Baby girl names beginning with C – with origins and meanings

• Origin: Anglo-saxon
• Meaning: house of God
• Also: Cally and Cal, Caroline

2. Cadence

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: rhythm

3. Caitlin

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: pure
• Also: Catherine

4. Calandra

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: lark

5. Callie

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: most beautiful
• Also: Cally and Cal, Caroline

6. Callula

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: beautiful little girl

7. Cameo

• Origin: Italian, Latin
• Meaning: precious stone

8. Camilla

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: the name of a warrior queen from Roman legend
• Also: Milly, Millie, Camille (French form)

9. Canace

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: daughter of the wind

10. Candace

• Origin: African
• Meaning: Queen mother; a name used by the queens of Ethiopia
• Also: Candice, Candy, Candie

11. Candida

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: white

12. Cara

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: darling
• Also: Kara, Carissa, Carina

13. Carla

• Origin: German
• Meaning: strong, noble; the feminine form of Carl
• Also: Karla, Carlie, Carly

14. Carlotta

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: free
• Also: Charlotte

15. Carmel

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: garden
• Also: Carmelita, Carmelina, Carmen (Spanish form) and Carmela (Italian form)

16. Carnation

• Origin: English
• Meaning: complexion; the name of a flower used as a first name

17. Carol

• Origin: English
• Meaning: free person; a short form of Caroline
• Also: Carole, Carola, Caro, Caddie, Caddy

18. Caroline

• Origin: French
• Meaning: strong
• Also: Carolyn, Carolina, Carrie, Caro, Lyn

19. Casey

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: vigilant in war, an Irish surname used as a first name; also used as a boy’s name

20. Cassandra

• Origin: Grrek
• Meaning: the name of a Greek prophetess whose prophesies were never believed
• Also: Cass, Cassie

21. Cassidy

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: clever; an Irish surname used as a first name, also used as a boy’s name

22. Cassietta

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: Unknown

23. Catherine

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: pure
• Also: Katherine, Catharine, Catherina, Catharina, Cath, Cathie, Cathy

24. Catriona

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Gaelic form of Katherine
• Also: Catrina, Katherine, Katrina, Catrin (Welsh form)

25. Cecilia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: blind; an aristocratic surname which became used as a first name; the feminine form of Cecil;
• Also: Cecily, Cicely, Sisley Cecile (French form), Celia, Sis, Ciss, Cissy

26. Celeste

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: heavenly
• Also: Celestine, Celesta

27. Ceri

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: love
• Also: Cerian, Cerys

28. Ceridwen

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: poetry, white

29. Chalondra

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: smart person

30. Chandelle

• Origin: French
• Meaning: candle

31. Chandra

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: the moon

32. Chandrakala

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: moonbeams

33. Chandrakanta

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: moon beloved

34. Chanel

• Origin: French
• Meaning: name of a French fashion house and perfume

35. Chantal

• Origin: Old Occitan
• Meaning: stone
• Also:  Chantel, Chantalle

36. Charis

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: grace

37. Charity

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: love
• Also: Cherry

38. Charlene

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: manly, strong; feminine form of Charles
• Also: Charleen, Sharlene

39. Charlie

• Origin: English
• Meaning: diminutive of Charles
• Also: Charlotte

40. Charlotte

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: manly, strong; a feminine form of Charles
• Also: Lottie, Charlie, Chattie, Carlotta (Italian form)

41. Charmaine

• Origins: Uncertain
• Also: Charmian, Sharmaine

42. Charulata

• Origin: Hindi
• Meaning: beautiful vine

43. Chelsea

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a modern name derived from an area in London

44. Cherie

• Origin: French
• Meaning: darling
• Also: Sherry, Sheree, Cher

45. Cherry

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: moonbeams
• Also: Charity

46. Cheryl

• Origin: French
• Meaning: beloved
• Also: Sheril, Sheryl, Cher, Cherry

47. Chiara

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: light, clear; the Italian form of Clara
• Also: Clara

48. Chidori

• Origin: Japanese
• Meaning: a thousand birds; plover

49. Chipo

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: a gift

50. Chintana

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: contemplation

51. Chloe

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a green young shoot

52. Chloris

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: blooming
• Also: Cloris

53. Chrissie

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: follower of Christ
• Also: Christine

54. Christabel

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: a mixture of Christ and beautiful
• Also: Christobel, Chris, Chrissie, Chrissy

55. Christian

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: follower of Christ; a name used for both boys and girls

56. Christine

• Origin: Greek or Egyptian
• Meaning: Christian
• Also: Christen, Christiana, Christina, Chris, Chrissie, Kirsty (Scottish form), Kirsten (Scandinavian form)

57. Chrysanthemum

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: gold or Flower

58. Ciaran

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: dark-haired
• Also: Ciara, Kiera, Kiara

59. Cicely

• Origin: English
• Meaning: blind of self beauty
• Also: Cecilia

60. Cilla

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: ancient; a shortened form of Priscilla

61. Cindy

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: light; a shortened form of Cynthia
• Also: Cynthia, Lucinda

62. Clare

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: clear
• Also: Claire, Clarrie, Clara, Clarabel, Clarinda, Clorinda, Clara (Latin form), Klara (German form)

63. Clarimond

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: clear protection

64. Clarissa

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: brightest
• Also: Clarice, Clarrie.

65. Claudia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: lame
• Also: Claudette, Claudine, Claude (French form)

66. Clematis

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: the name of a plant used as a first name

67. Clemence

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: gentleness
• Also: Clemency, Clem, Clemmie

68. Clementine

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: gentle
• Also: Clementina, Clem, Clemmie

69. Cleo

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: fame of her father
• Also: Cleopatra

70. Cliona

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: the name of a girl in Irish legend
• Also: Clidna, Cliodna

71. Clodagh

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning:Irish river

72. Clorinda

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: renowned
• Also: Clarinda

73. Clotilda

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: the noise of battle
• Also: Clotilde

74. Clover

• Origin: English
• Meaning: meadow flower

75. Codie

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: a helpful person; derived from Cody, a surname used as a first name; a feminine form of Cody

76. Colette

• Origin: French
• Meaning: people of victory

77. Colleen

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: a girl

78. Columbine

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: the name of a plant used as a first name

79. Constance

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: constancy
• Also: Constantia, Constancy, Constantina, Connie.

80. Cora

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a girl
• Also: Kors, Corinna, Corinne (French form)

81. Coral

• Origin: English
• Meaning: the name of the material from the sea used as a first name
• Also: Coralie (French form)

82. Cordelia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: heart

83. Corey

• Origin: Greek/Irish
• Meaning: Greek, the maiden nameof the goddess Persephone; also has origins from the Gaelic word Coire, meaning in a hollow; a surname used as a first name; also used as a boy’s name
• Also: Cori and Corrie

84. Corisande

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: chorus singer

85. Cornelia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: a horn; a Roman family name; the feminine form of Cornelius

86. Cosima

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: order; the feminine form of Cosmo

87. Courtney

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: probably from ‘court nez’, short nose; a surname used as a first name: also used as a boy’s name
• Also: Courtnay

88. Cressida

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a name from ancient literature
• Also: Cressy

89. Crystal

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: the name of a fine glass used as a first name
• Also: Cristal and Krystal

90. Cynthia

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: one of the titles of the Greek goddess Artemis
• Also: Cindy, Cindie, Cindi

91. Cyr

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: lord; the femine form of Cyril

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