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Girls' names beginning with C

Names official statistics record as used for girls, 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.

395 names beginning with "C"

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Charlotte

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Free man (feminine form of Charles).

French, feminine of Charles
Christine

female

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Chloe

female

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Commonly interpreted as 'green shoot', referring to new plant growth in spring; used as an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter.

Ancient Greek
Catherine

female

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Caitlin

female

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An Anglicized form of Caitlín, itself a cognate of Katherine/Catalina traditions across Europe.

Irish, cognate of the wider Katherine family
Camilla

female

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Ciara

female

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Feminine form of Ciar; traditionally interpreted as 'dark' or 'black', historically describing hair or complexion.

Irish
Caroline

female

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Croía

female

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Claire

female

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The French form of Clara, from Latin 'clarus' meaning 'clear, bright'.

Latin, via French transmission
Cheryl

female

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Christina

female

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Caoimhe

female

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Commonly interpreted as 'dear', 'beloved', or 'gentle', from the Irish word caomh.

Irish
Cecilie

female

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Chelsea

female

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Cara

female

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Genuinely dual-sourced: an Italian word meaning 'beloved', or independently an Irish word meaning 'friend' — Behind the Name records both without resolving between them.

Disputed — possibly Italian, possibly Irish
Carol

female

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Clodagh

female

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A place-derived name, taken from the River Clodiagh in County Waterford, rather than from a traditional Irish word root. Popularised as a personal name by Clodagh Beresford (1879-1957), daughter of the Marquess of Waterford.

Irish
Carmel

female

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Cathrine

female

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Cassandra

female

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Croia

female

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From Irish 'croí' meaning 'heart' — a modern Irish name.

Irish (modern)
Clara

female

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Celine

female

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A variant of Céline, connected to the Ancient Roman name Marcellina.

Connected to the Ancient Roman Marcellina, via the French Céline

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