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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).
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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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".
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
Cymopolea f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Greek Κυμοπόλεια
(Kymopoleia) meaning "wave walker", derived from κῦμα
(kyma) "wave, billow" and the verb πολέω
(poleô) "to go about, range over"... [
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Cymry f EnglishMeans ''Welsh'', plural of
Cymro ''Welshman''.
Cynara f LiteratureA Greek "plant" name, from a genus of thistles, of which a leading member is the purple flowered artichoke.... [
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Cynewise f Anglo-SaxonDerived from Old English
cyne "royal" and
wīs "wise". A notable bearer of this name was the wife of King Penda of Mercia, also referred to as Kyneswitha (see
Cyneswið).
Cynewynn f Anglo-SaxonDerived from the Old English name element
cyne meaning "royal" and
wynn meaning "joy, bliss".
Cynosure f AstronomyFrom the Ancient Greek elements κυνός (
kunós) “dog's” and οὐρά (
ourá) meaning “tail”. This is an alternate name for Ursa Minor.
Cypress f & m American (Rare)From the English word
cypress, a group of coniferous trees. Ultimately from Greek
kuparissos.
Cyrenia f History, Indonesian (Rare)Feminine form of
Cyrenius. This was the name of a saint from the Roman province of Cilicia in southern Anatolia, who was martyred by burning in 306 at Tarsus, in persecutions of Galerius.
Cythera f Ancient Greek (Latinized)Latinized form of Greek Κύθηρα
(Kythera), the name of an island of Greece, as well as an ancient town on the island. In Greek mythology, Cythera was the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite, being the island to which she first arrived after emerging from the sea, and the source of her epithet
Kythereia (Latin:
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Częstobrona f PolishDerived from Polish
często "often" and
bronić "to protect someone" or
bronić się "to defend oneself".
Da-ah f Korean (Rare)From Sino-Korean 多 (da) meaning "much, many; more than, over" and 娥 (ah) means "Beautiful".
Da-bin f & m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 多 "much, many" and 彬 "cultivated, well-bred".
Dácil f Guanche (Hispanicized), Spanish (Canarian)Derived from Guanche
*dasil, meaning "footprint, step". It was borne by a Guanche princess of Tenerife who lived during the 15th century. She is best known for her marriage to a Spanish conqueror of the island.
Dadila f UzbekDerived from
dadil meaning "bold, fearless".
Daduhepa f HittiteOf uncertain etymology, although the second element of the name (
hepa) likely derives from the Hurrian sun goddess
Ḫepat. Name borne by a Hittite queen who was possibly the wife of Tudhaliya I. She is known to have occupied the role of Tawananna (ruling queen) during the reign of Šuppiluliuma I, who is thought to have been her son.
Daechu f KoreanFrom Korean 대추 (daechu) meaning "jujube, date".
Daehee m & f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 大 "big, great, vast, large, high" and 熙 (hee) meaning "shine". Other combinations are possible.
Daeira f Greek MythologyMeans "knowing one", from Greek ἐδάην
(edaen) (via the unattested present form
*dao) meaning "to learn, know, teach". This was the name of an Oceanid in Greek mythology, associated with the Eleusinian mysteries... [
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Daena f Persian MythologyThe name of a Zoroastrian divinity, taken from the Gathic Avestan
daēnā or Sanskrit
dhénā and is variously translated as "conscience", "religion", "understanding" or "that which is observed"... [
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Da-eun f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 多 "much, many; more than, over" (
da), and 恩 "kindness, mercy, charity" or 銀 "silver" (
eun).