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Calicia f English (American, Modern, Rare), French (Modern, Rare)

Caline f French (Modern, Rare, ?)
A feminine variation of the Greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos). It also resembles the french word "câlin(e)" (affectionate).

Caliste f & m French (Rare), Provençal
French masculine and feminine form of Callistus as well as a Provençal masculine form of Calixte.

Calixthe f French (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Calixte.

Calliste m & f French
Variant of Caliste.

Calysta f English (American, Modern), French (Modern)
Variant of Calista.

Camile f & m Picard, Gascon, Provençal, Walloon, French (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Picard and Walloon masculine and feminine form, Gascon and Provençal masculine form and French masculine variant of Camille as well as a Brazilian Portuguese variant of Camila.

Camilee f French, English
Variant and feminine form on the name Camillus.

Camillette f French (Quebec, Archaic)
Diminutive of Camille.

Candylène f French
The name was the subject of a 1971 eponymous French pop song by Yves Heuzé. Since then, the name has experienced sporadic usage in France.

Canelle f French (Modern)
Variant of Cannelle.

Cannelle f French (Modern)
Derived from French cannelle "cinnamon (the spice)".

Carélie f French (Belgian, Rare), French (Swiss, Rare)
Cognate of Carelia. The name coincides with the place name Carélie.

Carinne f French, French (Belgian), Flemish, Dutch (Antillean)
Variant of Carine.

Carline f English (Rare), French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), German (Rare)
French form of Carlina.... [more]

Carmele f French (Rare)
Variant of Carmelle.

Carmélia f French (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Cognate of Carmelia.

Carmélie f French (Rare)
Variant of Carmelie.

Carmelie f English (Rare), French (Rare)
French form of Carmelia.

Carméline f French (Rare)
Variant of Carmeline.

Carmeline f French (Rare)
Cognate of Carmelina

Carmelle f French (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Carmel.

Carolane f French (Quebec)
Québécois form of Carole-Anne 1 and Carol 1-Anne 1.

Carolanne f English, French (Quebec)
Variant of Carolann (English) or Carolane (French).

Carolène f Norman
Norman form of Caroline.

Carolle f French, French (Belgian)
Variant of Carole.

Carreaux f & m French (Archaic)
From the French surname Carreaux.

Casarie f History (Ecclesiastical), French (Archaic), Provençal (Archaic), Occitan (Archaic)
French form of Casaria.

Casilde f French (Rare), Italian (Rare)
French and Italian form of Casilda.

Casimire f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Casimir.

Cassienne f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Feminine form of Cassien.

Cassiopée f Greek Mythology (Gallicized), French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
French form of Cassiopeia.

Castille f & m French (Rare), Louisiana Creole, English
Transferred use of the surname Castille.

Cataline f French (Rare), Walloon (Rare)
Variant of Cateline.

Cateau f French (Archaic), Dutch (Rare), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
French diminutive of Catherine.

Caterène f Norman
Variant of Catherène.

Caterine f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), French (African), Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Caterina, Catherine and Katerine.

Catheleine f Picard
Picard form of Catherine.

Cathelène f Norman
Norman form of Cateline.

Catheline f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Dutch (Rare), Medieval Dutch
French variant of Cateline and Dutch variant of Katerine.

Catherène f Norman
Norman form of Catherine.

Cathia f French
French adaption of Russian Katya.

Cathline f English (Rare), French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Flemish (Rare)
English variant of Kathleen and French contracted form of Catheline.

Catiche f French (Archaic), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Obsolete French diminutive of Catherine.

Catin f French (Archaic), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Originally a (now archaic) French diminutive of Catherine. While in Louisiana French catin also means "doll; mannequin, dummy", in European French catin means "harlot, slattern" (which is no doubt the reason this form of the name fell out of usage in France).

Cat'leine f Picard
Variant of Catheleine.

Catline f Guernésiais, French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Guernésiais form of Cateline and French variant of Cathline.

Catot f French (Archaic), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
French diminutive of Catherine.

Catrinelle f French
Elaboration of Catherine, possibly influenced by Catrina. It may also be a Gallicized form of Catrinel.

Céciliane f French (Modern, Rare)
Elaborated form of Cécile.

Cécilie f French, French (Belgian)
Variant of Cécilia.

Cécilienne f French (Rare)
French form of Caeciliana.

Cédrika f French (Quebec, Modern, Rare)
Modern coinage intended as a feminine form of Cédric.

Cédrique m & f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Variant of Cédric. It is also used on females, which makes this name one of the few -que names that are unisex (like Dominique).

Cédulie f Norman, French (Quebec), French (Acadian)
Norman form of Sédulie.

Cedulie f French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Quebec)
Variant of Cédulie.

Célène f French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sélène.

Célérine f French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Célerin.

Célestie f French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
French form of Caelestia.

Céliane f French, French (Belgian)
Feminine form of Célian.

Célie f French, French (Belgian)
French form of Celia.

Celiette f Spanish (Caribbean), French (Caribbean)

Célimène f Literature, Theatre, French (Rare)
This name was invented by Molière for his play "The Misanthrope" (17th century). Given that many characters in his play bear names that are obviously of Greek origin (or inspired by the Greek language), the name Célimène must then at least be partly Greek as well... [more]

Célina f Gascon, French (Swiss)
Variant of Céline.

Célinie f French (Rare), French (Belgian)
Elaboration of Céline.

Cêlise f French (Rare)
Maybe from Céline, or maybe from "cerise" who mean "cherry". More often pronounced like Sélène but can be pronounced like SEH-Lise

Célya f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Variant of Célia.

Célyne f French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Céline.

Cendrine f French
Re-interpretation of Sandrine with the same French pronunciation influenced by the French word cendre "ash" and the name Cendrillon.

Cérès f Roman Mythology (Gallicized), French (Rare, Archaic)
French form of Ceres.

Cérilda f French (Quebec, Archaic)
Québécois form of Serilda.

Cerilde f American (South, Rare, Archaic), French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Cerilda.

Cérile m & f French (Archaic)
Archaic French variant of Cyrille.

Cérille m & f French (Archaic)
Variant spelling of Cérile, which is an archaic French variant of Cyrille.

Césarette f French (Rare)
Feminine variant of César.

Césarie f French (Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Caesaria.

Césarina f French (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Césarine.

Césarine f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Feminine form of César.

Cétarine f French (Quebec, Rare)

Chanceline f French (African)
Perhaps from the French word chance meaning "luck".

Chancelvie f French (African)

Chandelle f English, French (African)
From French chandelle, "candle". It is a cognate of the Spanish name Candela.

Chandrel m & f French (African)
Unisex version of Chandrelle.

Chandrelle f African American, French (African)
Possibly a variation of Chandelle or Chandra.

Chantale f Haitian Creole (Rare), French (Quebec, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Chantal.

Charise f Dutch (Modern, Rare), English (American, Rare), French (Rare, Archaic)
French form of Charis.

Charlaine f English, Dutch, French, French (Belgian)
Variant of Charlene and Charlène.

Charlette f French, English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
French feminine diminutive of Charles, as it contains the French feminine diminutive suffix -ette.

Charlise f French

Charlyne f English, French
Variant of Charlene (English) or Charline (French).

Charlyse f French
Variant of Charlise.

Chennel f French (Americanized, ?)

Cherine f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
French form of Sherine.

Chezelle f Afrikaans, French
South African name, probably derived from the French, it might be from a place name in France, derived from the Occitan, meaning "hill". Or accordingly to another theory it may mean "house of her".

Chimâne f Norman

Chimène f French, French (African), Haitian Creole, Dutch (Modern, Rare), Theatre
French form of Ximena. It was used by Pierre Corneille in his play Le Cid (1636) for the wife of El Cid, known as Jimena Díaz in Spanish.

Chinote f Norman
Feminine form of Chinot.

Chionie f French
French form of Chionia.

Chrestienne f French (Archaic)
Older form of Chrétienne.

Chrétienne f Medieval French, French (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Chrétien.

Christaline f French (Archaic)
Diminutive of Christa, This name is now known as a water brand

Christella f English, Dutch (Rare), Flemish, French (Modern), French (Belgian, Rare)
Latinate variant of Christelle; in some cases, however, it can also be a contracted form of Christabella.

Christia f French (Modern, Rare)
Gallicized form of Cristia.

Christienne f French (Archaic), French (Belgian), English (Rare)
Feminine form of Christien.

Christophile f & m Late Greek, French (Archaic), French (African, Rare)
Late Greek feminine form of Christophilos as well as the French masculine and feminine form of Christophilus.

Chrystel f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Variant of Christelle.

Chrystèle f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Christelle.

Cicile f Picard, French (Huguenot, Archaic), Walloon
Walloon and Picard form of Cécile. As a Picard name, it is predominantly found among Huguenots.

Cinthya f French (Quebec, Rare)

Cirine f French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sirine.

Citrine f English (Modern, Rare), French
From the English word for a pale yellow variety of quartz that resembles topaz. From Old French citrin, ultimately from Latin citrus, "citron tree". It may also be related to the Yiddish tsitrin, for "lemon tree."... [more]

Claira f English (Rare), French (Rare)
Quasi-Latinization of Claire.

Clairette f French, French (Belgian)
Diminutive of Claire.

Clairina f French (African, Rare)
Elaboration of Claire, used in La Réunion.

Clairine f French (Rare, Archaic)
Elaboration of Claire.

Clarélie f French (Quebec, Rare)
Cognate of Clarelia.

Claremonde f French (Rare, Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic), French (Cajun)
Old French form of Claremunda, which may have been derived from Latin clarus "clear, bright" and Germanic mund "protector".

Clarence m & f French
French form of Clarentius and Clarentia.

Clarie f French, Gascon
French and Gascon form of Claria.

Clarine f Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), French (Modern, Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), English (Rare)
Elaboration of Clara.

Claudèle f French (Quebec, Rare)
Variant of Claudelle.

Claudelle f French (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare), South African
Feminine form of Claudel.

Claudiane f French (Rare)
French form of Claudiana.

Claudile f Norman

Claudinette f French (Archaic)
Diminutive of Claudine.

Claudy f & m Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), French (Rare)
Diminutive of Claude (unisex), Claudia (feminine) and Claudius (masculine).

Cléanthe m & f French (Rare)
French form of the Greek given name Kleanthes via its latinized form Cleanthes. Although Cléanthe was originally a masculine name, it has occasionally been used as a feminine name in French, which is probably due to the name's similarity to other French feminine names, such as Acanthe and Amaranthe.

Clée f & m French (Modern)
From Cléa, also from "clé" which means key in French

Clélia f French, French (Belgian)
Variant of Clélie.

Clélie f French, French (Belgian)
French form of Cloelia.

Clémente f French (Rare)
Feminine version of Clément.

Cléoma f French (Cajun, Rare)
Derived from French cléome "cleome, spider flowers, bee plants". Cléoma Breaux Falcon (1906-1941) was a Cajun musician from Louisiana.

Cléonice f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), French (Acadian)
French form of Kleonike.

Cléonise f French (Acadian)
Acadian variant of Cléonice.

Cléontine f French (Rare, Archaic), French (Caribbean, Rare, Archaic), French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic)

Cléophe m & f French (Quebec, Archaic)
Variant form of Cléophas (masculine) and Cléophée (feminine). A known bearer of this name was the Canadian political figure Cléophe Cimon (1822-1888).

Cléophée f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Cléophas, possibly via Latin Cleophae (see Cleofe).... [more]

Cléophyre f French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic)

Cléothilde f French (Quebec, Archaic)
Cognate of Cleotilde.

Cléotilde f French (Quebec, Archaic)
Variant of Cléothilde.

Clérine f French, French (Quebec)
French form of Clerina.

Cliotide f French (Rare, Archaic), Spanish (Mexican, Rare, Archaic)
Local vernacular corruption of Clothilde found in the Poitou-Charentes region.

Cllâodène f Norman
Norman form of Claudine.

Cllémentène f Norman
Feminine form of Cllément.

Clodine f French (Quebec, Rare), American (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Claudine.

Cloélia f French (Rare)
French form of Cloelia.

Cloémie f French (Quebec, Modern, Rare)
Combination of Cloé and Noémie.

Clorinde f French (Rare)
French form of Clorinda.

Clorinthe f French (Archaic)

Colibri f French
hummingbird

Colinette f English (Australian, Rare), English (British, Rare), French (Rare)
Rare feminine form of Colin 2.

Collette f French, French (Belgian), English
Variant of Colette.

Colombine f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French cognate of Colombina.

Conception f French, English (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Indian (Christian, Rare)
French and English cognate of Concepción.

Constantine f French, French (Belgian)
French form of Constantina.

Coppélia f Theatre, French (Rare)
The name of a life-sized mechanical doll created by the mysterious Doctor Coppélius in Léo Delibes' comic ballet Coppélia (1870), based on two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann. The inventor's name is possibly a Latinized form of Yiddish Koppel... [more]

Coralina f English (Modern, Rare), French (Rare), Italian, Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Coraline.

Coralise f French (Rare), French (Swiss), French (Belgian, Rare)
Elaboration of Coralie.

Corantine f French (Acadian, Rare), Louisiana Creole (Rare)
Variant of Corentine.

Cordélie f French (Quebec, Rare)
French form of Cordelia.

Corélia f French
French form of Corelia.

Corélie f French (Rare), French (Belgian)
Variant of Corélia.

Corentine f Breton (Gallicized), French
Feminine form of Corentin.

Corisande f Literature, Theatre, French (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Meaning uncertain, from the name of a character in medieval legend, possibly first recorded by Spanish writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. Perhaps it was derived from an older form of Spanish corazón "heart" (e.g., Old Spanish coraçon; ultimately from Latin cor "heart", with the hypothetic Vulgar Latin root *coratione, *coraceone) or the Greek name Chrysanthe... [more]

Cornélia f French (Rare)
French form of Cornelia.

Cornéline f French (Archaic), French (African, Rare)
Diminutive of Cornélie, as it contains the French feminine diminutive suffix -ine.

Cornellie f French (African, Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Dutch (Surinamese, Rare)

Coura f French (African)

Crescence f & m French (Rare), French (African)
French feminine and masculine form of Crescentius.

Crespine f Medieval French, French (Archaic)
Feminine form of Crespin.

Cristelle f French, French (Belgian)
Variant of Christelle.

Cristinne f Picard
Picard form of Christine.

Cruzamanthe f French (Rare, Archaic)
Extremely rare name which was likely inspired by the novel Cruzamante ou la Sainte Amante de la Croix by Marie Françoise Loquet, published in 1786.

Cyané f Greek Mythology (Gallicized), French (Modern, Rare)
French form of Cyane.

Cybèle f Near Eastern Mythology (Gallicized), French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Cybele.

Cylia f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Variant of Sylia.

Cyliane f French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)

Cypriane f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Younger form of Cyprianne.

Cyprienne f French, French (Belgian)
Feminine form of Cyprien.

Cyprille f French
French form of Cyprilla.

Cyprine f French (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare)
Possibly a contracted form of Cypriane.

Cyria f French (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern)
Feminine form of Cyriacus.

Cyrie f French (African, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cyria.

Cyrienne f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Cyrien and variant of Cyria.

Cyrine f French, French (Belgian)
Rare French feminine form of Cyrus.