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Cucuphas m PhoenicianPhoenician origin with the meaning of "he who jokes" or "he who likes to joke". Saint Cucuphas is a is a martyr of Spain who lived from roughly 269 A.D. to 304 A.D. ... [
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Cudius m GaulishDerived from Gaulish
*cud- /
*coud- "concealed, hidden".
Cudjoe m Afro-American (Slavery-era)Anglicized form of
Kojo used by early slaves in the American South. It is attested in the 1730s in South Carolina. This name was borne by Cudjoe Lewis (c. 1840-1935), the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the United States.
Čudomir m Croatian (Archaic)Derived from Serbo-Croatian
čudo "miracle, wonder" combined with Slavic
mir "peace". As such, the name roughly means "miracle of peace" or "peace is a miracle". In some instances, this name is mistaken for a variant form of
Čedomir and even
Godemir.
Cuetzpalli m NahuatlMeans "lizard" in Nahuatl, derived from
cuetzpalin, the fourth day-sign of the tonalpohualli.
Cueva f Spanish (European, Rare)From the Spanish word
cueva meaning "cave", itself from the title of
Mary Virgen de la Cueva ("Our Lady of the Cave"), belonging to the town of Esparragosa de Lares (Badajoz, Spain).
Cueva Santa f Spanish (Rare)Means "holy cave" in Spanish, taken from the titles of the Virgin Mary,
La Virgen de la Cueva Santa and
Nuestra Señora de la Cueva Santa, meaning "The Virgin of the Holy Cave" and "Our Lady of the Holy Cave" respectively.... [
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Cuff m Afro-American (Slavery-era)Anglicized form of
Kofi. According to George Rippey Stewart in
American Given Names (1979): 'It was a common name for a black during the slave period, but died out in the late 19th century.'
Cui f ChineseMeans "green, blue, emerald" in Chinese.
Cuicanemi m NahuatlDerived from Nahuatl
cuica "to sing" (or
cuicatl "song") and
nemi "to dwell, to live (as)" or "to walk, to go about (like)".
Cuichang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "kingfisher, green" and
嫦 (cháng), the name of a moon goddess.
Cuie f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "kingfisher, green" and
娥 (é) meaning "be beautiful; good".
Cuifen f ChineseFrom Chinese 粹
(cuì) meaning "pure, unadulterated, essence" or 翠
(cuì) meaning "green jade, kingfisher, bluish green" combined with 芬
(fēn) meaning "fragrance, aroma, perfume"... [
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Cui-hua f ChineseFrom the elements 粹
cui ("pure") and 华
hua ("magnificent, splendid, Chinese"). Other character combinations are also possible.
Cuilén m Medieval ScottishMedieval Scottish Gaelic form of
Cailean. Means "whelp, young dog". in Scottish Gaelic. Cuilén mac Ilduib was King of Scots from 967-971.
Cuili f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "green, kingfisher" and
莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine".
Cuiliang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "green, kingfisher" and
亮 (liàng) meaning "bright, brilliant, radiant, enlightened".
Cuilin f ChineseFrom the Chinese
粹 (cuì) meaning "pure, the best" and
粼 (lín) meaning "clear".
Cuiling f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "kingfisher, green" and
铃 (líng) meaning "bell".
Cuilol m NahuatlMeans "painter" or "a painting, design, decoration" in Nahuatl.
Cuiluan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "green, kingfisher" and
鸾 (luán), a mythological bird or
銮 (luán) meaning "bells".
Cuima m NahuatlMeaning uncertain. Possibly derived from Nahuatl
cui "to take, fetch, grasp" combined with either
maitl "hand" or the related elements
ma "to hunt, capture",
ma "as though, as, like", or
-mani "in the manner of".
Cuiming f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "kingfisher, green" and
明 (míng) meaning "bright, light, brilliant, clear".
Cuinte m EtruscanTwo explanations for this name exist. The first is that this name is an authentic Etruscan male name of unknown meaning, which was latinized to
Quintus by the ancient Romans... [
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Cuiping f ChineseFrom Chinese 翠
(cuì) meaning "kingfisher, bluish-green, green jade" combined with 平
(píng) meaning "level, even, peaceful" or 萍
(píng) meaning "wander, travel around"... [
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Cuiquan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "kingfisher, green" and
泉 (quán) meaning "spring, fountain; wealth".
Cuisheng f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "green, kingfisher" and
生 (shēng) meaning "life, living, lifetime, birth".
Cuitao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "green, kingfisher" and
桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage".
Cuitláhuac m & f Nahuatl, AztecEtymology uncertain, often interpreted as deriving from Nahuatl
cuitlatl "excrement" and the possessive suffix
-hua combined with the locative suffix
-c. This was the name of the 10th ruler of Tenochtitlan.
Cuixiang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "kingfisher, green" and
响 (xiǎng) meaning "sound, echo".
Cuixin f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "kingfisher, green" and
欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous" or
心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul".
Cuiye f ChineseFrom the Chinese
璀 (cuǐ) meaning "lustre of gems, glitter, shine" and
烨 (yè) meaning "bright, splendid, glorious, firelight".
Cuiyin f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "green, kingfisher" and
银 (yín) meaning "silver, wealth".
Cuiying f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "kingfisher, green" and
莺 (yīng) meaning "oriole, green finch".
Cuiyuan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "green, kingfisher" and
媛 (yuàn) meaning "beauty, beautiful woman".
Cuiyue f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "green, kingfisher" and
玥 (yuè) meaning "mythological pearl".
Cuizhao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "kingfisher, green" and
钊 (zhāo) meaning "endeavor, encourage".
Cülyetta f TheatreAzerbaijani form of
Juliet, used in translations of Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet (1596).
Cuma m TurkishMeaning: "Friday" The word comes fron the Ottoman Turkish word
جمعة Cumdelu m Medieval BretonDerived from Old Breton
cum meaning "gentle, beloved" and Old Breton
delu meaning "appearance" (Middle Welsh
delw "form, image"; compare second element in
Cynddelw).
Cúmheadha m Old IrishOld Irish name derived from
cú "wolf, hound" in combination with a second element of unknown meaning (possibly the place name
Meadha).
Cumulus m English (Rare)Derived from the English-speaking word cumulus, a type of cloud. Cumulus stems from the Latin word "cumulo", which means "pile, heap, or accumulate".
Cundi f BuddhismMeaning uncertain, possibly from Sanskrit चुन्दी
(cundi) meaning "procuress, bawd" or चुण्टी
(cunti) meaning "small well, reservoir". This is the name of a female bodhisattva and gooddess in Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition... [
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Cunera f DutchSome sources state that this name was derived from Gothic
kuni "family, kin, race, kind." However, since the first known bearer of this name (a saint from the 4th century AD) originated from Scotland, we cannot exclude the possibility that it is actually Gaelic or Anglo-Saxon in origin... [
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Cung m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 剛
(cung) meaning "hard, rigid, strong" or 恭
(cung) meaning "respectful, polite".
Cunorix m Old CelticDerived from Old Celtic
koun "hound" combined with Celtic
rix "king." The name might also be a form of
Cyneric (see
Kendrick).
Cường m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 強
(cường) meaning "strong, powerful, vigorous".
Cuore f ItalianThe Italian language word for "heart". It's the name of the last surviving Maenad in ''Final Fantasy IV: The After Years''.
Cupcake f & m ObscureFrom the English word
cupcake "a small cake baked in a paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top".
Cupra f UmbrianThe fertility and underworld goddess of the ancient pre-Roman population of the Piceni and the Umbri. The etymology of her name is unknown, but it could derive from
Kupria, a epithet of
Aphrodite, or be related to the name
Cupid... [
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Cura f Roman MythologyCura or Aera Cura is the name of a Roman goddess who created the first human. In Latin. Hyginus seems to have created both the personification and story for his Fabulae, poem 220. The name itself is derived from Latin
cura "care, concern, thought".
Curan m TheatreUsed by Shakespeare in his tragedy
King Lear (1606).
Curche m Baltic MythologyOld Prussian god first mentioned in the peace treaty of 1249 between the Teutonic Knights and the Old Prussians. He is also mentioned in Simon Grunau's
Preussische Chronik (1517-1521) and Matthäus Prätorius'
Deliciae Prussicae (1635-1704).
Curculio m TheatreThe eponymous character in 'Curculio', also called The Weevil, a Latin comedic play for the early Roman theatre by Titus Maccius Plautus.
Curd m German (Rare)Variant of
Kurt. This name was borne by Curd Jürgens (13 December 1915 – 18 June 1982), a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as
Curt Jurgens.
Curdie m LiteratureThis was the name of the miner boy in
The Princess and the Goblin (1872) and
The Princess and Curdie (1883) by George MacDonald.
Curley m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Curley or else from an English surname of Norman origin, which may have been from a French place name or perhaps from a nickname meaning "curlew (a bird)" (see also
Curly)... [
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Curly m Popular CultureFrom the English word, used by Jerome Lester Horwitz, a member of the Three Stooges comedy team, as a stage name.
Cursa m & f AstronomyDerived from Arabic
Al Kursiyy al Jauzah, meaning "the chair of the central one". This is the traditional name of the star Beta Eridani in the constellation
Eridanus.
Cush m BiblicalThe eldest son of
Ham, who was a son of
Noah. He was the brother of
Mizraim (Egypt),
Canaan (land of Canaan), and
Phut, and the father of the Biblical character
Nimrod mentioned in the "Table of Nations" in the Genesis 10:6 and I Chronicles 1:8.
Cushan-rishathaim m BiblicalMeaning unknown, but possibly derived from the Hebrew name
Cush (כוש) and the verb רשע (rsh') meaning "to be wicked". He was mentioned in Judges 3:8.
Cushla f English (Australian, Rare), English (New Zealand, Rare)Derived form Irish Gaelic
cuisle "pulse". This name was created in the early 1800s from the Irish term of endearment
cuisle mo cridhe (usually anglicized as
Cushla Macree, in former times also
Cushlamachree) which translates to "pulse of my heart"; it is popularly interpreted to mean "beat of my heart".... [
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Cut f AcehneseFrom a hereditary title for Acehnese women of noble or aristocratic descent, typically placed before the given name.
Cwenhild f Anglo-SaxonDerived from the Old English elements
cwen meaning "woman, wife; queen" and
hild meaning "battle".
Cwichelm m Anglo-SaxonDerived from the Old English elements
cwic "alive" and
helm "helmet, protection". This was the name of a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon King.
Cwyllog f Medieval Welshwas a Christian holy woman who was active in Anglesey, Wales, in the early 6th century. The daughter, sister and niece of saints, she is said to have founded St Cwyllog's Church, Llangwyllog, in the middle of Anglesey, where a church is still dedicated to her.
Cyane f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Greek Κυανη
(Kyane) which was derived from κυανος
(kyanos) "cyan, azure-blue" (compare
Cyan). In Greek myth she was the Naiad nymph of a spring in the Sicilian town of Syracuse, who dissolved away into the spring from grief after witnessing Hades' abduction of her playmate Persephone.
Cyanea f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Derived from Greek κυάνεος
(kyaneos) meaning "dark blue" (also compare
Cyane). This name belonged to the Naiad-nymph of the town of Miletos in Karia (Caria), south-western Anatolia... [
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Cyann f Popular CultureFrom the name of a fictional character in a French comic book called
The Cycle of Cyann.