English: habitational name from any of the various places called Chilton, for example in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, County Durham, Hampshire, Kent, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, and Wiltshire. The majority are shown by early forms to derive from Old English cild 'child' (see Child) + tun 'enclosure', 'settlement'.
Chisholm (/ˈtʃɪzəm/ ( listen)) is a Scottish surname. It is derived from a habitational name from Chisholme, near Hawick, in the south of Scotland. The name is derived from the Old English elements cese, meaning "cheese"; and holm, meaning "piece of dry land in a fen".
Cid as a boy's name is of Spanish and Arabic origin, and the meaning of Cid is "lord". Famous real-life people named Cid: | Edit. Rodrigo DÃaz de Vivar, known as "El Cid" by the Moors, Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain.
Clarissa is a name derived from the Germanic name Clarice, which is derived from the Latin word clarus, which means "bright, clear or famous". Clarissa is an English, Italian, and Portuguese name; Clarisa is the Spanish form of the name.
Clarkston Name Meaning English (Nottinghamshire): variant of Clarkson.
Claxton Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of various places named Claxton, for example in County Durham, Norfolk, and North Yorkshire, probably from the Old Norse personal name Klakkr (see Clack) or possibly from Old English clacc 'hill' + Old English tun 'settlement'.
Cloud Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone who lived near an outcrop or hill, from Old English clud 'rock' (only later used to denote vapor formations in the sky).
Cobb Name Meaning. from the Middle English byname or personal name Cobbe, Cobba, or its Old Norse cognate Kobbi, which are probably from an element meaning 'lump', used to denote a large man. from a reduced form of Jacob.
The first family to use the name Coburn lived in Berwickshire named Cockburn. The place name in turn, comes from the Old English cocc, meaning "rooster," and burna, meaning "a stream." As such, the surname is classed as a local, or habitational name, derived from a place where the original bearer lived or held land.
Old English byname meaning "charcoal", originally given to a person with dark features.
