzio for the title heroine in the film 'Cabiria' (1914), to which he wrote the screenplay. He might have based it on
Cabiri, a Latinized form of Greek Κάβειροι
(Kabeiroi), the name of a group of deities perhaps deriving from Semitic
kabir meaning "great, powerful"... [
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CABOT m English (Rare)The name 'Cabot' comes from the fifteenth century Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto who was commissioned by the Kingdom of England to discover North America. When Caboto arrived in England is name was changed to John Cabot to sound more English... [
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CACARK’A f AbazinFrom Russian цесарка (
tsesarka) meaning "guinea-hen".
ÇÄÇKÄ f TatarFrom a variant Tatar word meaning "flower".
ÇAÇTIU f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balkar
чач (çaç) meaning "hair" and ultimately meaning "one with luxurious hair".
CADAN m Cornish, WelshDerived from Welsh and Cornish
cad "battle" and possibly Welsh
man "place" or Welsh
nant "brook, stream". This is also the name of a river in Dyfed, Wales.
CADENUS m LiteratureInvented by author Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem Cadenus and Vanessa. The name is an anagram for the latin word decanus, meaning
DEAN, because he was the dean of St... [
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CADENZA f & m American (Rare)Means "conclusion of a movement in music" in Italian (literally "a falling"). A cadenza is an ornamental passage near the close of a song or solo, as in an opera. This is sometimes seen as an Italianate variant of
CADENCE... [
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CADHLA f & m IrishMeans "beautiful" or "handsome" in Irish.
CADIGA f Arabic (Latinized), LiteratureArchaic transcription of
KHADIJA. This form is mostly used in older English translations of the Koran, as well as early translations of the Arabian Nights. A notable bearer of this name is the titular character's wife from the Arabian Nights-inspired novel "The History of Nourjahad" (1767) by Frances Sheridan.
CADMIUM f Popular Culture (Rare)Name of the character Cadmium Casson for the Casson Family Series. The name was most likely taken from that of the element cadmium, which comes from the Latin
cadmia and Greek
καδμεία meaning "calamine", a mixture of minerals containing cadmium... [
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CADOK m Medieval Cornish, HistoryAccording to William of Worcester, writing in the fifteenth century, Cadoc of Cornwall was a survivor of the Cornish royal line at the time of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 and was appointed as the first Earl of Cornwall by William the Conqueror... [
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CADOR m Arthurian Romance, CornishProbably a form of
CADEYRN, perhaps derived from its Cornish cognate. In Arthurian romance this was the name of Guinevere's guardian. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, Cador was a ruler of Cornwall and the father of Constantine, King Arthur's successor.... [
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CADWY m Welsh MythologyFrom Old Welsh
cad "battle" combined with the suffix
wy. This was borne by the son of
GERAINT in Arthurian legend.
CADY f & m English (Modern, Rare)While nowadays generally considered a phonetic spelling of
KATIE or a diminutive of
CADENCE, Cady was originally derived from a surname which was either a variant of
CADE or an Anglicized form of Ó Ceadaigh ("descendant of
Ceadach"), with Ceadach being a byname derived from Irish
ceadach "talkative".... [
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CAECULUS m Roman MythologyDerived from the Latin adjective
caecus meaning "blind" combined with the Latin masculine diminutive suffix
-ulus. Also compare the related name
CAECILIUS.... [
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CAEDA f EnglishDerived from the English word ‘cadence’ meaning melody, music. Caeda is a symbol of the sky, and also an expert Pegasus Knight.
CAELDORI f Popular CultureMost likely intended as an anagram of
CORDELIA. This name was first used as the name of a character in Fire Emblem: Fates. She resembles Cordelia, a character from the previous game, Fire Emblem: Awakening.
CAELESTIUS m Late RomanLate Roman variant of
CAELESTIS. This was the name of an important follower of the Christian teacher
PELAGIUS and the Christian doctrine of Pelagianism, who lived in the 5th century AD... [
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CAELIAN m English, DutchEnglish form of
CAELIANUS. The name has also been used in The Netherlands just a handful of times; the variant form
CELIAN has been used a little bit more often there.
CAELIFER m Roman MythologyFrom a poetic Latin epithet of the Greek god
ATLAS which meant "supporting the heavens", from
caelum "heaven" and
ferre "to bear, to carry, to bring"... [
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CÆLIN m HistoryCælin was an Orthodox priest in England in the seventh century, and brother of St. Cedd of Lastingham.... [
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CAELUM m AstronomyThe name of a faint constellation in the southern sky, which is from Latin
caelum meaning "heaven, sky" (compare
CAELIUS) or (allegedly) "burin" (a tool for engraving on copper or other metals).
CAELUS m Roman MythologyThe name of the god of the sky in Roman mythology. Meaning "sky" or "the heavens." Origin of the English word "celestial"
CAFIERO m Italian (Rare)From an Italian surname derived from Arabic kafir meaning "infidel". It was first used as a name in the late 19th century, in honor of Italian anarchist Carlo Cafiero (1846-1892).
CAGE m EnglishDerived from an English surname, with multiple meanings. The first one means "maker of animal cages", from Old French
cagier, the second one means "keeper of cages" and the third one relates to a residence situated near a cage... [
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ÇAĞIL m Turkish1. The sound and exuberance of flowing waters. -(adverb) ... [
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CAGNEY m & f EnglishGardener and kind friend in "The Penderwicks" by Jeanne Birdsall (National Book Award winner).... [
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CAGUAX m Taíno (Archaic)Name of the cacique of the Turabo region of Puerto Rico at the time of the arrival of Columbus.
CAI m & f ChineseMeans "fortune" or "color" in Chinese.
CAILLIC f ScottishDerived from the Gaelic word
caileag meaning "girl", or possibly from the related word
cailleach meaning "old woman", which is also the name of a Scottish and Irish mythological figure (see
BEIRA) and comes from Old Irish
caillech "veiled (one)", from
caille "veil", an early loanword from Latin
pallium "a cloak" (i.e., the ecclesiastical garment worn by nuns).
CAILLÍN m Medieval IrishMeaning uncertain. According to one source, the name means "little cowl" in Irish, in which case it should ultimately be derived from the Irish noun
caille meaning "veil".... [
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CAÍLTE m Irish, Irish MythologyOlder form of
CAOILTE, possibly derived from Irish
caol meaning "slender". In Irish legend Caílte was a warrior of the Fianna and their foremost poet... [
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CAIN f WelshMeans "beautiful, fair" in Welsh. This was the name of a 5th-century saint.
CAINHANNOCH m Mormon (Rare)From an alternative name for New York used in the Doctrine and Covenants. A possible origin could be that in the Bible,
CAIN, the son of Adam, had a son named
ENOCH... [
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CAIO m WelshDiminutive of
Cai. The name coincides with
Caio or
Caeo, the name of a village in the county of Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales.
CAIQUE m Tupi (Latinized, Modern, Archaic)Caique seems to be an indigenous word, more specifically the extinct Tupi language, which means "aquatic bird." Other translations seem to refer to "he who glides on the waters".... [
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CAIRENN f Irish MythologyIn medieval Irish legends, this name was borne by the mother of
NIALL of the Nine Hostages, a concubine of King Eochu (or Eochaid). She was treated harshly by his jealous wife Queen
MONGFIND, but later rescued by her son.
CAÏSSA f LiteratureInvented by the Italian writer Marco Girolamo Vida as a goddess of chess in 1527. It was reused in the poem Caïssa (1763) by William Jones. Since then, the name was sporadically given to girls. It is also a popular name for chess clubs.
CAIYUN f ChineseFrom Chinese 彩
(cǎi) meaning "colour" combined with 云
(yún) meaning "cloud" or 韵
(yùn) meaning "rhyme, vowel"... [
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C’ƏK’ʷ-DED f UbykhDerived from the Adyghe
дэд (ded) meaning "very" and
цӀыкӀу (tsIykIu) meaning "small".
CAKE m & f EnglishFrom the English word, a sweet dessert food, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European
*gog "ball-shaped object".
ÇAKÎN f KurdishFrom the Kurdish
çakî meaning "goodness, favour".