American Submitted Names

Catherinne f English
Variant of Catherine.

Cathern f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Kathern.

Catheryl f English (American, Rare)
Possibly a blend of Catherine and names that end in -eryl, for example Cheryl and Beryl.

Catheryn f English (Archaic)
Variant of Katherine.

Catheryne f English
Variant of Catherine.

Catherynne f English (Rare)
Variant of Catherine.

Cathey f English
Variant of Cathy.

Cathi f English, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Cathy.

Cathiline f American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Kathleen.

Cathlena f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Kathleen.

Cathlene f English
Variant of Kathleen.

Cathlin f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Kathlyn.

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

Cathlyn f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Kathlyn.

Cathren f American
Variant of Catherine.

Cathryne f English (Rare)
Variant of Catherine

Cathrynn f English
Variant of Catherine.

Cathyleen f English

Cathyryne f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Catherine.

Catie f English (Rare), Irish
Variant of Katie more often used as a diminutive of names beginning with C, such as Catherine or Caitlin.

Catima f English
A diminutive of Cátia, Catherine, Caterina or any name starting with Cat-.

Catisha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Katisha, a blend of the prefix ka with the name Latisha.

Catkin f English (Modern, Rare)

Catlin f American (Rare)

Catlyn f English
Variant of Caitlin.

Caton f American
Possibly a variant of Catherine. This can also be related to the surname Caton.

Catori f Obscure, English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly an invented name, a combination of Catherine and Victoria. Also compare Latori and Natori.... [more]

Catria f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Catriona.

Catriana f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Very rare spelling variant of either Katriana or Catriona.

Catrice f English (American, Modern), Flemish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Katrice.

Catricia f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Contraction of Catrina and Patricia.

Catrina f Filipino, English
Variant of Katrina.

Catrisa f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Catrissa.

Catrisha f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Catricia.

Catrissa f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Katrissa.

Catt f English (Rare)
Variant of Cat.

Cattie f English (Archaic)
Diminutive of Catherine.

Cattleya f English (American, Modern)
From the name of a tropical American orchid (genus Cattleya) with purple, pink or white flowers, which was named after William Cattley (1788-1835).

Catty f English (Archaic), Literature
Variant Cattie. This is the name of a fictional character in the Daughters of the Moon book series by Lynne Ewing.

Caty f English, Spanish (Anglicized)
Variation of Catty or Catie and diminutive of Catalina.

Catya f English (Modern)
This name is gained popular in early 200’s! And popular well-known “The Elite Player” Catya Washington former Bad Girl! Catya Washington was in the show Bad Girls club (2006-2017) and Baddies West.

Caurie f English (American, Rare)

Cavanaugh m English
Transferred use of the surname Cavanaugh.

Cavassia f American (South, Rare), African American (Rare)

Cave m English (Rare)
A notable bearer is Cave Johnson, a United States Congressman (1793-1866).... [more]

Caven m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cavan.

Cavin m English (Rare)

Cavon m African American
Variant of Kevon.

Cavona f African American

Cay f English (American, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Kay 1.

Cayce m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kayce (in itself which is a variant of either Casey or Case).

Caycee f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Casey.

Caycie f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Casey.

Caydan m English (Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Caydance f English (Modern)
Variant of Cadence.

Cayde m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cade.

Caydee f English
Variant of Kaydee.

Caydence f English (Modern)
Variant of Cadence.

Caydie f English
Diminutive of Caydence, influenced by both Caydee and the name suffix -ie

Caydin m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Caydn m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden, the spelling is influenced by Haydn.

Caydon m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden

Caydyn m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Caye f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Kaye.

Cayenne f & m English (Modern, Rare)
From Old Tupi quiínia meaning "hot pepper," referring to any of several very hot chilli peppers or a powder condiment or spice formed from these varieties.

Caylah f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kayla.

Caylan m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Caelan or Kaylyn.

Cayle m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Cale/Kale or Kaylee.

Caylea f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cayleah f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cayleb m English (American)
Variant of Caleb.

Cayleen f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kayleen.

Cayleigh f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kaylee.

Caylen f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Caelan, Kaylyn or Caoilfhionn.

Caylene f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kayleen.

Cayli f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caylie f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caylin f English (Modern)
Anglicized form of Caoilfhionn.

Cayllie f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cayly f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caylyn f English
Anglicized form of Caoilfhionn.

Caylynn f English
Anglicized form of Caoilfhionn.

Cayman m & f English (Modern, Rare)
From the word for crocodile (caiman) in the language of the Arawak-Taíno people.

Caymen m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cayman.

Caynan m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Canaan.

Cayne m English (American), English (Australian)
Transfered use of the surname Cayne.

Caynen m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Canaan.

Caysen m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Cason.

Caysie f English (Modern)
Variant of Casey.

Cayte f English
Variant of Katie.

Caytlin f English
Variant of Caitlin. This name was given to 8 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Caytlyn f English
Variant of Caitlin. This name was given to 6 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Caz f & m English
Nickname for names that begin with the letter C, like Carol 1, Caroline, Chris, etc.

Cazzio m English (Modern)

C'ceal f English
Variant of Cecile.

Ceaira f American (Modern, Rare)

Ceale f & m English (Rare), Jewish (?)

Ceandra f African American
Created with the prefix ce and the feminization of Andre.

Ceanna f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic element see and Anna.

Cearie f American (Rare)

Ceasar m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Cesar.

Ceawlin m Anglo-Saxon, English (Rare)
Ceawlin (died ca. 593) was a King of Wessex.

Ceceilia f English
Variant of Cecilia.

Cecel m English (Rare)
Variant of Cecil.

Ceceliana f English
Elaboration of Cecilia.

Cecess f African American
Variant of Success.

Cecette f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Cecelia using the French suffix -ette.

Ceci f English, Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Cecilia or Cecília.

Cecie f English
Variant of Cece.

Cecila f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Cecilia and a feminization of Cecil.

Cecile f English, Dutch, Afrikaans, Filipino, Medieval English
English, Dutch and Afrikaans form of Cécile.

Cecili f English (Rare)
Variant of Cecily.

Ceciliana f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Cecilia.

Cecille f English (American, Archaic)
Feminine form of Cecil.

Cecillee f English (American, Modern, Rare), Filipino
Variant of Cecily.

Cecillia f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cecilia.

Cecilya f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cecilia.

Ceclia f English (Rare)
Variant of Cecilia.

Cecy f English
Variant of Cece.

Ced m English
Short form of Cedric.

Cedalie f Louisiana Creole

Cedara f English (Modern)
Feminine variant of Cedar.

Cedarius m American (Rare)

Ceddie m English, Literature, Popular Culture
Diminutive of Cedric.... [more]

Cedelia f English (Rare)

Cedra f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Cedric. A famous namesake is the child actress in the 2018 movie Capernaüm, Cedra Izzam.

Cedrella f English (Rare, ?), Literature
Perhaps intended to be a feminine variant of Cedric. This is the name of a minor character in J. K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series of books; the character is Cedrella Weasley, née Black.

Cedrica f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Cedric.

Cedrick m English
Variant of Cedric.

Cedro m English (Rare)
Derived from the name "Cedric."

Ceecee f & m English
Variant of Cici.

Ceejay m English (Rare)
Phonetic spelling of the initials CJ.

Ceil f & m English (American)
Variant of Ciel.

Ceili f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kaylee. It has been influenced by the Irish word céilí, which refers to a traditional Gaelic social gathering involving folk music and dancing (sometimes storytelling and poetry), ultimately derived from Old Irish céle "companion".

Ceinna f American (Modern, Rare)

Cejay m English (Rare)
Variant of Ceejay.

Celange f English
Transferred use of the surname Celange.

Celecia f English (Rare)

Celena f English (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Selena.

Celene f English (Modern)
Variant of Selene.

Célésie f Louisiana Creole
Vernacular form of Céleste.

Celesta f English (Modern), Dutch (Rare)
Latinization of Celeste. In some cases it might also be considered a contracted form of Celestina.

Celester m & f English (American)
Combination of Celeste and Lester or Ester.

Celestial f English (American, Rare)
Derived from the English adjective celestial meaning "of the sky, heavenly", which is ultimately derived from the Latin adjective caelestis meaning "of the heavens" (see Caelestis).

Celestiana f English (Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Probably an elaboration of Celestina.

Celestra f American (Rare)

Celestro m American (Rare)
Masculine form of "Celestra."

Celey f American (South, Archaic)
Vernacular form of Celia.

Celian m English (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
English and Swedish form of Caelianus via its variant spelling Celianus. In the case of The Netherlands, Celian really is just a variant form of Celiaan, which is the actual Dutch form of Caelianus (also via Celianus).

Celianna f English (Modern, Rare), American (Hispanic)
Variant of Celiana.

Celica f English (Rare)
Derived from Latin caelicus, meaning "heavenly, celestial". It jumped in popularity after the Japanese car company Toyota used it for one of their vehicles in 1970.

Celie f English, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Literature
Adoption of French Célie outside the francophone world. This form of the name was used in Alice Walker's 1982 epistolary novel The Color Purple.

Celika f American (Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)

Celimene f English (Rare)
English form of Célimène.

Celina f English (American)
Variant of Silena

Celisse f English (Rare)
From the name of a perfume called Celisse, which was introduced by Dana in 1982.

Cella f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Short form of Marcella.

Cellestina f English (Rare), Italian (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Celestina.

Cellie f American

Celly f & m English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Kelly.

Celosia f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Taken from the name of the flower, whose name is derived from Greek κηλος (kelos) "burned".

Celsey f English
Variant of Kelsey.

Celsie f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kelsey.

Celton m English (Modern)
Variant of Kelton.

Celyna f English (Modern)
Variant of Celina or Selena.

Celynn f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Celyn.

Cena f American (South, Archaic), English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Cenia.

Cendella f English (Rare)

Cendrelle f English (Rare)

Cenia f American (South, Archaic)
Of unknown origin and meaning.

Cenith f English (American, Archaic)
Truncated form of Acenith.

Cenneth m English, Scottish, Norwegian
Variant of Kenneth

Cennie f American (South, Archaic)
Diminutive of Cenia.

Ceola f American (South, ?)
Possibly a short form of Osceola influenced by names such as Viola, Leola, Theola and Neola.

Cephus m English
Variant of Cephas.

Ceraelia f English (Rare)

Cerealia f English (Rare)

Cereatha f American (Rare)

Cerelda f American (South, Archaic), English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Cerilda.

Cerelia f English (Rare)
Possibly derived from Ceraelia, the name of the ancient Roman festival dedicated to the agricultural goddess Ceres.

Cerella f English (Rare)

Cerena f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Serena.

Cerenity f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Serenity.

Ceretha f African American (Rare)

Cereus m & f English
From the genus name of a type of night-blooming cacti found from California to Chile, from Latin cereus "waxen, waxy", which was also used as a substantive to mean "a wax-light, -taper" ("particularly those brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia"), and so called because the cactus' shape "suggests a candle."

Cerie f English (Rare)
Variant of Ceri.

Cerilda f American (South, Archaic), English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Serilda.

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

Cerintha f English (Rare)
From the name of a flower, literally "wax-flower" from Greek κηρος (keros) "beeswax" combined with ανθος (anthos) "flower".

Ceris f English

Cerisa f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Cerise.

Cerissa f English (Rare)
From the brand of perfume called Cerissa, which was introduced by Charles Revson in 1974. The name itself might possibly be a variant of Cerise. It was also used by Barbara Cartland for the heroine of her historical romance novel The Heart Triumphant (1976).

Cerrie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Carrie.

Cerulean m English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the colour cerulean meaning “sky blue”, derived from the Latin caeruleus, perhaps related to caelum which means “sky”. It is recently but rarely used as a name.

Cesar m English, Provençal, Friulian, Romansh
English, Friulian, Romansh and Provençal form of Caesar.

Cesca f Catalan, English (Rare)
Diminutive of Francesca.

Cesiah f Spanish (Mexican, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Cesia.

Ceslee m & f English (American, Rare)

Ceslie f English (Rare)

Cessa f American (South, Archaic)
Short form of Narcessa.

Cessie f American (South, Archaic)
Diminutive of Narcessa.

Cessily f English (American)
Variant of Cecily.

Cessilye f English
Variant of Cecily.

Cettie f English (Rare)
English diminutive of Celeste, Celestia and Celestine. A known bearer of this name was the American abolitionist and philanthropist Laura Spelman Rockefeller (1839-1915), who was affectionately referred to as Cettie because of her middle name, which was Celestia.

Cevin m English
Variant of Kevin or Seven.

Cevon m African American (Rare)
Variant of Kevon.

Cevonna f American (Modern, Rare)

Ceylon m English (Rare)
From the historical name of the British crown colony (present-day Sri Lanka), borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão and ultimately derived from Sanskrit सिंहल (simhala), literally meaning "lionlike" and composed of सिंह (simha) meaning "lion" and the suffix -ल (-la).

Cézanne f & m English, Afrikaans
From the French artist, Paul Cézanne. This name is sometimes used as a feminine name by Afrikaners in South Africa due to its similarity to Suzanne.

Cezelia f American (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Cecelia.

Chaba f American, Yiddish, Hebrew
Variant transcription of Chava.

Chablis f African American (Modern, Rare)
It is a type of French wine that sounds feminine.

Chaddy m & f English (Rare), Literature (Rare)
Diminutive of Chad / Chadwick. In the detective novel 'Cat Among the Pigeons' (1959) by Agatha Christie, there is a character named Lettice Chadwick, often called Chaddy.

Chadrick m English, African American
Transferred use of the surname Chadrick or combination of the names Chad and Rick.

Chael m English, Scottish
Short form of Michael.

Chaela f English (Rare)
English short form of Michaela, or a variant of Kayla.

Chaff m English (American), Popular Culture

Chai f English (American)
From Hindi word 'chai', derived from Chinese word 'cha' meaning "tea". Masala chai, literally "spice tea", is a flavored tea drink from India that usually consists of black tea, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, black pepper, and ginger (though variations exist)... [more]

Chaianne f English (Modern)
Variant of Cheyenne.

Chailynn f American (Modern, Rare)

Chairy f English
Variant of Sherry or diminutive of Charity.

Chaise m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Chase.

Chaiya f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Chaya.

Chaka f & m African American (Rare), South African (Rare)

Chakaya f African American
Combination of Chaka and Kaya 2.

Chakka f African American (Rare)
Variant of Chaka. A woman named Chakka appeared on the American television talk show Maury at least seven times from 2002 to 2005 to paternity test a total of eleven men for her three children Mustafa, Mary, and Mylove.

Chalene f English (Rare)

Chalet f English (American, Rare)
Chalet is used as both first and last name, and the SSA data shows that Chalet is used as a girl's name 100% of the time. As a word, Chalet means Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style.

Chaley f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Shaylee or Kayley. Noted bearer is actress Chaley Rose of the television series 'Nashville'.

Chalia f English (American)
Elaboration of Chala. Also a variant of Chalice inspired by names having the pattern -ia, such as Julia or Gloria.

Chalinette f Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic)

Chalise f English (Rare)
Variant of Chalice.

Chalissa f English
Variant of Kalissa.

Chalkley m English (American, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Chalkley. Chalkley Gillingham founded the 1st integrated school in the US South.

Challen f English (Rare)

Challis f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Challis. This is also a word (possibly derived from the surname) for a type of fine fabric. Alternatively, this could be a variant of Chalice.

Chalmer m English
Transferred use of the surname Chalmer.

Chalmers m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Chalmers.

Chalon f & m English
The name may derive from the Chalon people, one of eight divisions of the Ohlone (Costanoan) people of Native Americans who lived in Northern California. It may also derive from the French surname Chalon, of unknown meaning, possibly derived from the French town Châlons-sur-Marne... [more]

Chalonda f African American (Rare)
Variant of Shalonda.

Chalonn f English (American)
Variant of Chalon.

Chalonne f English (American)
Variant of Chalon.

Chalyce f English (American)

Chalyse f English
Variant of Chalice.

Chamberlain m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Chamberlain.

Chamburo f English

Chamelea f English

Chamille f English
Variant of Camille.

Chamique f English (African), African American
Variant of Shamika.

Chamomile f & m English (American, Rare)
After the herb used for tea. Ultimately from Greek khamaimēlon "earth apple", because the flowers smell reminiscent of apples.

Champ m & f American
From the English word champion, meaning "winner".

Champagne f English (American, Rare)
Taken directly from the wine champagne.

Champaign f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Champagne.

Champaigne f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Champagne.

Champaine f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Champagne.

Champane f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Champagne.

Champayne f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Champagne.

Chanae f African American (Modern)
Variant of Shanae.

Chanceler m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Chancellor.

Chancellor m American
Somewhat popular in the United States 1700's. Very rare today.

Chancelor m English (American, Rare), African American
Variant spelling of Chancellor. A notable bearer of this name is Chance the Rapper (b. 1993), whose birth name is Chancelor Jonathan Bennett.

Chances f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Likely from the English word chances. See also Chance.

Chancey m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Chauncey, maybe influenced by the word chance meaning "luck, fortune".

Chancy m & f English
Possibly either a diminutive (in the case of the masculine use) or an inteded feminine form (in the case of the feminine use) of Chance or a variant of Chauncy.

Chanda f African American (Modern)
Variant of Shawnda.

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

Chandora f African American (Rare)
Likely an invented name, perhaps blending Chandra with Pandora, or possibly a contraction of Shanna and Dora.

Chandre f African American
Variant of Shandra.

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

Chandria f African American
Elaboration of Shandra.

Chandryka f African American
Elaboration of Shandra.

Chané f African American (Rare), Afrikaans
Variant of Shanae.

Chanee f English
Variant of Chaney.

Chaneice f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Chanice.

Chanele f English (Rare)
Variant of Chanel.

Chanell f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Chanelle

Chanera f American (Rare)

Chanese f African American (Modern)
Variant of Shanice.

Chaney m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Chaney.

Chanice f African American (Modern)
Variant of Shanice.

Chanie m English (American, Archaic)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. In some cases may be a variant of Chaney.

Chaniece f African American (Rare)
Variant of Shanice.

Chaniqua f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Shaniqua.

Chanique f African American (Rare), Afrikaans
Variant of Shanique, the spelling perhaps influenced by Chanel.

Chanise f African American (Modern)
Variant of Chanice.

Chanlee f American

Chanler m English
Transferred use of the surname Chanler.

Chanlin m & f English
Likely an invented name combining the name element Chan with Lyn.

Channel f English
Variant of Chanel.

Channie f English
Unknown, possibly a female variant of Channing.

Channon f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Shannon.

Chanse m English (American)
Variant of Chance

Chansia f English (Modern, Rare)
Unknown. Also a locality in Ghana

Chanson m English (Modern, Rare)

Chantae f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Chanté.

Chantalle f English
Variant of Chantal.

Chantanesha f African American

Chantay f English (American)
Variant of Chanté.

Chante f African American
Unaccented version of Chanté.

Chantea f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Chanté.