Submitted Names in Northern Ireland

Carolanna f English

Carolanne f English, French (Quebec)
Variant of Carolann (English) or Carolane (French).

Caroleen f English (Rare)
Variant of Caroline reflecting the French pronunciation.

Caroleena f English
Variant of Carolina.

Carolena f English (Rare)
Variant of Carolina.

Carolie f English
Combination of Carol 1 and popular suffix lie.

Carolinda f English
A combination of Carol and Linda.

Caroll m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Carroll or Carol 1... [more]

Carollee f English
Combination of Carol 1 and Lee.

Carolyna f English
Variant of Carolina.

Carolynda f English
Likely a combination of Carolyn and Lynda.

Carolyne f English, Popular Culture
Variant of Caroline.

Carolynn f English
Variant of Carolyn.

Carolynne f English
Variant of Carolyn.

Carousel f & m English (Rare)
From the English-speaking word carousel.

Carpathia f & m English (Rare)
In reference to the mountain range of Eastern Europe, from Thracian Greek Karpates oros, probably literally literally "Rocky Mountain"; related to Albanian karpe "rock." From 1630s in reference to the island of Carpathos in the Aegean... [more]

Carpenter m English
Transferred use of the surname Carpenter or in reference to the word carpenter, from Middle English from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French carpentier, charpentier, from late Latin carpentarius (artifex) ‘carriage (maker)’, from carpentum ‘wagon’, of Gaulish origin.

Carra f English
A variant of the Irish name Cara meaning "Friend"

Carrera f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Carrera.

Carressa f English (Modern)
Variant of Charissa.

Carrey f & m English
Variant of Carey or Carrie.

Carri f English (Modern)
Variant of Carrie.

Carrianne f English (Rare)
Combination of Carrie and Anne 1 (see also Carrie-Anne), perhaps inspired by the similar name Marianne.

Carrick m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Carrick.

Carrieann f English
Combination of Carrie and Ann

Carrigan f English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which was a variant of the surname Corrigan.

Carrinda f English (Rare)
Combination of Carrie and the popular name suffix inda (compare Clarinda).

Carrissa f English (Rare)
Variant of Carissa.

Carryn f English (Modern)
Variant of Caryn.

Carsyn m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Carson.

Cart m English
Short form of Carter.

Cartel m English (Rare)
From the English word "cartel"; in turn from Occitan cartel or Catalan cartell meaning "poster", or from Italian cartello, a diminutive of carta, meaning "card" or "page".

Cartwright f English
Transferred use from the surname Cartwright.

Carveth m English (Rare)
Ultimately from the village of Carveth in Cornwall, from Cornish Karvergh meaning ("fort of horses")... [more]

Carwen f Welsh
Feminine form of Carwyn.

Cary f English
Variant of Carrie.

Caryssa f English
Variant of Carissa.

Casara f English (Rare)
Variant of Cassarah.

Casarah f English (Rare)
Variant of Cassarah.

Casaundra f English (Rare)
Variant of Cassandra.

Cascade f & m English
Derived from the English word for a waterfall, ultimately from Latin cadere "to fall".

Casea f English (Modern)
Variant of Casey or Cassie.

Casek m Cornish (Rare)
Variant of Cadok.

Caselda f English (Rare)
Variant of Casilda.

Cashell f English (Modern, Rare)
Blend of Cash and Dashiell.

Cashlyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Cash using the popular name suffix lyn.

Cashmere f & m African American (Modern, Rare), Romani (Archaic), English
From the English word, a type of fabric, ultimately borrowed from the Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr) (See Kashmir).

Casi f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Casey and Cassie.

Casidee f English (Rare)
Variant of Cassidy.

Casidy f English (Modern)
Variant of Cassidy.

Casie f English (Modern)
Variant of Casey.

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

Casipha f English
Shortening of Casiphia, a biblical place name.

Casiphia f Biblical, English (Rare, Archaic)
From a place name mentioned only by the Old Testament prophet Ezra, said to be a corruption of Caspian. Otherwise it may mean "place of the treasury" from Hebrew keceph "silver, money".

Casius m English (Rare)
Variant of Cassius.

Casmere m English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Casimir, possibly orthographically influenced by Cashmere.

Casondra f English (Modern)
Variant of Cassandra.

Caspia f English
From the name of the caspia plant and feminization of Caspian.

Cassadi f English
Variant of Cassidy.

Cassalyn f English (Modern)
Combination of Cassie and the popular name suffix lyn.

Cassaundra f English (Rare)
Variant of Cassandra.

Cassel m & f English (Modern)
From the surname Cassel. Cassel Sharpe is fictional character in Holly Black's novel White Cat.

Casselda f English (Rare)
Variant of Cassilda.

Casselle f English

Cassette f English (Rare)
Possibly a diminutive of Cass. It also coincides with the word cassette, which refers to a kind of tape formerly used to record audio.

Casseus m English
Variant of Cassius.

Cassiah f English
Variant of Cassia.

Cassianna f English
Combination of Cassie and Anne 1.

Cassianne f English
Combination of Cassie and Anne 1.

Cassidee f English (Rare)
Variant of Cassidy.

Cassidi f English (Rare)
Variant of Cassidy.

Cassidie f English (Modern)
Variant of Cassidy.

Cassielle f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Cassiel.

Cassilyn f English
Cassie with the -lyn suffix.

Cassin m English
Transferred use of the surname Cassin.

Cassiopia f English (Rare)
Variant of Cassiopeia.

Cassity f English
Variant of Cassidy.

Cassondra f English (Modern)
Variant of Cassandra (see also Sondra).

Castara f English (Rare, Archaic), Literature
From a volume of poems titled 'Castara' first published anonymously in 1634. Later editions reveal the author, William Habington, who has invented the name for his wife. Maybe it is based on Latin castus "pure, chaste".

Castille f & m French (Rare), Louisiana Creole, English
Transferred use of the surname Castille.

Castin m English
Name Castin in the English origin, means A good natured, energetic, sensitive, emotional and able person.

Casundra f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cassandra.

Caswell m English
Transferred use of the surname Caswell.

Casworon m Cornish
Likely derived from Celtic cad "battle" and kawaro "hero."

Casy m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Casey.

Catcher m Popular Culture, English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Catcher.

Catee f English
Variant of Katie.

Catelin f English
Variant of Caitlin. This name was given to 11 girls born in the USA in 2010.

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

Catelyn f English
Variant of Caitlin. This name was given to 93 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Catelynn f English
Variant of Caitlin. This name was given to 70 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Caterra f English
An invented name derived from the Latin word terra (meaning "earth").

Catesby m English (Rare)
From an English surname what is derived from a geographical location; 'of Catesby' a parish in Northamptonshire. Most famous bearers are Robert Catesby, the leader of the Gunpowder Plot and William Catesby one of the councillors of Richard III of England on whom Shakespeare based his character in Richard III.

Catey f English
Variant of Katie.

Cath f English (Modern)
Short form of Catherine.

Catharin f English
Variant of Catherine.

Catharinus m Dutch, English (Archaic)
Masculine form of Catharina. In 2010, there was a total of 2153 bearers of this name in all of The Netherlands. A known bearer of this name was Catharinus P. Buckingham (1808-1888), an American soldier, author and industrialist.

Catharyn f English (Rare)
Variant of Catherine.

Cathe f English (Rare)
Short form of Catherine or Catheryn

Cathelyn f English
Variant spelling of Kathlyn.

Cathelynn f English
Variant spelling of Kathlyn.

Cathelynne f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Kathlyn.

Cather f Literature, English (Rare)
As an English name, it is probably a short form of Catherine.... [more]

Catherinne f English
Variant of Catherine.

Catheryn f English (Archaic)
Variant of Katherine.

Catheryne f English
Variant of Catherine.

Catherynne f English (Rare)
Variant of Catherine.

Cathey f English
Variant of Cathy.

Cathi f English, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Cathy.

Cathlene f English
Variant of Kathleen.

Cathline f English (Rare), French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Flemish (Rare)
English variant of Kathleen and French contracted form of Catheline.

Cathryne f English (Rare)
Variant of Catherine

Cathrynn f English
Variant of Catherine.

Cathws f Welsh
Welsh form of Catharine

Cathyleen f English

Cathyryne f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Catherine.

Cati f Welsh (Archaic)
Medieval form of Cadi,

Catie f English (Rare), Irish
Variant of Katie more often used as a diminutive of names beginning with C, such as Catherine or Caitlin.

Catima f English
A diminutive of Cátia, Catherine, Caterina or any name starting with Cat-.

Catkin f English (Modern, Rare)

Catlyn f English
Variant of Caitlin.

Catria f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Catriona.

Catrina f Filipino, English
Variant of Katrina.

Catrìona f Scottish Gaelic
Variant of Caitrìona.

Catt f English (Rare)
Variant of Cat.

Cattie f English (Archaic)
Diminutive of Catherine.

Catty f English (Archaic), Literature
Variant Cattie. This is the name of a fictional character in the Daughters of the Moon book series by Lynne Ewing.

Caty f English, Spanish (Anglicized)
Variation of Catty or Catie and diminutive of Catalina.

Catya f English (Modern)
This name is gained popular in early 200’s! And popular well-known “The Elite Player” Catya Washington former Bad Girl! Catya Washington was in the show Bad Girls club (2006-2017) and Baddies West.

Cavanaugh m English
Transferred use of the surname Cavanaugh.

Cave m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Cave.

Caven m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cavan.

Cavin m English (Rare)

Caycee f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Casey.

Caydan m English (Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Caydance f English (Modern)
Variant of Cadence.

Cayde m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cade.

Caydee f English
Variant of Kaydee.

Caydence f English (Modern)
Variant of Cadence.

Caydie f English
Diminutive of Caydence, influenced by both Caydee and the name suffix -ie

Caydin m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Caydn m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden, the spelling is influenced by Haydn.

Caydyn m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Cayenne f & m English (Modern, Rare)
From Old Tupi quiínia meaning "hot pepper," referring to any of several very hot chilli peppers or a powder condiment or spice formed from these varieties.

Caylah f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kayla.

Caylan m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Caelan or Kaylyn.

Cayle m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Cale/Kale or Kaylee.

Caylea f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cayleah f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cayleen f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kayleen.

Caylen f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Caelan, Kaylyn or Caoilfhionn.

Caylene f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kayleen.

Cayli f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caylie f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caylin f English (Modern)
Anglicized form of Caoilfhionn.

Cayllie f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cayly f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caylyn f English
Anglicized form of Caoilfhionn.

Caylynn f English
Anglicized form of Caoilfhionn.

Cayman m & f English (Modern, Rare)
From the word for crocodile (caiman) in the language of the Arawak-Taíno people.

Caymen m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cayman.

Caysie f English (Modern)
Variant of Casey.

Cayte f English
Variant of Katie.

Caytlin f English
Variant of Caitlin. This name was given to 8 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Caytlyn f English
Variant of Caitlin. This name was given to 6 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Caz f & m English
Nickname for names that begin with the letter C, like Carol 1, Caroline, Chris, etc.

Cazzio m English (Modern)

C'ceal f English
Variant of Cecile.

Ceale f & m English (Rare), Jewish (?)

Ceaser m English (Rare)
Metaplasmus of Caesar.

Ceawlin m Anglo-Saxon, English (Rare)
Ceawlin (died ca. 593) was a King of Wessex.

Ceceilia f English
Variant of Cecilia.

Cecel m English (Rare)
Variant of Cecil.

Ceceliana f English
Elaboration of Cecilia.

Cecette f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Cecelia using the French suffix -ette.

Ceci f English, Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Cecilia or Cecília.

Cecie f English
Variant of Cece.

Cecile f English, Dutch, Afrikaans, Filipino, Medieval English
English, Dutch and Afrikaans form of Cécile.

Cecili f English (Rare)
Variant of Cecily.

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

Cecillia f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cecilia.

Ceclia f English (Rare)
Variant of Cecilia.

Cecy f English
Variant of Cece.

Ced m English
Short form of Cedric.

Cedara f English (Modern)
Feminine variant of Cedar.

Ceddie m English, Literature, Popular Culture
Diminutive of Cedric.... [more]

Cedelia f English (Rare)

Cedny f & m Welsh
Cedny means “a group of foxes” in welsh.

Cedra f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Cedric. A famous namesake is the child actress in the 2018 movie Capernaüm, Cedra Izzam.

Cedrella f English (Rare, ?), Literature
Perhaps intended to be a feminine variant of Cedric. This is the name of a minor character in J. K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series of books; the character is Cedrella Weasley, née Black.

Cedrick m English
Variant of Cedric.

Cedro m English (Rare)
Derived from the name "Cedric."

Cedwyn m Welsh
From St. Cedwyn.

Ceecee f & m English
Variant of Cici.

Ceecil m Scots
Scots form of Cecil.

Ceejay m English (Rare)
Phonetic spelling of the initials CJ.

Ceili f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kaylee. It has been influenced by the Irish word céilí, which refers to a traditional Gaelic social gathering involving folk music and dancing (sometimes storytelling and poetry), ultimately derived from Old Irish céle "companion".

Ceindeg f Welsh
Derived from Welsh cein, the penult form of cain, "fair, fine; elegant" and teg "beautiful, fair, fine".

Ceinwedd f Welsh
Derived from Welsh cein, the penult form of cain, "fair, fine; elegant" and gwydd "appearance; aspect; view".

Ceirios f Welsh
Directly taken from Welsh ceirios "cherry".

Ceirwyn m Welsh
Variant of Caerwyn.

Ceitidh f Scottish Gaelic (Rare)
Scottish Gaelic form of Katie.

Cejay m English (Rare)
Variant of Ceejay.

Celange f English
Transferred use of the surname Celange.

Celecia f English (Rare)

Celena f English (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Selena.

Celene f English (Modern)
Variant of Selene.

Celesta f English (Modern), Dutch (Rare)
Latinization of Celeste. In some cases it might also be considered a contracted form of Celestina.

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

Celfyn m Welsh

Celian m English (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
English and Swedish form of Caelianus via its variant spelling Celianus. In the case of The Netherlands, Celian really is just a variant form of Celiaan, which is the actual Dutch form of Caelianus (also via Celianus).

Celianna f English (Modern, Rare), American (Hispanic)
Variant of Celiana.

Celica f English (Rare)
Derived from Latin caelicus, meaning "heavenly, celestial". It jumped in popularity after the Japanese car company Toyota used it for one of their vehicles in 1970.

Celie f English, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Literature
Adoption of French Célie outside the francophone world. This form of the name was used in Alice Walker's 1982 epistolary novel The Color Purple.

Celimene f English (Rare)
English form of Célimène.

Celisse f English (Rare)
From the name of a perfume called Celisse, which was introduced by Dana in 1982.

Cella f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Short form of Marcella.

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

Celly f & m English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Kelly.

Celsey f English
Variant of Kelsey.

Celton m English (Modern)
Variant of Kelton.

Celyna f English (Modern)
Variant of Celina or Selena.

Celynwen f Welsh (Rare)
Combination of Welsh celyn "holly" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".

Cemlyn m Welsh (Rare)

Cendella f English (Rare)

Cendrelle f English (Rare)

Cenneth m English, Scottish, Norwegian
Variant of Kenneth

Cennydd m Welsh
Welsh cognate of Kenneth. 6th-century Saint Cennydd was allegedly the son of Gildas the Monk.

Cenwyn m Welsh
From wyn meaning, "blessed" or "white."

Cephus m English
Variant of Cephas.

Ceppy f English
Short form of Concepta

Ceraelia f English (Rare)

Cerealia f English (Rare)

Ceredig m Welsh
Variant of Caradog.

Cerelia f English (Rare)
Possibly derived from Ceraelia, the name of the ancient Roman festival dedicated to the agricultural goddess Ceres.

Cerella f English (Rare)

Cerenity f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Serenity.

Cereus m & f English
From the genus name of a type of night-blooming cacti found from California to Chile, from Latin cereus "waxen, waxy", which was also used as a substantive to mean "a wax-light, -taper" ("particularly those brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia"), and so called because the cactus' shape "suggests a candle."

Cerian f Welsh

Cerie f English (Rare)
Variant of Ceri.

Cerintha f English (Rare)
From the name of a flower, literally "wax-flower" from Greek κηρος (keros) "beeswax" combined with ανθος (anthos) "flower".

Ceris f English

Cerisa f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Cerise.

Cerissa f English (Rare)
From the brand of perfume called Cerissa, which was introduced by Charles Revson in 1974. The name itself might possibly be a variant of Cerise. It was also used by Barbara Cartland for the heroine of her historical romance novel The Heart Triumphant (1976).

Cerrie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Carrie.

Cesar m English, Provençal, Friulian, Romansh
English, Friulian, Romansh and Provençal form of Caesar.

Cesca f Catalan, English (Rare)
Diminutive of Francesca.

Ceslie f English (Rare)

Cessilye f English
Variant of Cecily.

Cettie f English (Rare)
English diminutive of Celeste, Celestia and Celestine. A known bearer of this name was the American abolitionist and philanthropist Laura Spelman Rockefeller (1839-1915), who was affectionately referred to as Cettie because of her middle name, which was Celestia.

Cevin m English
Variant of Kevin or Seven.

Ceylon m English (Rare)
From the historical name of the British crown colony (present-day Sri Lanka), borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão and ultimately derived from Sanskrit सिंहल (simhala), literally meaning "lionlike" and composed of सिंह (simha) meaning "lion" and the suffix -ल (-la).

Cézanne f & m English, Afrikaans
From the French artist, Paul Cézanne. This name is sometimes used as a feminine name by Afrikaners in South Africa due to its similarity to Suzanne.

Chadd m English (British)
Variant of Chad.

Chaddy m & f English (Rare), Literature (Rare)
Diminutive of Chad / Chadwick. In the detective novel 'Cat Among the Pigeons' (1959) by Agatha Christie, there is a character named Lettice Chadwick, often called Chaddy.

Chadrick m English, African American
Transferred use of the surname Chadrick or combination of the names Chad and Rick.

Chae m Scots
Short form of Chairles.

Chael m English, Scottish
Short form of Michael.

Chaela f English (Rare)
English short form of Michaela, or a variant of Kayla.

Chaianne f English (Modern)
Variant of Cheyenne.

Chairles m Scots
Scots form of Charles.

Chairlie m Scots
Diminutive of Chairles. 'Wae's me for Prince Chairlie' is a Scottish song whose theme is the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

Chairy f English
Variant of Sherry or diminutive of Charity.

Chaise m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Chase.

Chaiya f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Chaya.

Chalene f English (Rare)

Chaley f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Shaylee or Kayley. Noted bearer is actress Chaley Rose of the television series 'Nashville'.

Chalise f English (Rare)
Variant of Chalice.

Chalissa f English
Variant of Kalissa.

Challen f English (Rare)

Challis f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Challis. This is also a word (possibly derived from the surname) for a type of fine fabric. Alternatively, this could be a variant of Chalice.

Chalmer m English
Transferred use of the surname Chalmer.

Chalon f & m English
The name may derive from the Chalon people, one of eight divisions of the Ohlone (Costanoan) people of Native Americans who lived in Northern California. It may also derive from the French surname Chalon, of unknown meaning, possibly derived from the French town Châlons-sur-Marne... [more]

Chalyse f English
Variant of Chalice.

Chamberlain m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Chamberlain.

Chamburo f English

Chamelea f English

Chamille f English
Variant of Camille.

Chancey m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Chauncey, maybe influenced by the word chance meaning "luck, fortune".

Chancy m & f English
Possibly either a diminutive (in the case of the masculine use) or an inteded feminine form (in the case of the feminine use) of Chance or a variant of Chauncy.

Chandelle f English, French (African)
From French chandelle, "candle". It is a cognate of the Spanish name Candela.

Chanee f English
Variant of Chaney.

Chanele f English (Rare)
Variant of Chanel.

Chanell f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Chanelle

Chaney m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Chaney.

Chanler m English
Transferred use of the surname Chanler.

Chanlin m & f English
Likely an invented name combining the name element Chan with Lyn.

Channel f English
Variant of Chanel.

Channie f English
Unknown, possibly a female variant of Channing.

Channon f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Shannon.

Chansia f English (Modern, Rare)
Unknown. Also a locality in Ghana

Chanson m English (Modern, Rare)

Chantae f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Chanté.

Chantalle f English
Variant of Chantal.

Chantell f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Chantal.

Chantry m & f English
From an English surname, meaning "singer in a chantry chapel" or "one who lives by a chantry chapel", derived from Old French chanterie, which derives from French chanter "to sing". This name was used for the main character in the movie What if?, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan, released in 2013.

Chanyce f English (Modern)
Possibly a variant of Shanice.

Chaos m & f Greek Mythology (Latinized), English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "gaping void," ultimately from the Greek khaos "abyss, that which gapes wide open, is vast and empty." In Hesiod's 'Theogeny,' Chaos is the primeval emptiness of the Universe, who gave birth to Gaea (Mother Earth), Tartarus (embodiment of the underworld), Eros (god of love), Erebus (embodiment of silence), and Nyx (embodiment of night).

Chap m English (Modern, Rare)

Chapel f & m English
Transferred use of the surname Chapel and a "subordinate place of worship added to or forming part of a large church or cathedral, separately dedicated and devoted to special services," from Old French chapele (12c., Modern French chapelle), from Medieval Latin capella, cappella "chapel, sanctuary for relics," literally "little cape," diminutive of Late Latin cappa "cape."