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Chlodoswintha f GermanicDerived from Old High German
hlûd "famous" combined with Gothic
svinths (
swind in Old High German) "strength."
Chlothild f GermanicDerived from Old High German
hlûd "famous" combined with Old Norse
hildr "battle."
Chlothsind f FrankishFrom the Frankish element
hroþi, "fame, glory", and Gothic
swinþs. Chlothsind was a Frankish princess who became the queen consort of the Lombard king
Alboin.
Cho m & f BurmeseMeans "sweet, pleasant" in Burmese.
Cho-a f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 草 (
cho) "grass, straw, thatch, herbs" and 娥 (
a) "be beautiful; good".
Chodron f Tibetan, BhutaneseMeans "kindler of the Dharma" from Tibetan ཆོས
(chos) meaning "religion, scripture, dharma" and སྒྲོན
(sgron) meaning "to light, to kindle".
Chohui f KoreanDerived from the sino-korean
楚 (cho) meaning "clear" and
姬 (hui) meaning "woman".
Choimpel m & f TibetanFrom the Tibetan
ཆོས (chos) meaning "phenomenon, religion, reality, doctrine, dharma" and
འཕེལ ('phel) meaning "increase".
Cho-ja f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 英 (cho) meaning "glass, crystal" and 子 (ja) meaning "child". Other hanja character combinations can form this name as well. Feminine names ending with the character 子 (a fashionable name suffix in Japan, read as -ko in Japanese) were popular in Korea during the period of Japanese rule (1910-1945)... [
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Chojo f Japanese"Chojo" (長女) in Japanese means "eldest daughter" or "firstborn daughter." The first character "cho" (長) means "long" or "chief," and "jo" (女) means "woman" or "daughter." Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Choka f JapaneseCho is an alterntive writing of Chō (蝶), which means Butterfly.The word Ka (華) means flower. This name means tanrsfroming into a better version of yourself.
Chokden m & f TibetanFrom Tibetan མཆོག་ལྡན
(mchog-ldan) meaning "possessor of excellence", from མཆོག
(mchog) meaning "excellent, foremost, superior" and ལྡན
(ldan) meaning "to possess".
Choki m & f Tibetan, BhutaneseFrom Tibetan ཆོས་སྐྱིད
(chos-skyid) meaning "happy dharma practice", from ཆོས
(chos) meaning "religion, scripture, dharma" and སྐྱིད
(skyid) meaning "happiness, delight".
Choko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 甘 (cho) meaning "sweet", 緒 (cho) meaning "thread" or 小 (cho) meaning "small, little" combined with 茶 (ko) meaning "tea" or 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can be possible.
Chokyi m & f TibetanFrom Tibetan ཆོས་ཀྱི
(chos-kyi) meaning "religious, pious, virtuous".
Cho-mae f Korean (Modern, Rare)From Sino-Korean 草 (
cho) meaning "grass" combined with 莓 (
mae) meaning "strawberry", 梅 (
mae) meaning "plum", or 玫 (
mae) meaning "rose, gemstone". ... [
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Chomkhwan f ThaiFrom Thai ชม
(chom) meaning "praise, admire" or "look, watch" and ขวัญ
(khwan) meaning "beloved, fortunate, blessed, auspicious".
Chomnan m & f KhmerMeans "smart, skilled, capable" in Khmer.
Chơn m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 真
(chơn) meaning "real, genuine, true".
Chongjia m & f ChineseFrom the Chinese
崇 (chóng) meaning "esteem, honor, revere, venerate" and
嘉 (jiā) meaning "fine, good, auspicious, excellent".
Chongling m & f ChineseFrom the Chinese
崇 (chóng) meaning "esteem, honor, revere, venerate" and
灵 (líng) meaning "spirit, soul".
Chongmei f ChineseFrom the Chinese
崇 (chóng) meaning "esteem, honour, revere" and
妹 (mèi) meaning "younger sister".
Chongxi m & f ChineseFrom the Chinese
崇 (chóng) meaning "esteem, honor, revere, venerate" and
僖 (xī) meaning "joy, gladness, delight".
Chongxiao m & f ChineseFrom the Chinese
崇 (chóng) meaning "esteem, honor, revere, venerate" and
霄 (xiāo) meaning "sky, clouds, mist, night".
Chongyuan m & f ChineseFrom the Chinese
崇 (chóng) meaning "esteem, honor, revere, venerate" and
源 (yuán) meaning "spring, source".
Chonlada f ThaiFrom Thai ชล
(chon) meaning "water" and ลดา
(lada) meaning "vine, creeper".
Chonthida f ThaiFrom Thai ชล
(chon) meaning "water" and ธิดา
(thida) meaning "daughter".
Chooli f Navajo, ApacheFrom Navajo or Western Apache
dził "mountain". In Navajo, it can also mean "mountain range".
Chorong f & m Korean (Modern)From either the adverb 초롱초롱
(chorong chorong) "brightly, sparklingly" or 초籠
(chorong), referring to a silk-covered lantern.... [
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Chorongchorongbitnari f Korean (Archaic)An unusually long name. Can no longer be given to a child because of regulations in South Korea have prohibited the registration of given names longer than five hangul characters, in response to some parents giving their children extremely long names such as this... [
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Chosen f & m English (Rare)From the past participle of
choose from Old English
cēosan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
kiezen.
Chouchou f JapaneseFrom Japanese 蝶 (
chou) meaning "butterfly" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji. Other kanji combinations are possible.
Chouka f JapaneseChouka is Japanese, meaning Chou, butterfly, and Ka, flower. Roughly translated, it means Butterfly Flower.
Chouki f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 蝶 (
chou) meaning "butterfly" and 紀 (
ki) meaning "chronicle". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Choum f KhmerMeans "refreshingly beautiful" in Khmer.
Choumi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 蝶 (
chou) meaning "butterfly" combined with 海 (
mi) meaning "sea, ocean". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Chovka f ChechenMeans "jackdaw” in Chechen, referring to a type of crow.
Chowon f KoreanCombination of Sino-Korean 草 (cho) "grass, straw, thatch, herbs" and Sino-Korean 元 "first; dollar; origin; head"
Choye f KoreanCombination of Sino-Korean 草 (cho) "grass, straw, thatch, herbs" and From Sino-Korean 藝 (ye) "art; talent, ability; craft" or 乂 (ye) "govern, control, manage; nurture"
Choygana f TuvanDerived from Tuvan чойган
(choygan) meaning "fir".
Chrisann f English (American, Rare)Combination of
Chris and
Ann. In the case of Chrisann Brennan (1954-), a former partner of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and the mother of his daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs, her parents named her after the chrysanthemum flower, making it a variant of
Chrysanta.
Chrishell f English (Rare)In the case of American actress Chrishell Stause (1981-), her mother went into labor at a Shell station, and an attendant named Chris helped deliver the baby.
Chrisley f & m AmericanTransferred use of the surname
Chrisley. First used in 2014 with 8 baby girls born with this name.
Christophania f Ancient GreekFrom the Ancient Greek Χριστός (
Christos) meaning "anointed" and φάνεια (
phaneia) meaning "appearing".
Chrom m & f Popular Culture (Rare)Possibly derived from Greek chroma meaning "color". This is the name of one of the protagonists of the video game Fire Emblem: Awakening. Variant of
Chrome Chrothildis f FrankishChrothildis was a Frankish queen consort by marriage to king Theuderic III. She was formally the nominal regent for her son Clovis IV during his minority from his succession in 691 until her own death in 692, though in reality the de facto regent was Pepin of Herstal.
Chrotilda f Germanic, HistoryVariant of
Chrothild. Chrotilda was the daughter of Clovis I (a Frankish king) and wife of Amalaric, a 6th-century king of the Visigoths.
Chrysalis m & f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)From the word referring to the pupa of a butterfly or moth or the cocoon where the pupa is enclosed inside, derived via Latin from Ancient Greek χρυσαλλίς
(khrusallís), from χρυσός
(khrusós) meaning "gold."... [
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Chrysanthème f LiteratureMeans "chrysanthemum" in French. This was used in Pierre Loti's novel
Madame Chrysanthème (1887), which was adapted into an opera in 1893 by André Messager.
Chrysanthemum f EnglishTaken directly from the name of the flower, which is derived from Greek
khrusos "gold" and
anthemon "flower".... [
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