List of Baby Names for Girls Starting with C

Chaeli

Chaeli is a Celtic girl name. The meaning of the name is Who is Like God.

Meaning: Form of MICHAELA - Fem. form of MICHAEL

Char

Char Name Meaning. French: from French char 'cart', metonymic occupational name for a carter. Anglicized spelling of Slovenian Car, a nickname from carati 'to practice sorcery'. Indian (Karnataka): Hindu (Brahman) name, from Sanskrit acarya 'teacher', 'spiritual guide'.

Meaning: Free Origin: German

Chika

Chika (Chika; ちか, チカ) is a given name of both Japanese and African origins. In Japanese, the name Chika can be written with the kanji characters 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 散 (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "good, fine" or 花 (ka) meaning "flower".

Meaning: Near Origin: Japanese

Cho

The name "Cho" does mean "beautiful", but in Korean, not Japanese. It does in fact mean "butterfly" in Japan. ― PVega 5/30/2005. "Butterfly"? That would explain the meaning of the name Cho-Cho San (the real name of the title character in Puccini's Madame Butterfly).

Meaning: Butterfly Origin: Japanese

Cadance

Meaning. "rhythm, flow" Region of origin. United States. Cadence is a unisex given name derived from an English word meaning "rhythm, flow."

Meaning: Falling Origin: Latin

Caira

Caira Name Meaning. Southern Italian (Calabria): probably from Arabic khayr 'good', 'well'. Galician: habitational name from Caira Lugo in Galicia.

Meaning: Beloved Origin: Italian

Caliandra

Caliandra is the name of a flower, whose scientific name is Calliandra harrisii, and its denomination derives from the combination of the Greek elements Kallio (beautiful) and Andros (man), probably meaning "beautiful and masculine" or "beautiful and manlike". Home » Submitted Names.

Meaning: Lovely one Origin: Greek

California

She wrote that both Calafia and California most likely came from the Arabic word khalifa which means steward or leader. The same word in Spanish was califa, easily made into California to stand for "land of the caliph" خلیف, or Calafia to stand for "female caliph" خلیفه .

Meaning: Hot furnace Origin: Spanish

Calina

Origin of the name Callie: A pet form of any of the names beginning with the element Cal-, Callie is also bestowed as an independent given name.

Meaning: Street, path

Carman

Spanish Meaning: The name Carmen is a Spanish baby name. In Spanish the meaning of the name Carmen is: Garden. The Spanish form of the Hebrew Carmel. Famous bearer: Bizet's opera 'Carmen', first performed in 1875.

Meaning: Garden, song Origin: Latin