Boys' Names: A


Name(Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Cabhan	Gaelic	see Cavan
Cade	Old English	Round
Cadell	Welsh	Battler
Caden	Gaelic	Son of Aodhan
Cadeo	Vietnamese	Folk song
Cadhan (kein)	Gaelic	Wild goose
Cadhla (kay-la) (also Cadla)	Gaelic	Beautiful
Cadman	Celtic	Warrior
Cadogan		see Cadwgawn
Cadwalader	Welsh	Leader of the battle
Cadwgawn (also Cadogan)	Welsh	Glory in battle
Caedmon	Celtic	Wise warrior
Cael (also Caelan)	Unknown	Victorious people
Caem		see Caomh
Caesar (also Cesaire, Cesar, Cesare)	Latin	Long haired
Cahal	Gaelic	see Cathal
Cahir (care) (also Cathaoir)	Gaelic	Battle lord
Cailan	Celtic	Child
Cailean		see Columba
Caimin	Gaelic	A saint
Cain (also Caine)	Hebrew	Acquired
Cainneach (kin-noch)	Gaelic	see Canice
Cairbre (car-bre)	Gaelic	Rugged
Cairo	Unknown	City of Pharoahs
Cais	Unknown	Rejoicer
Caius	Latin	Unknown
Cal		see Calvin
Calbhach (col-vak) (also Calvach, Calvagh)	Gaelic	Bald
Calcol	Hebrew	Unknown
Calder	Celtic	From Stony River
Caldwell	Old English	Near a cold well
Caleb (also Cale)	Hebrew	Dog
Caley	Celtic	Slender
Calhoun	Celtic	Warrior
Caligula	Latin	Little boot
Callistus (also Calix, Callisto)	Latin	Most beautiful
Calogero	Greek	Beautiful old age
Calum		see Columba
Callaghan	Gaelic	see Ceallach
Callum		see Columba
Calvach/Calvagh		see Calbhach
Calvert	Old English	Shepherd
Calvin (also Cal)	Latin	Bald
Camden	Scottish	From the winding valley
Cameron (also Camron)	Scottish	Crooked nose
Camillus (also Camilo, Camillo)	Latin	Attendant at a religious service
Campbell	Scottish	Crooked mouth
Camron		see Cameron
Cana (kon-a)	Gaelic	Wolf cub
Canaan		see Cannon
Canice (can-is) (also Caiinneach)	Gaelic	Pleasant person
Cannon (also Canaan)	French	Large gun
Canute	Old Norse	Knot
Caoilfhionn (kwee-lin)	Gaelic	Fair head
Caoilte (keel-cha) (also Caolan)	Gaelic	Hard
Caoimhin (kwee-veen)	Gaelic	Comely birth
Caoinlean (keen-lan)	Gaelic	Of beautiful shape
Caolan (kway-lawn)	Gaelic	see Caoilte
Caomh (keev) (also Caem)	Gaelic	Precious
Caradog (also Caradoc, Caratacus)	Welsh	Beloved
Carcas	Hebrew	Unknown
Carmi	Hebrew	Unknown
Caroll	Gaelic	see Cearbhall
Carey	Gaelic	Friend
Carl/Carles		see Charles
Carlin	Gaelic	Little champ
Carlisle	Old English	From the walled city
Carlos		see Charles
Carleton/Carlton		see Charlton
Carlus	Gaelic	see Charles
Carmelo	Spanish	Garden
Carmi	Hebrew	Unknown
Carney	Celtic	Warrior
Carolus	English	Song
Carpus	Greek	Profit
Carr	Scandinavian	From the marsh
Carrick	Celtic	Dweller on the rock
Carraig/Carrig	Gaelic	see Craig
Carroll		see Cearbhall
Carshena	Unknown	Unknown
Carson (also Carsyn)	Gaelic	Unknown
Carsten		see Christian
Carter	Old English	Cart driver
Carthach (kor-huk) (also Cartagh)	Gaelic	Unknown
Carver	Old English	Wood carver
Cary	English	Fort
Cas (also Cass, Cassidy)	Gaelic	Curly haried
Casey	Gaelic	Vigilant in war
Cashel	Gaelic	Castle
Casimir	Slavic	Great destroyer
Casiphia	Hebrew	Unknown
Casper (also Caspar)	Persian Greek	Treasure Jasper
Cass		see Cas
Cassian		see Cassius
Cassidy	Gaelic	see Cas
Cassius (also Cassian)	Latin	Empty, vain
Castel	Unknown	To the castle
Cathal (ka-hal) (also Cahal)	Gaelic	Battle rule
Cathan	Gaelic	Warrior
Cathaoir	Gaelic	see Cahir
Cato (also Caton)	Latin	Wise
Cavan (als Cabhan, Caven)	Gaelic	Hollow
Ceallach (also Callaghan, Ceallachan)	Gaelic (from Kelly)	Bright headed
Cearbhall (kar-ool) (also Caroll, Carroll, Cearul)	Gaelic	Brave in battle
Cearo	Unknown	Sorrow
Cearul		see Cearbhall
Cecil (also Cecile)	Latin	Blind
Cedric	Old English	Lord of wars
Celyn	Welsh	Holly
Cephas (also Cephios)	Aramaic	Rock
Cesaire/Cesar/Cesare		see Caesar
Chad	Old English	Battle
Chadwick	Celtic	Warrior
Chaim		see Chayim
Chal	English	Boy
Chale	Spanish	Strong and manly
Chalmers	Teutonic	Lord of the household
Chance	English	Chance
Chancellor	English	Keeper of the records
Chander	Hindu	Moon
Chandler	Old French	Candlemaker
Chanra	Sanskrit	Moon
Chaney	French	Oakwood
Chang	Chinese	Free
Channing	French	A canal
Channon	Unknown	Wise one
Chapin	Old French	A clergyman
Chaplin	Unknown	Unknown
Chapman	Anglo Saxon	Merchant
Charles (also Carl, Carles, Carlos, Carlus, Charley, Charlie, Chars, Chas, Chick, Chip, Chuck, Corliss)	Anglo Saxon	Manly
Charlton (also Carleton, Carlton)	Old English	Settlement of free men
Charu	Unknown	Unknown
Chas		see Charles
Chase	Middle English	Hunter
Chatwin	Old English	Warlike friend
Chauncey	Norman	Unknown
Chay	Teutonic	Man
Chayim (also Chaim)	Hebrew	Life
Chayton	Native American	Falcon
Che	Spanish	The Lord will add
Cheche	African	Small thing
Chemosh	Unknown	A god
Chen	Chinese	Great, vast
Chenaanah	Hebrew	From Canaan
Chenaniah	Hebrew	Established by God
Cheney	French	From the oak forest
Cherokee	Greek	People of different speech
Chesley	Old English	Camp meadow
Chester (also Cheston, Chet)	Old English	Fortified place
Chevalier	French	Knight
Cheyne	Unknown (from Shane)	God is gracious
Cheyenne	Native American	Unintelligible speakers
Chichizya	African	Force
Chick		see Charles
Chico	Unknown	From Franic
Chile (also Chylan)	Scottish	Narrow
Chileah	Hebrew	Restraint of father
Chilton (also Chill)	English	A town by the river
Chimelu	Unknown	Made of God
Chimon	Unknown	Wisdom gate
Chin	Korean	Precious
Chip		see Charles
Chipo	Unknown	A gift
Chirag	Unknown	Unknown
Chislon	Hebrew	Strength
Chiumbo	African	Small
Christian (also Carsten, Chris, Christer, Cristian, Cristiano)	Latin	A Christian
Christopher (also Chris, Christophe, Cristobal, Cristoforo)	Greek	Christ-bearer
Chuck		see Charles
Chylan		see Chile
Cian (key-in) (also Cianan)	Gaelic	Ancient
Ciaran	Gaelic	Dark
Ciarmhac (k'tar-vok)	Gaelic	Dark son
Ciarrai	Gaelic	Land of the descendants of Ciar
Cicero	Latin	Unknown
Ciceron	Latin	Chickpea
Cid	Unknown	Lord
Cillian	Gaelic	Strife
Cinneide (ken-edy) (also Cennetig)	Gaelic	Misshapen head
Cionnaola (kin-aola)	Gaelic	Head of a wolf
Cirino/Ciro		see Cyrus
Cirocco	Egyptian	Ancient wind
Clancy (also Clancey)	Gaelic	Son of the red warrior
Clarence	Gaelic	The Clare River
Clark (also Clarke)	Old English	Cleric, scholar
Claudius (also Claud, Claude, Claudio)	Latin	Lame
Clay	Old English	Clay
Clayton (also Clayland)	Old English	Clay settlement
Cleary	Gaelic	Learned
Cleates		see Cletes
Cleavant (also Cleave, Cleavon)	Unknown	A steep bank
Clement (also Clem, Clemens, Clemente)	Latin	Merciful
Cleon	Greek	Famous
Cletes (also Cleatus, Cleto, Cletus)	Greek	Invoked
Cleveland	English	From the cliffs
Clifford (also Cliff)	Old English	Ford by a cliff
Clifton	Old English	Settlement by a cliff
Clinton (also Clint)	Old English	Settlement on the summit
Clitus	Unknown	General
Clive	Old English	Cliff
Clooney (also Cluny)	Gaelic	Grassy meadow
Clovis	Teutonic	Clover
Cluny		see Clooney
Clyde	Welsh	Heard from afar
Cnaeus	Latin	Unknown
Coby	Unknown (fromJacob)	Deceiver
Coccan (kuk-awn)	Gaelic	Red
Cody	Gaelic	Son of Otto
Colby	Old English	Coal town
Coilean/Coilin (kil-awn)	Gaelic	see Colin
Coinneach (kinn-och)	Gaelic	Attractive
Cole (also Comgall, Comhghall)	Gaelic	Pledge
Colebrook	Unknown	Combination of Cole and Brook
Coleman	Gaelic	Dove
Col-hozeh	Hebrew	Unknown
Colin (also Coilean, Coilin, Collin)	Greek	People's victory
Coll (also Colla)	Gaelic	Great chief
Collier	Old English	Miner
Collin		see Colin
Colm (kol-um)	Gaelic	see Columb a
Colman	Scandinavian	Charcoal maker
Colmcille (kol-um-kill)	Gaelic	Dove of the church
Colton	Old English	Coal town
Columba (also Cailean, Calum, Callum, Colm, Columbano)	Latin	Dove
Coman		see Comyn
Comgall/Comhghall (koall)	Gaelic	see Cole
Comgan (ko-gan) (also Comghan)	Gaelic	Twin
Comyn (co-min) (also Coman, Cuimin)	Gaelic	Crooked
Con		see Conn
Conaill	Gaelic	High, mighty
Conaire		see Connery
Conall (kun-al)	Gaelic	Strong as a wolf
Conan (kun-awn)	Gaelic	Wolf
Conaniah	Hebrew	The Lord sustains
Concetto	Spanish	Conception
Conchobhar (kru-hoor)	Gaelic	see Connor
Conghal (kun-yl)	Gaelic	Brave as a wolf
Coniah	Hebrew	Unknown
Conlan (also Connley)	Celtic	Hero
Conleth (also Connlaodh)	Gaelic	Great lord
Conmhac (kun-vok)	Gaelic	Son of a wolf
Conn (also Con)	Gaelic	Sense
Conner		see Connor
Connery (also Conaire)	Gaelic	Warrior lord
Connlaodh	Gaelic	see Conleth
Connley		see Conlan
Connor (also Conchobhar, Conner, Conor)	Gaelic	Dog lover
Conrad (also Conrado, Corrado)	Teutonic	Bold counsel
Conri (also Conry)	Gaelic	Wolf king
Conroy	Gaelic	Wise man
Conry		see Conri
Constantine (also Cystenian)	Latin	Constant
Consuelo	Latin	Consolation
Contavious	Latin	Unknown
Conway	Celtic	Hound in the plain
Conyers	Unknown	Unknown
Cooper	Middle English	Barrle maker
Coran	Gaelic	A saint
Corb (kurb) (also Corbb)	Gaelic	Defile
Corbin (also Corbett, Corby)	Latin	Raven
Corc (kurk) (also Corcc)	Gaelic	Red
Corcran (kurk-rawn) (also Corcoran)	Gaelic	Crimson
Cordell	Middle English	Maker of cord
Corey (also Corie, Corry, Cory)	Gaelic	Spear
Corin	Latin	Spear
Corky	Unknown	Unknown
Corliss		see Charles
Cormac (also Cormacc)	Gaelic	Son of Corb
Cornelius (also Cornell)	Latin	Horn
Corrado		see Conrad
Corry	Gaelic	see Corey
Cort	Teutonic	Bold
Corwin	Latin	The raven
Cory		see Corey
Cosmo (also Cosimo)	Greek	Order
Coty	Unknown	Small slope
Courtland	English	Dweller in court
Courtney	French	Short nose
Craig (also Carraig, Carrig)	Gaelic	Rock
Cray	Gaelic	Branch
Creighton	Celtic	Near the creek
Crescentius (also Crescenzo)	Latin	To grow
Criofan (kree-fan) (also Crevan, Crimthann, Criomthann)	Gaelic	A fox
Criostoir (kree-store)	Gaelic	Christ bearing
Crispin	Latin	Curly haired
Cristian/Cristiano		see Christian
Cristobal/Cristoforo		see Christopher
Cronan (kron-awn)	Gaelic	Dark skinned
Crosby	Teutonic	Dweller by town cross
Cu Mhaighe (koo-vee) (also Cumhai)	Gaelic	Hound of the plain
Cuan (koo-an)	Gaelic	Wolf
Cuchulainn	Gaelic	Hound of Culann
Cuimin	Gaelic	see Comyn
Culbert	Teutonic	Cool and brilliant
Cullen (also Cullan)	Gaelic	Holly
Culver	Old English	Dove
Cumhai (koo-vee)	Gaelic	see Cu Mhaighe
Cupid	Latin	Desire
Curran	Gaelic	Warrior
Curry	Celtic	A marsh or herb
Curt	Latin	Short or little
Curtis	French	Courteous
Cush	Hebrew	Unknown
Cushanrishathaim	Hebrew	Cushite of the double crime
Cushi	Hebrew	Unknown
Cuthbert	Old English	Famous and bright
Cutler	Unknown	Knifemaker
Cutter	Unknown	Gem cutter
Cy		see Cyril
Cyd	Unknown	A public hill
Cyle	Gaelic (from Kyle)	Narrow
Cynric	English	With royal might
Cyprian (also Cyprien)	Latin	From Cypres
Cyrano	Greek	From Cyrene
Cyril (also Cy)	Greek	Lordly
Cyrus (also Cirino, Ciro)	Greek	Far sighted
Cystenian		see Constantine
Czcibor	Slavic	Honourable fight
Czeslaw	Slavic	Praise, glory