List of English Baby Names Meanings Starting with C

Clarkston

(KLAHRKS-tən)

Clarkston Name Meaning English (Nottinghamshire): variant of Clarkson.

Meaning: A town of clerks Origin: English

Claxton

(KLAKS-tən)

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'.

Meaning: From any region starting with Clac Origin: English

Cloud

(KLOWD)

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).

Meaning: Like a cloud Origin: English

Cobb

(KAHB)

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.

Meaning: A well built man Origin: English

Coburn

(KO-burn)

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.

Meaning: Wild bird stream Origin: English

Cola

(KO-lə)

Old English byname meaning "charcoal", originally given to a person with dark features.

Meaning: People's victory Origin: English, Greek

Colborn

(KOL-burn)

Recorded in a wide range of spellings including Colbran, Colborn, Colbourne, Colbourn, Colborne, Coalburn, Colebourne, Colburn and probably others, this is an Anglo-Scottish surname of Norse-Viking pre 7th century origins. ... The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Malger Colebrond.

Meaning: Burning log Origin: English, Old Norse

Colden

(KOL-dən)

Colden Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire named Colden, from Old English cald 'cold' col 'charcoal' + denu 'valley'. English and Scottish: variant of Cowden.

Meaning: Coal town Origin: English, Old Norse

Collens

(KAHL-ənz)

The surname Collins has a variety of likely origins in Britain and Ireland: Anglo-Saxon: A patronymic surname based on the name Colin, an English diminutive form of Nicholas. ... The medieval surname was Ua Cuiléin, which has usually become Ó Coileáin today. Welsh: Collen = hazel, hazel grove.

Meaning: A young hound Origin: English, Gaelic

Collis

(KAHL-is)

English Meaning: The name Collis is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Collis is: Son of the dark man.

Meaning: People's triumph Origin: English, Greek