Names beginning with C
52 names, with meanings and origins. Part of a library of 1,000.
Caelyn
Slender (modern American compound)
American/Irish
Cairo
The victorious (Egypt's capital + Beyoncé's modern usage)
Arabic/English
Caitlin
Pure (Caitlin Clark, basketball record-breaker)
Irish/Greek
Callan
Battle / rocky (Michael Callan; modern unisex)
Irish/Gaelic
Candace
Queen mother (Candace Parker, two-time WNBA MVP)
Greek/Cushitic
Cara
Beloved (Cara Delevingne; Italian for 'dear')
Italian/Latin
Carla
Free woman (Carla Hayden, first Black Librarian of Congress; Carla Bruni)
Italian/Germanic
Carly
Free woman (Carly Simon, You're So Vain; Carly Rae Jepsen)
English/Germanic
Carmela
Garden / orchard (Carmela Soprano, Edie Falco's 3 Emmys)
Italian/Hebrew
Carol
Joyful song (peaked #4 in 1942; Carol Burnett, Carol Channing)
English/Germanic
Carolyn
Free woman (Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy; Carolyn Bertozzi, Nobel)
English/French
Carrie
Free woman (Carrie Underwood; Carrie Bradshaw; Carrie Fisher)
English/French
Cassia
Cinnamon tree
Latin/Hebrew
Cate
Pure (Cate Blanchett, two-time Academy Award winner)
English/Greek
Cathleen
Pure (W.B. Yeats's Cathleen ni Houlihan)
Irish/Greek
Cathy
Pure (Cathy Guisewite, Cathy comic; Cathy Hughes Radio One)
English/Greek
Celestina
Heavenly (Fernando de Rojas's La Celestina)
Latin/Spanish
Chaka
Iconic Chaka Khan - 10x Grammy R&B Queen
Igbo/American
Champey
Frangipani flower
Khmer/Sanskrit
Chand Bibi
Moon lady (Ahmadnagar regent vs Akbar)
Persian/Indian
Channary
Full-moon-faced girl (Khmer)
Khmer/Cambodian
Charlene
Free woman (Princess Charlene of Monaco, Olympic swimmer)
French/Germanic
Charli
Free woman (Charli XCX, brat 2024)
English/Germanic
Charlie
Free woman (Charlie's Angels + Charlie Brown's sister)
English/Germanic
Chase
Hunter (Chevy Chase; modern unisex)
English/French
Chenda
Moon
Khmer/Sanskrit
Cheryl
Beloved (peaked #14 in 1958; Cheryl Strayed, Cheryl Tiegs)
English/French
Cheyenne
The Cheyenne people (Cheyenne Jackson, Broadway star)
Native American/Sioux
Chi
Branch; life-force
Vietnamese/Chinese
Chika
God is supreme (Igbo); scattered flowers (Japanese)
Igbo/Japanese
Choden
Devout, religious
Tibetan/Bhutanese
Chrissy
Follower of Christ (Chrissy Teigen + Chrissy Snow in Three's Company)
English/Greek
Christa
Follower of Christ (Christa McAuliffe, Challenger teacher)
Latin/Greek
Christina
Follower of Christ (Christina Rossetti; Queen Christina of Sweden)
Latin/Greek
Christine
Follower of Christ (Christine Lagarde, ECB president)
French/Greek
Christy
Follower of Christ (Christy Turlington, supermodel and maternal health activist)
English/Greek
Cindy
From Kynthos (Cindy Crawford supermodel; Cindy Lauper; Cindy Sherman)
English/Greek
Citra
Image, picture
Indonesian/Sanskrit
Clarice
Brilliant (Brazilian novelist Lispector)
Portuguese/Latin
Claudine
Lame (Colette's Claudine series + French diminutive)
French/Latin
Collins
Victory of the people (Lily Collins, Emily in Paris)
Irish/English
Connie
Steadfast (Connie Chung; Connie Britton; Connie Francis)
English/Latin
Constanza
Constancy (Spanish Constance)
Spanish/Italian
Consuela
Consolation (from Our Lady of Consolation)
Spanish/Latin
Corinne
Maiden (Corinne Bailey Rae, Grammy-winning singer)
French/Greek
Cory
Hollow (Cory Aquino, first female president of the Philippines)
Irish/English
Courtney
Short nose / courtier (Courteney Cox + Courtney Love + Courtney B. Vance)
English/French
Covadonga
Spanish Reconquista site (Asturian heritage)
Asturian/Spanish
Creed
Belief / faith (Apollo Creed + Adonis Creed in Rocky)
English/Latin
Crew
Group of comrades (modern unisex word-name)
English/French
Cybele
Phrygian-Greek mother goddess + Magna Mater of Rome
Greek/Other
Cybill
Prophetess (Cybill Shepherd, Moonlighting + Taxi Driver)
Greek/English