Baby Names Starting with C
NameRoot includes 392 baby names beginning with C, drawn from Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Jewish, and Zoroastrian traditions across the world. Each name is scored across six signals to help your family find the right fit.
Sorted with tier-1 cultural classics first, then alphabetically. Tap any name for full meaning, etymology, and family-compatibility scoring.
392
Names in this set
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Signals scored
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Tier-1 cultural classics
Caden
English · Christian
From Arabic qadin (companion) + cadán (battle)
Caetano
Portuguese · Christian
From Caieta, the old Italian port now called Gaeta, by way of Latin Caietanus, the…
Caio
Portuguese · Christian
Caius (Brazilian form)
Cairo
English · Muslim
Victorious one
Caleb
Hebrew · Christian
Faithful, wholehearted, bold as a dog that guards its master
Callie
English · Christian
Beautiful, most beautiful, from Greek kallos (beauty)
Calliope
Greek · Christian
Beautiful voice
Calum
Scottish · Christian
Dove
Camellia
Latin · Christian
The camellia flower
Cameron
English · Christian
Crooked nose, from Scottish Gaelic cam (crooked) + sròn (nose)
Camila
Latin · Atheist
Camila benefits from the general popularity of names ending in -ila and -ela across…
Camilla
Italian · Christian
Temple attendant
Camille
French · Christian
Temple attendant, perfect
Can
Turkish · Muslim
Soul and life itself
Carl
Danish · Christian
Free man
Carla
Spanish · Christian
Free woman
Carlito
Tagalog · Christian
Little Carlos, an affectionate Filipino-Spanish diminutive of Carlos, the Iberian form of…
Carlos
Spanish · Christian
Free man
Carlota
Spanish · Christian
Free woman
Carmen
Spanish · Christian
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a title of Mary carried as a household feminine name
Carolina
Portuguese · Christian
Free woman, the feminine of Carolus, from a Germanic root meaning 'free man
Caroline
English · Christian
Free woman, strong, from Germanic karl (free man) via the Italian and French feminine
Carson
English · Christian
Son of the marsh-dwellers, from a Scottish surname thought to point to a family living by…
Carter
English · Christian
Cart driver, carrier of goods by cart or wagon
Cassian
Latin · Christian
Hollow, vain
Catarina
Portuguese · Christian
Pure
Caterina
Italian · Christian
Pure
Catherine
Greek · Christian
From Greek 'katharos' (pure)
Cauã
Portuguese · Christian
Hawk, from Tupi-Guarani caua, a bird of keen sight and swift flight
Cecilia
Latin · Christian
Patron of music
Cedar
English · Christian
The cedar tree
Celeste
Latin · Atheist
Heavenly, belonging to the sky, the pale blue of a cloudless afternoon
Cerys
Welsh · Christian
Love
Cesar
Spanish · Christian
The Spanish form of Caesar, from the Latin family name of Rome's great statesmen, of…
Chaiya
Thai · Buddhist
Victory
Champa
Sanskrit · Hindu
The frangipani flower
Chandrima
Bengali · Hindu
Moonlight, like the moon
Chanyeol
Korean · Buddhist
Brilliant ardour, from Sino-Korean chan 燦 (bright, brilliant, sparkling) and yeol 烈…
Charles
Germanic · Christian
Free-spirited and strong
Charlotte
French · Christian
Free woman, the feminine diminutive of Charles that has graced queens, novelists, and…
Charvik
Sanskrit · Hindu
Intelligent, brilliant, sharp-minded
Chen
Hebrew · Jewish
Grace
Cheng
Chinese · Atheist
Sincere, honest
Cherry
English · Christian
The cherry, the small bright stone-fruit and its blossom, taken as a sweet, playful…
Chester
English · Christian
Fortress, walled town
Chetna
Sanskrit · Hindu
Consciousness, awareness
Chico
Portuguese · Christian
An affectionate Brazilian diminutive of Francisco, the Portuguese form of Francis, from a…
Chloe
Greek · Atheist
A young green shoot, the first blade of grass pushing through thawed soil in spring
Chloé
French · Christian
Blooming, fresh green shoot
Choden
Tibetan · Buddhist
Devout one, the dharma practitioner
Christian
Latin · Christian
Follower of Christ
Christina
Latin · Christian
Follower of Christ
Christopher
Greek · Christian
Bearer of Christ
Chun
Chinese · Buddhist
Spring, the first and greening season, from Mandarin chun
Chunyan
Chinese · Buddhist
Pan-Chinese Chunyan
Cian
Irish · Christian
Ancient, enduring, the one who lasts
Cillian
Irish · Christian
Little church, war strife
Cinta
Indonesian · Muslim
Love, simply and directly, from the Indonesian word cinta
Citlali
Spanish · Christian
Star (Nahuatl, alt spelling)
Citlalli
Spanish · Christian
Star, from the Nahuatl citlali, the Aztec word for the lights of the night sky, linked to…
Clara
Latin · Christian
Bright, clear, illustrious
Claude
Latin · Christian
Of the noble Roman gens Claudia
Clément
French · Christian
Merciful, gentle
Cole
English · Christian
Charcoal-dark, swarthy, from Old English col (coal), once a byname for someone of dark…
Colin
English · Christian
Young creature, pup, from Gaelic cailean (whelp) or a diminutive of Nicholas (victory of…
Connor
English · Christian
Lover of hounds, from Irish Gaelic Conchobhar, joining a word for hound or wolf to a root…
Cooper
English · Christian
Barrel maker, craft worker shaping casks and tubs
Cora
English · Christian
Maiden, from Greek Korē, a name for Persephone
Cristina
Spanish · Christian
Christian, follower of Christ, the Spanish form of Christina, from Latin Christiana
Cynthia
English · Christian
Of Mount Cynthus
Cyrus
Persian · Zoroastrian
Sun, throne, the great king who freed a nation
Cade
English · Christian
Round, gentle, from Old English for a young animal raised by hand
Caelyn
English · Christian
Caelyn: Slender and fair, from Irish caol (slender) + Welsh llyn (lake)
Cahaya
Indonesian · Muslim
Light, radiance
Cahyani
Indonesian · Muslim
Radiant, light-giving (Sanskrit-Indonesian)
Caitlin
English · Christian
Pure, from the Irish Caitlin, which traces back through Greek katharos meaning pure or…
Caitlyn
English · Christian
Pure, a modern spelling of the Irish Caitlin, which descends through Greek katharos…
Calder
English · Christian
Rough waters, hard stream
Calla
English · Christian
Beautiful
Callum
English · Christian
Dove, from Latin columba (dove) via Scottish Gaelic Calum
Calvin
English · Christian
Bald, little bald one, from French chauve (bald)
Cam
Vietnamese · Christian
Brocade, patterned silk, from Vietnamese cẩm
Camden
English · Christian
Winding or enclosed valley, from Old English elements describing a sheltered fold in the…
Camillus
Latin · Christian
Attendant at the sacrifice, a noble youth who served the priests, from the Latin…
Camilo
Portuguese · Christian
Goan and Mangalorean Catholic form of Camillus, from Latin Camillus, a youth who served…
Campbell
English · Christian
Crooked mouth, from Scottish Gaelic cam (crooked) + beul (mouth)
Camryn
English · Christian
It celebrates a lineage of strength and warmth, a beautiful feminine variant of Cameron…
Candela
Spanish · Christian
A candle's flame, a bright and steady glow of light
Candelaria
Spanish · Christian
Candlemas and candlelight, the festival of lighted candles, from Spanish Candelaria, tied…
Candice
English · Christian
Queen mother, a spelling of Candace, which was not a personal name but the royal title…
Cansu
Turkish · Muslim
Life-water, life essence - a Turkish living-use compound built from elements that remain…
Caoimhe
Irish · Christian
Gentle and beautiful, one who embodies the Celtic ideal of physical loveliness as a…
Capucine
French · Christian
Nasturtium flower, from the French capucine, the bright, peppery garden blossom whose…
Cara
Italian · Christian
Dear and beloved, cherished and precious
Caridad
Spanish · Christian
Charity, self-giving love, from Spanish caridad
Carina
German · Christian
Dear, beloved
Carita
Italian · Christian
Charity, love
Carlee
English · Christian
Free woman's meadow, from Germanic karl (free person) + Old English lēah (meadow)
Carley
English · Christian
Free woman's meadow, from Germanic karl (free person) + Old English lēah (meadow)
Carlinhos
Portuguese · Christian
An affectionate Brazilian double-diminutive of Carlos, the Iberian form of Charles, from…
Carlo
Italian · Christian
Free man, the Italian form of Charles, from the Germanic karl (free man, common man)
Carlo Magno
Filipino · Christian
Charles the Great
Carlotta
German · Christian
Free woman
Carly
English · Christian
Free woman, from Germanic karl (free person)
Carmela
Hebrew · Jewish
Vineyard, garden of God
Carmelinha
Portuguese · Christian
Goan Catholic Portuguese diminutive of Carmel (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Carmelite…
Carmelita
Filipino · Christian
Spanish-Filipino diminutive of Carmela/Carmen
Carrie
English · Christian
A friendly American feminine staple with long mainstream recognition across households
Carsen
English · Christian
Son of the marsh-dwellers, a variant of Carson, given as Carsen in its most recognised…
Carsten
German · Christian
Follower of Christ
Casey
English · Christian
Vigilant and watchful, from the Irish Cathasach meaning alert
Cash
English · Christian
Ready money, payment in hard currency, a transparent English value-name of distinctly…
Cason
English · Christian
Vigilant, watchful, from Gaelic cathasach (vigilant)
Caspar
English · Christian
Treasurer, keeper of the treasure
Casper
Latin · Christian
Treasurer, keeper of treasure
Caspian
Latin · Atheist
As a name it carries the romance of exploration, the breadth of a sea that is neither…
Cassandra
English · Christian
She who entangles men, from Greek
Cassia
English · Christian
Cinnamon, the spice tree
Cassidy
English · Christian
Clever one, curly-haired, from the Irish Gaelic Ó Caiside
Cassiopeia
Greek · Christian
Cassiopeia was the Ethiopian queen
Cassius
Latin · Atheist
Hollow, vain, the Roman clan name that Muhammad Ali chose to discard and that Shakespeare…
Catalina
Spanish · Christian
Pure, the Latin American Katherine that carries four centuries of colonial Catholic…
Catriona
Scottish Gaelic · Christian
Pure, clear
Catur
Indonesian · Muslim
Fourth (Javanese-Sanskrit)
Cayetana
Spanish · Christian
Of the town of Gaeta, the Spanish feminine of Cajetan, from the Latin Caietanus marking…
Cayetano
Spanish · Christian
Of the town of Gaeta, the Spanish form of Caietanus, a Latin name marking origin in the…
Caylee
English · Christian
Pure meadow, a variant of Kaylee, built from a Kay element carrying the sense of pure or…
Cayson
English · Christian
Vigilant and watchful, a spelling of Cason rooted in a Gaelic byname for one who stays…
Cazuza
Portuguese · Christian
Little house, from an Italian-Portuguese diminutive casuzza, a Brazilian masculine name
Cecily
English · Christian
Patron of music
Cedric
Latin · Christian
Chief, leader, generous
Cédric
French · Christian
Chief, leader, a name often linked to the Old English Cerdic and read through roots…
Ceferino
Spanish · Christian
West wind, the Spanish form of Zephyrinus, from Greek zephyros, the gentle wind of the…
Celestina
Italian · Christian
Heavenly, of the sky
Celestino
Spanish · Christian
Heavenly or of the sky, from Latin caelestis (celestial), itself from caelum (heaven, sky)
Céline
French · Christian
Heaven, sky, the French form linked to Latin caelum (sky, heaven), through the old name…
Ceren
Turkish · Muslim
Gazelle
Ceri
Welsh · Christian
Love
Cernunnos
Gaulish · Pagan
The Horned One
Cerridwen
Welsh · Pagan
The crooked woman, the witch-queen
César
Spanish · Christian
Long-haired, the Spanish form of the Roman name Caesar, traditionally explained through…
Cesare
Italian · Christian
Long-haired, the Italian form of Caesar, traditionally explained through Latin as one…
Chacko
Malayalam · Christian
Kerala Syrian Christian form of Jacob (Yaakov), borne primarily within Syro-Malabar and…
Chad
English · Christian
Battle warrior, from Old English Ceadda
Chaemin
Korean · Buddhist
Colourful and clever
Chaewon
Korean · Atheist
Colourful garden
Chahel
Punjabi · Hindu
Cheerful, lively, full of high spirits
Chaitanya
Telugu · Hindu
Consciousness itself, awakened life and inward vitality
Chamkaur
Punjabi · Sikh
Shining battlefield
Chandanbal
Sanskrit · Jain
Sandalwood child
Frequently asked questions
How many names start with C in NameRoot?
392 names in NameRoot's corpus begin with the letter C, spanning multiple religious and cultural traditions.
Are names starting with C considered lucky in any tradition?
In Vedic astrology, the starting syllable (akshara) is determined by the child's nakshatra at birth. NameRoot maps each name's starting akshara to its nakshatra so you can find names that align with your child's birth star.
Which name starting with C is most popular?
Caden (English origin) is among the most culturally significant, meaning "From Arabic qadin (companion) + cadán (battle)".