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                      COLLIN:
                        Variant spelling of English Colin, meaning
                        "whelp; young pup."
                      COLM: Short form of
                            English Malcolm, meaning "devotee of
St. Columb." Compare with another form of
                        Colm.
                      
                      COLMAN:
                        English form of Irish  Colmán, meaning
                        "dove."
                      
                      COLT:
                        English name derived from the vocabulary word colt,
                        from Old English colt, which originally meant
                        "young ass" or "young camel."
                      COLTEN:
                        Variant spelling of English Colton, meaning
                        "Cola's settlement."
                      COLTON:
                        English surname
                        transferred to forename use, derived from a place name
                        composed of the Old English personal name Cola
                        and the word tun "enclosure, settlement,"
                        hence "Cola's settlement."
                      CONAN:
                        Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cónán,
                        meaning "little hound."
                      CONFUCIUS:
                        Anglicized form of Chinese Kong
                        Fu Zi. Kong is the surname, meaning "hole" or
    "opening." Fu is the generation
    name, meaning "husband, master, man," and Zi
    is the given name, meaning "son."
                      CONLEY:
                        Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Conláed,
                        meaning "purifying fire."
                      CONNELL:
                        Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Conall,
                        meaning "hound of valor."
                      CONNER:
                        Variant spelling of English Connor, meaning
                        "hound-lover."
                      CONNOR:
                        Anglicized form of Irish Conchobhar,
                        meaning "hound-lover."
                      CONOR:
                        Variant spelling of English Connor, meaning
                        "hound-lover."
                      CONRAD: Variant
                        spelling of German Konrad,
                        meaning "bold counsel." In use by the English.
                      CONSTANTINE: Anglicized form of
                            Irish Gaelic Conn, having
                            several possible meanings including "chief,
                            freeman, head, hound, intelligence, strength."
                            In Arthurian legend, this is the name of the
                            successor to King
                            Arthur. He was the son of Cador
                            of Cornwall who fought in the Battle
                            of Camlann and was one of the few survivors.
                            Just before Arthur was taken to Avalon,
                            Cador passed the crown onto his son, Constantine.
                        Compare with another form of Constantine.
                      
                      CONWAY:
                        Irish surname transferred
                        to forename use, an Anglicized form of Gaelic  Ó Conbhuide "descendant of
                         Cú
                        Bhuidhe," hence "yellow hound."
                      
                      COOPER:
                        English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from
                        Dutch kuper, from kup "tub;
                        container," which in English became coop. A
                        cooper was a maker and/or fixer of vessels such as
                        buckets and barrels.
                      CORBIN:
                        From an Old French and Middle English byname composed
                        of the word corb, "crow,
                        raven," and a diminutive suffix, hence "little crow" or
                        "little raven."
                      CORDELL:
                        English occupational surname transferred to forename use,
                        from a diminutive form of Old French corde,
                        "rope," hence "little roper." The occupation consisted of
                        making strings, cords, ropes, etc.
                      COREY:
                        English name, possibly of Irish Gaelic origin, from a
                        place name meaning "deep hollow, ravine."
                      CORI:
                        Variant spelling of English Corey,
                        possibly meaning "deep hollow, ravine." 
                      CORIE:
                        Variant spelling of English Corey,
                        possibly meaning "deep hollow, ravine." 
                      CORNELIUS: Anglicized form of
                            Irish Gaelic Conn, having
                            several possible meanings including "chief,
                            freeman, head, hound, intelligence, strength."
                        Compare with another form of Cornelius.
                      
                      CORTNEY:
                        Variant spelling of English unisex Courtney,
                        meaning "short nose."
                      CORY:
                        Variant spelling of English Corey,
                        possibly meaning "deep hollow, ravine."
                        
                      COTY:
                        Variant spelling of English Cody, meaning
                        "helper." 
                      COURTNEY:
                        English surname transferred to unisex forename use,
                        derived from
                        the French baronial name  Courtenay, from the
                        byname court nez, meaning "short
                        nose." 
                        
                      COWAL:
                        Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Comhghall,
                        meaning "joint pledge."
                      CRAWFORD:
                        English byname for someone
                        with splayed feet, transferred to surname then to forename, composed of the Old English elements crawe
                        "crow" and fot "foot," hence
                        "crow-foot."
                      CRISPIAN:
                        Variant spelling of English Crispin,
                        meaning "curly(-headed)."
                      CRISPIN:
                        English name derived from Latin Crispinus,
                        meaning
                        "curly(-headed)."
                        
                      CROFTON:
                        English
                        habitational surname transferred to forename use,
                        composed of the Old English elements croft "paddock, vegetable
                        garden," and tun "enclosure, settlement,"
                        hence "garden settlement."
                      CULLEN:
                        Irish surname transferred to forename use, an Anglicized
                        form of Gaelic 
                        Ó Coileáin, "descendant of Coileán,"
                        hence "whelp, young pup."
                      CURT:
                        Short form of English Curtis, meaning
                        "courteous."
                      CURTIS:
                        English surname transferred to forename use, derived
                        from a byname for a
                        "courteous"
                        person, from Old French curteis. The name later became
                        associated with Middle English curt
                        "short" and hose "leggings,"
                        taking on the meaning "short leggings."
                      CUSH:
                        Anglicized form of Hebrew Kuwsh, meaning "black," i.e. "Ethiopian."
                        In
    the bible, this is the name of a land and its people. It is also the name of
    a Benjamite and the son of Ham and
    grandson of Noah.
                      CUTHBERT:
                        Modern English form of Anglo-Saxon Cuthbeorht,
                        meaning "bright fame." 
                      CY:
                        English short form of Latin Cyrus, meaning
                        "like the sun."
                      CYMBELINE:
                        Anglicized form of Celtic Cunobelinus,
                        meaning "hound of Belenus."
                      CYRIL:
                        English masculine form of French unisex Cyrille, meaning "lord."
                      CYRUS: Latin
                        form of Greek Kyros,
                        meaning "like the sun." In the bible, this is
                        the name of the king of Persia, Cyrus the Great,
                        conqueror of Babylon, who
                        freed the captive Jews. 
                
                      
                      DACEY:
                        Irish surname transferred to unisex forename
                        use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic  Déiseach
                        (originally a name for a member of the Déise),
                        "a tenant, a vassal," a word tracing back to Indo-European *dem-s, meaning
                        "house."
                        
                
                      
                      DAKOTA:
                        English unisex name derived from the name that the
                        Native American Sioux
                        people call themselves, meaning
                        "allies."
                      
                      DALE:
                        English surname transferred to unisex forename use,
                        meaning "dale, valley."
                      DALEY:
                        Irish surname
                        transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic  Ó Dálaigh, "descendant of
                        Dálach,"
                        hence "assembly, gathering."
                      DALLAS:
                        English surname
                        transferred to unisex forename use, derived from the
                        Scottish place name Dalfhas, composed of the Gaelic
                        elements dail "meadow" and fhas
                        "stance," hence "meadow stance,"
                        i.e. a meadow used by cattle droves as an overnight
                        dwelling.
                      
                      DALTON:
                        English surname
                        transferred to forename use, from various place
                        names composed of the Old English elements dæl "valley" and tun
                        "enclosure, settlement," hence "valley
                        settlement."
                      DALY:
                        Variant spelling of English Daley, meaning
                        "assembly, gathering."
                      DAMIAN:
                        English name derived from Latin Damianus,
                        meaning
                        "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically
                        "to kill." 
                      DAMION:
                        Variant spelling of English Damian,
                        meaning
                        "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically
                        "to kill."  
                      DAN
                        (דָּן): Short
                        form of Hebrew Daniy, meaning "judge." In the bible, this is
                        the name of Jacob's fifth
                            son (of 12). 
                      
                      DANA:
                        English surname
                            transferred to unisex forename use, possibly meaning "from Denmark."
                      
                      DANE:
                        A dialectal variant spelling of English Dean, meaning "dean; ecclesiastical supervisor."
                      DANIEL:CARI:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Cary, meaning "dark one."
                      CARL:
                        Older spelling of German Karl,
                        meaning "man." 
                      CARLISLE:
                        From the name of a
                        city in northwest England where the Romans settled and
                        named Lugovalio "place of
                        Lugovalos." Lugovalio
                        was later shortened to  Leol and prefixed with
                        the British word caer "fortress,"
                        rendering the name Carleol, "fortress of Lugovalos,"
                        from which  Carlyle was derived. In Arthurian
                        legend, this was the name of the place where Guinevere's
                        affair with Sir
                        Lancelot was exposed, and where she was sentenced to
                        death.  
                      CARLTON:
                        Variant spelling of English Charlton, meaning
                        "settlement of the free peasants."CARLYLE:
                        Variant spelling of English Carlisle,
                        meaning "fortress of Luguvalos."CARMI:
                        Anglicized form of Hebrew Karmiy,
                        meaning "a vinedresser" or "my vineyard." In the
                        bible, this is the name of a Judaite, father of Achan,
                        and the name of the fourth son of Reuben.CARRAN:
                        Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ciarán,
                        meaning "little black one." CARROL:
                        Variant spelling of English Carroll, meaning
                        "hacker."CARROLL:
                        Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cearbhall,
                        meaning "hacker."CARTER:
                        English occupational surname transferred to forename
                        use, meaning "carter," someone who uses a
                        cart.CARVER:
                        English occupational surname transferred to forename
                        use, meaning "carver" of wood or stone.CARY: Irish surname transferred to
                        unisex forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
                        Ciardha "descendant of Ciardha,"
                        hence "dark one."
  CASEY:
                        American English name bestowed in honor of the folk
                        hero Casey Jones who got this byname from his place of
                        birth, Cayce, Kentucky, which came from the Irish surname Cayce, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathasaigh
                        "descendant of Cathasach," hence
                        "vigilant, wakeful." Compare with feminine Casey.
  CASIMIR:
                        English form of
                        Latin Casimiria, meaning "commands peace." CASPER:
                        English
    form of Spanish Gaspar, meaning "treasure bearer." Early Christians assigned
    names to the three Magi ("wise men from the east") who visited the baby
    Jesus. They are
    mentioned but not named in the bible; Casper is one of them, the
    other two are Balthasar
    and Melchior. Also spelled Jasper and
                        Kasper. CASSIDY:
                        English surname transferred to unisex forename use,
                        derived from
                        an Anglicized form of Gaelic  Ó Caiside,
                        "descendant of Caiside,"
                        hence "curly(-headed)."CATIGERN:
                        English name derived from Latin Catigernus,
                        meaning "battle lord." In Arthurian legend,
                        this is the name of a son of Vortigern.
  CECIL: 
                        
                          Anglicized form of Welsh
                            Seissylt,
                            meaning "sixth."
                        English name derived from Latin Cæcilius,
                            meaning "blind.CEDRIC:
                        English name coined by Sir Walter Scott for a character
                        in his novel Ivanhoe, thought to possibly be a variant spelling of Anglo-Saxon
    Cerdic, meaning "war chief." CENRIC:
                        Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Ceneric,
                        meaning "keen power."CHAD:
                        Modern English form of Anglo-Saxon Ceadda,
                        possibly meaning "battle."CHADWICK:
                        English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "Ceadda's
                        dairy farm."CHANCE:
                        English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word,
                        meaning "chance." CHANDLER: Old French occupational
                        surname
                        transferred to English forename use, meaning
"candle merchant."CHARLES:
                        English and French form of German Karl,
                        meaning
                        "man."CHARLEY:
                        Variant spelling of English unisex Charlie,
                        meaning "man."CHARLIE:
                        Unisex pet form of English Charles
                        and Charlene, meaning "man."CHARLTON:
                        English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the name of
                        many places named from Old English ceorlatun, meaning
                        "settlement of the free peasants."CHAS:
                        Pet form of English Charles, meaning "man."CHASE:
                        Middle English surname (of Norman French origin) transferred to forename use, meaning
                        "hunter." CHAUNCEY:
                        English surname transferred to
                        forename use, derived from a variant of the Norman French surname Chancey, originally a baronial habitational
                        name (Chancé), meaning
                        "good fortune." CHAUNCY:
                        Variant spelling of English Chauncey, meaning
                        "good fortune." CHAZ:
                        Pet form of English Charles, meaning
                        "man."CHENANIAH:
                        Anglicized form of Hebrew Kenanyah,
                        meaning "Jehovah
                        establishes" or "whom Jehovah
                        defends." In the bible, this
    is the name of a
                        Levite who was the chief of the
                        Temple singers who conducted the music when the Ark of
                        the Covenant was
                        moved from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem.CHEROKEE:
                        Unisex name derived from the
                        English pronunciation of Tsa-la-gi, a name that the Native
                        American Cherokee people used to refer to themselves,
                        meaning "principal people."
                        CHESED:
                        Anglicized form of Hebrew Kesed,
                        meaning "increase." In the bible, this is the
                        name of the 4th son of Nahor.CHESTER: English
                        surname transferred to forename use, derived from the city name Chester,
                        from an Old English form of Latin castra,
                        meaning "legionary camp." CHET:
                        Pet form of English Chester, meaning
                        "soldier's camp."CHEYANNE:
                        Variant spelling of English unisex Cheyenne, meaning
                        "little  Šahíya" or "little
                        red-talker."CHEYENNE:
                        English unisex name derived from the name of the Native
                        American people, from Dakota Sioux  Šahíyena, meaning
                        "little  Šahíya" or "little
                        red-talker."CHIP:
                        Pet form of English Charles
                        "man" and Christopher
                        "Christ-bearer."CHRIS:
                        English unisex short form of longer names beginning with Chris-.
                        CHRISTIAN:
                        English name derived from Latin Christianus,
                        meaning "believer" or "follower of Christ." In
                        the bible, this is the name first given to the
                        worshippers of Jesus
                        by the Gentiles, but from the second century onward
                        accepted by them as a title of honor.CHRISTMAS:
                        English name derived from the name of the holiday, from Old English  Cristes mæsse,
                        meaning "Christ
                        festival."CHRISTOPHER:
                        English form of Latin Christophorus,
                        meaning "Christ-bearer." CHUCK:
                        Pet form of English Charles, meaning
                        "man."CHUCKIE:
                        Pet form of English Charles, meaning
                        "man."CLANCEY:
                        Variant spelling of English Clancy, meaning
                        "red warrior."CLANCY:
                        Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an
                        Anglicized form of Gaelic  Mac Fhlannchaidh, "son of Flannchadh,"
                        hence "red warrior."CLARE: Short
                        form of English Clarence, meaning
                        "illustrious." Compare with feminine Clare.CLARENCE:
                        English name derived from the Latin title Dux
                        Clarentiae ("Duke Illustrious") first
                        borne by a son of Edward III who was married to the
                        heiress of Clare in Suffolk, hence "illustrious."CLARK:
                        English occupational surname transferred to forename
                        use, meaning "clerk; secretary." CLARKE:
                        Variant spelling of English Clark, meaning
                        "clerk, secretary."CLAUD:
                        English form of French Claude,
                        meaning "lame."CLAY:
                        Short form of English Clayton, meaning
                        "clay settlement."CLAYTON:
                        English habitational surname transferred to forename use, composed of
                        the Old English elements clæg
                        "clay" and tun "enclosure,
                        settlement," hence "clay settlement."CLEM:
                        English short form of Latin Clement, meaning
                        "gentle and merciful."CLEMENT:
                        Short form of Latin Clementius,
                        meaning
                        "gentle and merciful."
    meaning "gentle and merciful." In the bible, this is the name of a
                        companion of Paul. CLEMENTS:
                        English surname transferred to forename use, derived
                        from Latin Clemens or Clement,
                        meaning
                        "gentle and merciful."CLEMMIE:
                        Pet form of English Clem, meaning "gentle and merciful."CLETIS:
                        Variant spelling of Latin Cletus,
                        meaning famous, renowned." CLETUS:
                        Latin form of Greek Kleitos,
                        meaning famous, renowned." CLEVE:
                        Short form of English Cleveland, meaning
                        "sloped land." CLEVELAND:
                        English surname transferred to
                        forename use, composed of the Old English elements clif "cliff,
                        bank, slope," and land "land,"
                        hence "sloped land."CLIFF:
                        Originally a short form of English Clifford
                        ("cliff river crossing)", this name became an independent
                        name, meaning simply
                        "cliff."CLIFFORD:
                        English surname transferred
                        to forename use, composed of the Old English elements clif
                        "cliff, bank, slope" and ford
                        "ford," hence "cliff river
                        crossing."CLIFTON:
                        English
                        surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old
                        English elements clif
                        "cliff, bank, slope" and tun
                        "enclosure, settlement," hence "cliff
                        settlement."CLINT:
                        Short form of English Clinton, meaning
                        "settlement
                        near the headland." CLINTON:
                        English surname transferred to forename use, meaning
                        "settlement near the headland." CLIVE:
                        English surname transferred to
                        forename use, from the name of various places, derived from Old English clif, meaning
                        "bank, cliff, slope."CLYDE:
                        English name derived from the name of the
                        Scottish river Cledwyn, of uncertain origin, but probably
                        having a similar etymology to Irish Clodagh,
                        meaning "muddy."
  CODIE:
                        Variant spelling of English unisex Cody,
                        meaning "helper."CODY: Irish surname
                        transferred to unisex forename use, from a variant spelling of
                        the surname  Cuddihy (also spelled Cuddy), an Anglicized
                        form of Gaelic  Ó Cuidighthigh "descendant of
                        Cuidightheach," hence "helper."COLBERT:
                        English surname transferred to forename use, from the
                        French form of German Kolbert, a variant of  Kölber, an occupational name for a "maker of
                        wooden clubs" and later an "armor-maker," from Middle High German kolbe, meaning
                        "cudgel, club." COLBY:
                        English surname transferred
                        to forename use, composed of the Old Norse elements kolr 
                        "black, coal" and býr
                        "settlement," hence "coal
                        settlement."COLE: English
                        surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English
                        Cola, meaning
                        "black, coal." This name is also sometimes
                        used as a pet form of Nicholas,
                            meaning "victor of the people."
                      COLEMAN:
                        Middle English contracted form of Latin Columbanus,
                        meaning "dove."
                      COLIN:  
                        
Anglicized
                        form of Scottish Gaelic Cailean,
                        meaning "whelp; young
                        pup." 
                          Diminutive form of
                            English Nicholas, meaning
    "victor of the people."  
                          DANNI:
                        Variant spelling of English Danny, meaning "God is my judge."
                        Compare with feminine Danni.
                        
                      DANNIE:
                        Variant spelling of English Danny,
                        meaning "God is my judge."
                      DANNY:
                        Pet form of
                        English Daniel,
                        meaning "God is my judge." 
                      DARBY: English surname transferred to
                        unisex forename use, possibly a corruption of Derby,
                        a shire of England, so called from doire, meaning "a
                        forest abounding in deer." 
                        
                      
                      DARCIE:
                        Variant spelling of English unisex Darcy, meaning
                        "from Arcy."
                      DARCY:
                        English surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning
                        "from Arcy."
                      DARDEN:
                        English surname transferred to forename use, probably of
                        Norman French origin, meaning
                        "from Ardern."
                      DARELL:
                        Variant spelling of English Darrell, meaning
                        "from Airelle."
                      DAREN:
                        English surname transferred to
                        forename use, from the Norman French baronial name d'Araines, meaning "from
                        Araines."
                      DARIAN:
                        English unisex name derived from Roman Latin Darius,
                        meaning "possesses a lot, wealthy."
                      DARIEN:
                        Variant spelling of English unisex Darian,
                        meaning
                        "possesses a lot, wealthy."
                      DARIN:
                        Variant spelling of English Daren, meaning
                        "from Araines."
                      DARNELL:
                        English surname
                        transferred to unisex forename use, composed of the Old English
                        elements derne "hidden,
                        secret" and halh "nook," hence
                        "hidden/secret nook."
                      DARREL:
                        Variant spelling of English
                        Darrell,
                        meaning "from Airelle."
                        
                      DARRELL:
                        English surname transferred to
                        forename use, from the Norman French baronial
                        name d'Airelle, meaning "from Airelle."
                      DARREN:
                        Variant spelling of English Daren, meaning
                        "from Araines."
                      DARRIN:
                        Variant spelling of English Daren, meaning
                        "from Araines."
                      DARRYL:
                        Unisex form of English Darrell,
                        meaning "from Airelle."Anglicized form of
                            Greek  Daniēl (Hebrew
                            Daniyel), meaning "God is my judge." In the bible,
                        this is the name of the
                        hero of the  Book of Daniel, who was cast into a den of
                        lions but saved by God.
 Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Domhnall,
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