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CARPUS m : Latin form of the Greek name Καρπος (Karpos), which meant "fruit, profits". The name is mentioned briefly in the New Testament in the second epi...

CARRAN m : From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Corraidhín meaning "descendant of CORRAIDHÍN#".

CARREEN f : Used by Margaret Mitchell in her novel 'Gone with the Wind' (1936), where it is a combination of CAROLINE and IRENE.

CARRIE f : Diminutive of CAROLINE.

CARROL m : Variant of CARROLL.

CARROLL m : Anglicized form of CEARBHALL. A famous bearer of the surname was Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author o...

CARRY f : Diminutive of CAROLINE.

CARSON f/m : From a Scottish surname of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of the surname was the American scout Kit Carson (1809-1868).

CARSTEN m : Variant of KARSTEN.

CARTER m : From an English surname which meant "one who uses a cart".

CARVER m : From an English surname which meant "wood carver".

CARWYN m : Means "blessed love" from Welsh caru "love" and gwyn "white, fair, blessed".

CARY f/m : Variant of CAREY.

CARYL f : Variant of CAROL (1).

CARYN f : Variant of KAREN (1).

CARYS f : Derived from Welsh caru meaning "love". This is a relatively modern Welsh name, in common use only since the middle of the 20th century.

CAS m : Short form of CASPER.

CASEY f/m : From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Cathasaigh meaning "descendant of CATHASACH#". This name can be given in honour of Casey Jones (1863-19...

CASH m : From an English occupational surname for a box maker, derived from Norman French casse meaning "case". A famous bearer of the surname was American mus...

CASIMIR m : English form of the Polish name Kazimierz, derived from the Slavic element kaziti "to destroy" combined with miru "peace, world". Four kings of Poland...

CASIMIRO m : Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of CASIMIR.

CASPAR m : Latin variant of JASPER.

CASPER m : Dutch and Scandinavian form of JASPER. This is the name of a friendly ghost in a series of comic books.

CASPIAN m : Used by author C. S. Lewis for a character in his 'Chronicles of Narnia' series, first appearing in 1950. Prince Caspian first appears in the fourth b...

CASS f/m : Short form of CASSANDRA, CASSIDY, and other names beginning with Cass.

CASSANDER m : Latinized form of Greek Κασσανδρος (Kassandros), the masculine form of CASSANDRA. This was the name of a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon.

CASSANDRA f : From the Greek name Κασσανδρα (Kassandra), derived from possibly κεκασμαι (kekasmai) "to excel, to shine" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (...

CASSARAH f : Recently created name intended to mean "what will be, will be". It is from the title of the 1956 song 'Que Sera, Sera', which was taken from the Itali...

CASSIA f : Feminine form of CASSIUS.

CASSIAN m : From the Roman family name Cassianus, which was derived from CASSIUS. This was the name of several saints, including a 3rd-century martyr from Tangier...