Names that Begin with C

• Clarity

  Simply means "clarity, lucidity" from the English word, ultimately from Latin clarus "clear".

• Clark

  From an English surname meaning "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec which originally meant "priest".

• Clarkston

  Clarkston is an English locational name that implied that the bearer was from a certain locality.

• Clarus

  Masculine Latin form of Clara.

• Claud

  Variant of Claude.

• Claude

  French masculine and feminine form of Claudius.

• Claudette

  French feminine form of Claudius.

• Claudia

  Feminine form of Claudius.

• Cláudia

  Portuguese feminine form of Claudius.

• Claudie

  French feminine variant of Claude.

• Claudine

  Feminine form of Claudius.

• Claudio

  Italian and Spanish form of Claudius.

• Cláudio

  Portuguese form of Claudius.

• Claudiu

  Romanian form of Claudius.

• Claudius

  From a Roman family name which was derived from Latin claudus meaning "lame, crippled".

• Claus

  German short form of Nicholas.

• Claxton

  Claxton is a place name in the sense that it was taken on by the bearer to show that he was from a certain locality.

• Clay

  From an English surname that originally referred to a person who lived near or worked with clay.

• Clayton

  From a surname which was originally from an Old English place name meaning "clay settlement".

• Cleary

  Cleary is a modern version of an older term “chleirich” which means "a clerk or cleric".

• Cledwyn

  Derived from the Welsh element caled "rough" combined with gwyn "white, fair, blessed".

• Cleena

  Anglicized form of Clíodhna.

• Cleisthenes

  Latinized form of the Greek name Κλεισθενης (Kleisthenes) , derived from κλεος (kleos) "glory" and σθενος (sthenos) "strength".

• Cleitus

  Latinized form of Kleitos.

• Cleland

  Cleland is a compound of two Old English terms, “claeg” which means "clay" and “land” which means "land".

• Clelia

  Italian form of Cloelia.

• Clem

  Short form of Clement.

• Clematis

  From the English word for a type of flowering vine, ultimately derived from Greek κλημα (klema) "twig, branch".

• Clemence

  Feminine form of Clementius (see Clement).

• Clémence

  French feminine form of Clementius (see Clement).