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Ctesylla f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Greek Κτήσυλλα
(Ktesylla), derived from Greek κτῆσις
(ktesis) meaning "acquisition, possession, property", which is ultimately derived from Greek κτάομαι
(ktaomai) meaning "to acquire, to procure for oneself" as well as "to possess"... [
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Cuadros f Spanish (European, Rare)From the title of the Virgin Mary
Nuestra Señora de Cuadros (Our Lady of Cuadros), native to the town of Bedmar y Garcíez in the province of Jaén, Spain. The name ultimately comes from the river next to its Marian sanctuary, river Cuadros (meaning "squares").
Cuauhcopil m NahuatlPossibly derived from
cuauhtli "eagle" and
copil, a kind of conical hat or headpiece.
Cuauhnochtli m NahuatlMeans "eagle cactus fruit" in Nahuatl, derived from
cuauhtli "eagle" and
nochtli "prickly-pear cactus fruit". Could be used to describe the hearts of victims sacrificed to
Huitzilopochtli, or as a judicial title, often involved with execution.
Cuauhtecpan m NahuatlMeaning uncertain. Possibly a combination of
cuauhtli "eagle" and either
tecpan "palace",
tecpantli "twenty", or
tecpana "to put in order, to arrange in a row".
Cuauhtilma m NahuatlMeans "eagle cape" in Nahuatl, from
cuauhtli "eagle" and
tilmatli "cloak, blanket, length of cloth". The
cuauhtilmatli was a garment associated with warriors and nobility, often worn in mourning ceremonies.
Cuauhtin m NahuatlMeans "eagles" in Nahuatl, the plural form of
cuauhtli. This was the name of an Aztec military faction. Alternatively, this name could be the plural form of
cuahuitl "tree, wood".
Cuauhtli m & f NahuatlMeans "eagle; fifteenth day-sign of the tonalpohualli" in Nahuatl.
Cuauhtopilli m NahuatlMeans "wooden staff" or "eagle staff" in Nahuatl, from
cuahuitl "tree, wood" or
cuauhtli "eagle" and
topilli "rod, sceptre, staff of office".
Cuauhxilotl m & f NahuatlFrom Nahuatl
cuauhxilotl which has two seperate meanings; the first refers to a tropical tree that bears cucumber-like fruit (also called the
cuajilote), derived from
cuahuitl "tree, wood" and
xilotl "green ear of maize, young corncob"; the second refers to the chest and back feathers of the golden eagle, derived from
cuauhtli "eagle" and
xilotl.
Cuauhyollo m NahuatlMeans "eagle heart" or "centre of the tree, pith" in Nahuatl, from
cuauhtli "eagle" or
cuahuitl "tree, wood" and
yōllōtl "heart, life".
Cuauhzton m NahuatlMeans "eagle hair" or "wooden head" in Nahuatl, from
cuauhtli "eagle" or
cuahuitl "tree, wood" combined with
tzontli "hair, head". It can also be derived directly from the vocabulary word
cuauhtzontli, meaning either "eagle wig, crown, feathered headdress" (a kind of ornament worn by captains, tied to their backs), or "tree trunk, tree top".
Cuba f English (American, Rare)Derived from the place name
Cuba, which refers to an island and country in the Caribbean Sea. It rose in popularity in the United States in 1898, when Spain lost the colony of Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Cubitus m LiteratureDerived from Latin
cubitus meaning "reclined, lying down", which is ultimately derived from the Latin verb
cubito meaning "to recline, to lie down (often)". Also compare the Latin noun
cubitum meaning "elbow" and the Greek noun κύβιτον
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Čučimir m Serbian (Archaic), History, Medieval SerbianMedieval Serbian name of which the first element is of uncertain origin. It may possibly have been derived from Slavic
chucha or
chusha, which may signify something small. An other possibility may be Slavic
chuzh "foreign, alien, strange" - compare modern Russian
chuzhoy, Polish
cudzy and Slovak
cudzí, all of which mean "foreign, alien, strange"... [
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Cuco m SpanishDiminutive of
Cristóforo. This is also used as a strictly masculine diminutive of
Refugio, as in the case of Mexican singer-songwriter José del Refugio "Cuco" Sánchez (1921-2001)... [
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Cucunuchi m YokutAn indigenous alcalde of Mission San José and a member and leader of the Lakisamni tribe of the Yokut people of northern California, popularly known as Estanislao.
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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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.'
Cuichang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翠 (cuì) meaning "kingfisher, green" and
嫦 (cháng), the name of a moon goddess.
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.
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".
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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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.
Cuiye f ChineseFrom the Chinese
璀 (cuǐ) meaning "lustre of gems, glitter, shine" and
烨 (yè) meaning "bright, splendid, glorious, firelight".
Cülyetta f TheatreAzerbaijani form of
Juliet, used in translations of Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet (1596).
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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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).
Cuore f ItalianThe Italian language word for "heart". It's the name of the last surviving Maenad in ''Final Fantasy IV: The After Years''.
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".
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).
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.
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.
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.
Cyanth f English (American, Modern)Historically similar to the name Chrysanth. Derived from the word 'cyan', it means "the combination of blue and green". This generally refers to a child of parents with blue and green eyes.
Cyaxares m Old Persian (Latinized), HistoryLatinized form of
Kyaxares, which is the hellenized form of the Old Persian male name
Hvakhshathra or
Uvakhšatara. The meaning of the name is uncertain. This was the name of a Median king from the 6th century BC.
Cybi m WelshPossibly derived from Celtic *
kob(o)- "victory". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded Caergybi (the Welsh name for Holyhead).
Cydonia f English (Rare)From the former name of
Chania, a city on the island of Crete, Greece. It is also a poetic term for the island. In addition, it can be derived from Greek κυδωνιά
(kydonia) meaning "quince tree" (itself from κυδώνι
(kudoni), "quince"), ultimately from the name of the city.
Cygnet f American (Rare)Derived from the Anglo-French term, a diminutive of the Old French,
cigne or "swan", which in turn came from the Latin
cygnus, ultimately from the Greek,
kyknos.
Cygnus m AstronomyCygnus is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan.
Cyhha m Anglo-SaxonAn unrecorded Old English name, the meaning of which is uncertain. It was perhaps a nickname derived from Proto-Germanic *
kokh- "cough".
Cyhyraeth f Welsh MythologyUnclear etymology, thought to mean "death; wraith". The first element could be from the noun
cyhyr "muscle, tendon; flesh", or from
cyoer, from
oer "cold", with the last element being the noun
aeth meaning "pain", "woe", "grief", "fear." It could also simply be the suffix
-aeth (roughly equivalent to English -ness or -ity).... [
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Cylon m Ancient Greek (Latinized)Latinized form of
Kylon. A known bearer of this name was the Athenian nobleman Cylon of Athens, who was one of the Olympic victors of the 35th Olympiad in 640 BC.
Cylvia f English (Rare)Variant of
Sylvia. A known bearer is an American consultant and a 'de facto' First Lady of Oregon, Cylvia Hayes.
Cyma f Jewish (Archaic)Allegedly derived from Greek σιμός
(simos), meaning "bent upwards". Alternatively, it may be a variant of
Sima 1.