Boys' names beginning with C
Names official statistics record as used for boys, whose recorded spelling begins with this letter.
Usage is read from official statistics — which of a registrar's lists published the name — never from an opinion about the name and never as a statement about any child. A name published on both lists is recorded as used for both and is not in either of these pages.
423 names beginning with "C"
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The Anglicized form of Conchobar (Modern Irish Conchúr), from the elements 'cú' ('dog, hound') and 'cobar'.
From Late Greek Christophoros, combining 'Christos' (Christ) with 'phero' ('to bear') — 'bearing Christ'. Associated with the legend of Saint Christopher carrying the young Jesus across a river.
Probably from Old Irish 'cell' (church) combined with a diminutive suffix.
A diminutive of Charles, ultimately interpreted as 'man' or, by an alternative theory, 'army'.
An English occupational surname meaning 'barrel maker', from Middle English 'couper'.
From the Scottish surname derived from Gaelic 'creag', meaning 'crag, rocks, outcrop' — originally denoting someone who lived near a crag.
From medieval Latin Christianus, meaning 'a Christian, a follower of Christ' — a theophoric name. Borne by ten kings of Denmark since the 15th century.
Traditionally associated with 'dove', via its connection to Saint Columba.
The unaccented catalogue spelling of Ciarán, a diminutive of Ciar ('black, dark') — borne by two 6th-century Irish saints, Ciarán the Elder (founder of Saighir) and Ciarán the Younger (founder of Clonmacnoise).
Combines the Irish 'cú' (wolf, hound) with a diminutive suffix, giving 'little wolf' or 'little hound'. Borne by several early Irish saints and a companion of Fionn mac Cumhaill in legend.
Traditionally interpreted as 'slender' or 'little slender one' — a diminutive built on the Irish word caol ('slender').
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