Names Starting with C

Cáel

From Old Irish cáel meaning "slender"

Caelum

From English, meaning “chisel”; Variant of Calum

Caíndelbán

Derived from Old Irish caín "handsome" and delb "form, image...

Caíque

Contraction of Carlos Henrique

Cajetan
Camron

From Scottish Gaelic meaning “crooked nose”; a creative resp...

Canaan

From Hebrew ‘Kenaʿan’ meaning “the Promised Land” or “low, h...

Caolán

From Irish caol meaning "slender" combined with the diminuti...

Caomhán

From Old Irish Cóemán , derived from cóem "dear, beloved, ge...

Carl

German and Scandinavian variant of Karl (see Charles )

Carlo

Italian form of Charles .

Carmine

Italian masculine form of Carmen .

Cas

Short form of Casper .

Casimir

English form of the Polish name Kazimierz, derived from the ...

Cassiel

From Hebrew ‘QaftsiʿEl’ of uncertain meaning (possibly “leap...

Cathán

Derived from Old Irish cath "battle" combined with a diminut...

Cavan

Either from the name of the Irish county, which is derived f...

Cebrián

From Spanish (Rare); Spanish (Rare) form of Cyprianus

Cecil

From the Roman name Caecilius

Cedric

Invented by Walter Scott for a character in his novel Ivanho...

Cellachán

Diminutive of Cellach

Cem
Cennétig

Old Irish byname meaning either "armoured head" or "misshape...

Cesare

Italian form of Caesar .

Čestmír

Derived from the Slavic elements čĭstĭ "honour" and měrŭ "gr...

Cezário

From Portuguese (Brazilian; Portuguese (Brazilian form of Ce...

Cezary

Polish form of Caesar .

Chad

From the Old English name Ceadda, which is of unknown meanin...

Chadwick

From English, meaning “settlement belonging to chad”; From a...

Charlton

From English, meaning “settlement of free men”; From a surna...

Chauncey

From a Norman surname of unknown meaning

Chester

From an English surname that originally belonged to a person...

Chí

From Sino-Vietnamese 志 ( chí ) meaning "will, spirit"

Chip

Diminutive of Charles or Christopher

Chrétien

From French (Archaic); French (Archaic) form of Christian

Chuck

Diminutive of Charles

Cianán

Diminutive of Cian

Ciarán

Diminutive of Ciar

Cibrán

From Galician; Galician form of Cyprianus

Cináed

Possibly from Old Irish cin "respect, esteem, affection" or ...

Ciro

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Cyrus .

Clarence

From the Latin title Clarensis, which belonged to members of...

Claude

From Latin ‘Claudius,’ a Roman family name of uncertain orig...

Cláudio

Italian and Spanish form of Claudius .

Clement

English form of the Late Latin name Clemens (or sometimes of...

Cletus

Short form of Anacletus

Cleveland

From English, meaning “cliff land”; From an English surname ...

Clifford

From English, meaning “ford by a cliff”; From a surname that...

Clifton

From Old English ‘clif’ and ‘tun’ meaning settlement by a cl...

Clímaco

From Spanish; Spanish form of Climacus

Clint

Short form of Clinton

Clinton

From English, meaning “settlement on the river glyme”; From ...

Clive

From Old English ‘clif’ meaning “cliff”; British surname-nam...

Coileán

Irish byname meaning "whelp, young dog"

Colbert

From Old German ‘Colobert,’ combining bright and famous; an ...

Colin

From a medieval diminutive of Col, itself a short form of Ni...

Colmán

Diminutive of Colm (see Colum )

Columbán

Possibly an Irish diminutive of Columba

Columbus

From Latin ‘columbus’ meaning dove; the Latinized surname of...

Comhghán

From Irish (Rare) meaning 'born together'

Conchúr

From Irish; Irish form of Conchobar

Connell

From Irish ‘Conall’ meaning strong wolf; an anglicized Irish...

Conrí

From Old Irish meaning 'king of hounds'

Constant

From Late Latin ‘Constans’ meaning steadfast or constant; us...

Conway

From Welsh river name ‘Conwy’ meaning “hound of the plain”; ...

Cordell

From Middle English meaning maker or seller of cord; an occu...

Cornelius

From Latin ‘cornu’ meaning horn; a distinguished Roman famil...

Cornell

From an English surname derived from Cornelius, itself from ...

Corraidhín

From Medieval Irish meaning 'little spear'

Corwin

From Old French ‘cordoan’ meaning fine leather from Cordova;...

Cosimo

From Greek ‘kosmos’ meaning “order, beauty, universe”; borne...

Cosmas

From Greek ‘kosmos’ meaning “order, beauty”; borne by early ...

Cosmo

From Greek ‘kosmos’ meaning order or universe; an Italian na...

Coy

From Middle English ‘coi’ meaning quiet or shy; an English s...

Craig

From Scottish Gaelic ‘creag’ meaning crag or rocky outcrop; ...

Crawford

From Old English meaning ford where crows gather; a Scottish...

Creighton

From Gaelic ‘crioch’ meaning border and Old English ‘tun’ me...

Crisóstomo

From Spanish (Rare); Spanish (Rare) form of Chrysostomos

Crispin

From Latin ‘Crispinus,’ derived from ‘crispus’ meaning curly...

Cristiano

Italian and Portuguese form of Christian . A famous bearer i...

Cristóvão

From Portuguese; Portuguese form of Christopher

Crosby

From Old Norse meaning cross town; an English surname associ...

Csanád

Derived from the old Hungarian name Csana , of unknown meani...

Cúán

From Old Irish meaning 'little wolf'

Cúchulainn

From Irish Mythology meaning 'hound of culann'

Cuimín

Probably from Old Irish camm meaning "bent, crooked" [1]

Cullen

From Irish Gaelic ‘cuilín’ meaning young cub or from a Scott...

Curran

From Irish Ó Corraidhín, a Gaelic surname of uncertain origi...

Curtis

From Old French meaning courteous or well-bred; an English s...

Cuthbert

From Old English ‘cuþ’ meaning known and ‘beorht’ meaning br...

Cyprian

From the Roman family name Cyprianus , which meant "from Cyp...

Cyril

From Greek ‘kyrios’ meaning lord; a saint’s name belonging t...

Carter

From Old French “cartier” meaning cart driver or transporter...

No. 45
Caleb

From Hebrew “Kalev” meaning whole-hearted, from “kol” (all) ...

No. 49
Cooper

From Old English “cuper” meaning barrel maker or maker of wo...

No. 50
Charles

free man

No. 51
Christopher

bearer of Christ

No. 61
Cameron

crooked nose

No. 66
Christian

follower of Christ

No. 77
Colton

coal town

No. 98