Girls Names A Through E

Camellia

English flower name from Czech surname

"Kamel's flower"

Camellia is a rare flower name with distinct roots related to the Camille/Camila group and has varied associations to the moon, water, wealth, and perfection. It could be thought of as a floral…

Cameri

Cameri is a modern feminine name that appears to be a creative variation, possibly inspired by names like Cameron, Camila, or Kamari. This distinctive name has a melodic quality with its three…

Cameria

Cameria is a feminine name with possible roots in Latin or Italian origins. It may be derived from 'camera' (meaning 'chamber' or 'vault') or could be a creative variation of names like Cameron or…

Cami

Cami is a feminine name that functions both as a standalone name and as a diminutive of names like Camille, Camila, or Cameron. With Latin roots, it relates to 'ceremonial attendant' through its…

Camira

Variation of Cameron or Aboriginal

"crooked nose; of the wind"

Camira is one of those rare names that feels at once familiar and unique. A handful of baby girls were named Camira in the US last year.

Campion

English botanical name and French

"champion, woodland flower"

The campion is a pretty woodland plant with pink or red flowers, whose common name derives from Old French champion "champion". The plant is so called because in classical times, the rose campion was…

Cana

Biblical place-name

Cana is well-known to readers of the Bible as the city where Jesus performed his first miracle. If other place names, both modern and ancient, real and mythical, can be baby names , why not Cana?…

Canada

Iroquois place-name

"village"

Canada is an undiscovered but attractive place-name possibility, sporadically used for girls since the 1970s. Nicknames Cadie, Addie, and Candy, maybe?

Canary

English

"small bird"

The name of a small yellow bird that hasn't taken off in the way that some of its avian sisters – like Robin, Wren or Lark – have. Given to a small number of girls across the 20th-century, the 2020s…

Candelaria

Spanish

"Candlemas"

A bright and appealing Spanish name traditionally given to honor the church festival of Candlemas, which commemorates the presentation of Christ in the temple and the purification of the Virgin Mary.

Candice

English variation of Candace, Latin

"white, pure, sincere"

Candice is the spelling of this ancient name used by actress Candice Bergen. Candice is a form of Candace, an ancient title of a dynasty of Ethiopian queens mentioned in the New Testament. A few…

Candida

Latin

"white"

Attractive ancient name borne by several saints but sullied by association with yeast infection.

Canela

Spanish and Portuguese

"cinnamon"

We've long been a fan of spice and herb names -- Saffron, Sage, Juniper -- and Spanish word names are starting to feel very right, so Canela has legs. It has a long history as a Latina first name,…

Canna

Italian

"cane, reed"

Not as well known as Calla Lilies, the Canna Lily is a tropical plant with large leaves and showy flowers; there was a 6th century Welsh Saint Canna, and it's also the name of a Scottish island.

Cantara

Arabic

"little bridge"

An interesting and unusual choice, with a choral feel.

Cantrelle

French

"song"

Vocal name seldom heard, with most elle-ending names these days dropped in favor of the more straightforward Elle and Ella.

Caoimhe

Irish, Scottish

"beautiful"

Caoimhe, pronounced (more properly) kwee-va or kee-va, is a pretty and distinctive Gaelic name but one that could well lead to no end of confusion outside the Irish community. Even in its native…

Capella

Latin

"little she goat"

Capella, the eleventh brightest star in the sky, carries much mythological and astrological significance. In Roman mythology, Capella represented the goat that suckled Jupiter, whose horn became the…

Capitola

Literary invention

Capitola owes its position on the US Top 1000 to the 1859 novel The Hidden Hand , also known as Capitola the Madcap . It was written by E. D. E. N. Southworth — the initials stand for Eliza Dorothy…

Cappella

Itallian, musical term

It's usually preceded by the letter 'A'--as in 'a capella'--singing without accompaniment, and probably has never been used as a girl's name, but in this anything-goes naming climate, we're putting…