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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Commonly interpreted as 'green shoot', referring to new plant growth in spring; used as an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter.
An Anglicized form of Caitlín, itself a cognate of Katherine/Catalina traditions across Europe.
Feminine form of Ciar; traditionally interpreted as 'dark' or 'black', historically describing hair or complexion.
The French form of Clara, from Latin 'clarus' meaning 'clear, bright'.
Commonly interpreted as 'dear', 'beloved', or 'gentle', from the Irish word caomh.
Genuinely dual-sourced: an Italian word meaning 'beloved', or independently an Irish word meaning 'friend' — Behind the Name records both without resolving between them.
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.
A variant of Céline, connected to the Ancient Roman name Marcellina.
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