2628 Girl Names That Start With C (With Meanings and Popularity)
Girl names that start with C have always been fashionable, with C among the most common first letters for baby girl names.
Regal Charlotte is the most popular C name for girls throughout the English-speaking world today. Along with Charlotte, other C names for girls ranking among the US Top 100 include Camila, Chloe, Claire, Caroline, Clara, and red-hot vintage girl name Cora.
In the UK, popular C names for girls also include Connie, Callie, and Cleo, which all rank in the Top 200 baby names for girls in England and Wales. In Spain, the top girl names starting with C are Carla and Carmen, while in France, Camille is perennially popular and flower name Capucine is a quirky modern classic.
The cornucopia of choices that start with the letter C for a daughter includes modern unisex options like Charlie and Cameron, as well as uber-feminine picks like Coralie and Clementine. The letter C can be soft like in Cecilia or hard as in Coco, compounding the options if you want to give two sisters or twin girls names that start with C that sound distinct from one another.
Here, our full selection of girl names that start with C, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Clara
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"bright, clear"
- Claire
Origin:
French form of ClaraMeaning:
"bright, clear"
- Charlotte
Origin:
French, feminine diminutive of CharlesMeaning:
"free man"
- Cinder
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"ashes, partly burnt coals"
- Cordelia
Origin:
Latin; CelticMeaning:
"heart; daughter of the sea"
- Clementine
Origin:
French feminine version of Clement, LatinMeaning:
"mild, merciful"
- Cora
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"maiden"
- Caroline
Origin:
French, feminine variation of CharlesMeaning:
"free man"
- Chloe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"young green shoot"
- Celeste
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"heavenly"
- Colette
Origin:
French, short form of Nicole, feminine variation of Nicholas, GreekMeaning:
"people of victory"
- Cecilia
Origin:
Feminine form of Cecil, LatinMeaning:
"blind"
- Cleo
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"glory"
- Celia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"heavenly"
- Calliope
Origin:
Greek mythologyMeaning:
"beautiful voice"
- Camille
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"young ceremonial attendant"
- Claudia
Origin:
Feminine variation of ClaudeMeaning:
"lame; enclosure"
- Clover
Origin:
Flower name, from Old EnglishMeaning:
"key"
- Cecily
Origin:
Feminine variation of CecilMeaning:
"blind"
- Catherine
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"pure"
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