Boy Names starting with “C”
Boy names with character – from timelessly classic to modern and rare.
A boy's name stays with your son for life – it should sound good, suit the family and carry a meaning you stand behind. At Nameberry you'll find strong classics like Paul, Leon or Emil as well as international, short or unusual first names. Browse by origin, meaning and popularity, discover the current favourites in our top lists and get inspired by rare names. Whether Nordic, biblical or Mediterranean: there's the right name for every little boy.
Popular first names starting with “C”
Boy Names starting with “C”
| Name | m/f/u | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carsten-Oliver | m | Carsten-Oliver is a double name combining Carsten ("the Christian") and Oliver ("the ol… | |
| Carsten-Peter | m | Carsten-Peter is a double name combining Carsten ("the Christian") and Peter ("the rock") | |
| Carsten-Roman | m | Carsten-Roman is a double name combining Carsten ("the Christian") and Roman ("the one … | |
| Carus | m | Latin | The name Carus has its roots in Latin and means something like 'the Valuable' or 'the E… |
| Caruso | m | Latin | Caruso is likely an Italian derivation of the Latin first name Carus or could have its … |
| Carwyn | m | English | Carwyn is a Welsh first name for males that means "the blessed love." It is made up of … |
| Cary | m | Irish | The name Cary is an English form of Carey, which traces back to the old Irish surname Ó… |
| Cas | m | Cas is a shortened form of Casper, the Dutch equivalent of the biblical name Kaspar | |
| Casandro | m | Casandro is a Galician and Spanish variant of Cassander, which traces back to the ancie… | |
| Casar | m | Latin | Casar is a Slavic form of Caesar, a Latin name that originally served as a cognomen of … |
| Cäsarius | m | Latin | The name Cäsarius originates from Latin and is often translated as "the one cut from th… |
| Casim | m | Arabic | Casim is considered the Turkish form of the Arabic name Kasim, which can also be spelle… |
| Casimir | m | The masculine first name Casimir was adopted from Polish into German naming | |
| Casjen | m | Latin | The name Casjen is a form of Christian that is prevalent in the Dutch and East Frisian … |
| Casmir | m | The name Casmir, a Romanian variant of Casimir, is interpreted metaphorically as 'the b… | |
| Caspar | m | Caspar means 'treasurer' in Persian and is composed of the ancient Persian terms ghaz f… | |
| Caspar-Clemens | m | Caspar-Clemens is a double name combining Caspar ("treasurer") and Clemens ("the gentle… | |
| Caspar-Oliver | m | Caspar-Oliver is a double name combining Caspar ("treasurer") and Oliver ("the olive tr… | |
| Caspar-Theodor | m | Caspar-Theodor is a double name combining Caspar ("treasurer") and Theodor ("gift of God") | |
| Casper | m | Persian | Casper, the Dutch and Scandinavian form of Kaspar, means roughly 'the protector of the … |
| Caspian | m | Latin | Caspian, a masculine first name, seems to have its origin in a more recent naming conve… |
| Cass | m | English | The name Cass, a diminutive of Cassidy, is derived from the Old Irish byname Caiside an… |
| Cassander | m | Latin | The name Cassander is derived from Kassandros (Κάσσανδρος), the masculine form of the G… |
| Cassen | m | Cassen, a traditional German boy's name, derives from a surname of the same name | |
| Cassian | m | Latin | The name Cassian is a variation of Cassius, a name that was often used as a nickname in… |
| Cassiano | m | Latin | Cassiano is a boy's name with Latin roots |
| Cassiel | m | Cassiel is a masculine first name that comes from Hebrew and can be translated as 'God … | |
| Cassim | m | Arabic | Cassim is a boy's name with Arabic roots |
| Cassio | m | Latin | Cassio is a masculine first name that translates to "the vain" or "the empty." The name… |
| Cassius | m | Latin | Cassius literally means 'the vain,' 'the empty,' and is derived from the original famil… |
| Castel | m | As an English boy's name, Castel has a direct meaning of 'the castle' and a freer inter… | |
| Castiel | m | English | The name Castiel, also known as Cassiel or Capziel, is interpreted as 'God is my protec… |
| Castigo | m | Spanish | The term also means 'punishment' |
| Castile | m | Latin | Castile is a Creole first name for boys, generally considered a variant of Castille |
| Castor | m | Greek | Castor is a boy's name of Greek origin, derived from Kastor (Καστωρ) |
| Castulus | m | Latin | Castulus is a name with an ancient Roman origin, derived from the Latin word castus, me… |
| Cataldo | m | Cataldo is a Sicilian form of the name Cathal | |
| Catalin | m | Catalin, as the Romanian male form of Catalina, a Spanish variant of the common name Ka… | |
| Caterino | m | The first name Caterino is an Italian masculine form of Caterina, a variant of the wide… | |
| Cathal | m | Irish | The name is a combination of the Gaelic words cath, meaning 'battle,' and val, meaning … |
| Cathaldus | m | Celtic | The name Cathaldus has its roots in the ancient Irish and Celtic language |
| Cathan | m | Irish | Its meaning is 'war' from the chronicle 'Wakefield' |
| Cathbad | m | Celtic | The pronunciation of the name is either KA-fa or KA-had |
| Cauan | m | Cauan is an indigenous name form that derives from Cauã | |
| Caulen | m | American | Caulen is an unusual masculine first name from the American context with Gaelic origins |
| Cavan | m | English | Cavan is a boy's name that is derived from an Irish locality and carries the meaning 't… |
| Caven | m | African | The name Caven, in its function as a masculine first name, is derived from the spelling… |
| Cavin | m | The name Cavin is regarded as an alternative spelling of Cevin, which is derived from t… | |
| Cavit | m | Turkish | The name Cavit has its origins in Turkish and refers to ancient Persian |
| Cay-Bernhard | m | Cay-Bernhard is a double name combining Cay ("the fighter") and Bernhard ("the bear str… | |
| Cay-Detlef | m | Cay-Detlef is a double name combining Cay ("the fighter") and Detlef ("son of the people") | |
| Cay-Friedrich | m | Cay-Friedrich is a double name combining Cay ("the fighter") and Friedrich ("the peace-… | |
| Cay-Ole | m | Cay-Ole is a double name combining Cay ("the fighter") and Ole ("descendant of the ance… | |
| Cay-Uwe | m | Cay-Uwe is a double name combining Cay ("the fighter") and Uwe ("the doer") | |
| Cayan | m | Turkish | Cayan (Çayan) is a Turkish name for men, whose direct translation is "the Scorpion." Th… |
| Cayden | m | The name Cayden is a modern English variant of Caden | |
| Cayetano | m | Latin | Cayetano is the Spanish equivalent of the Latin name Caietanus, which is derived from t… |
| Cayo | m | Latin | Cayo is considered an Aragonese and Spanish variant of Cajus, which originally comes fr… |
| Cayse | m | Irish | The name has its roots in Gaelic and Irish |
| Cazim | m | Arabic | Cazim (Ćazim) is a masculine first name considered the Albanian and Bosnian form of Kazim |
| Ceallach | m | The name Ceallach, the Celtic and Irish original form of Kilian, is derived from Saint … | |
| Cean | m | Irish | Cean is a masculine name of Irish origin, whose meaning can be traced back to 'the prin… |
| Cebrail | m | The name Cebrail is an Arabic and Turkish variant of Gabriel and means 'man of God' or … | |
| Cecen | m | Turkish | The name Cecen (Çeçen) essentially translates to 'Chechen' or, more broadly, 'the Chech… |
| Cecil | m | Latin | The name Cecil (Cécil) is originally interpreted as 'the one descended from the Caecili… |
| Ceciliano | m | Latin | Ceciliano is a boy's name that has its origins in the Latin language |
| Cecilio | m | Latin | Cecilio is a masculine first name considered the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form … |
| Cecilius | m | Latin | The name Cecilius is considered a Dutch derivation of Caecilius, which goes back to the… |
| Ceda | m | Ceda, or Čeda, is a masculine first name that traces back to the Old Slavic word čędo (… | |
| Cedar | m | American | The name Cedar, which is used for both boys and girls, carries the meaning 'the cedar t… |
| Ceddrick | m | Celtic | Ceddrick is a boy's name that represents an American and Irish derivation of the name C… |
| Cedo | m | Slavic | Cedo, or Čedo, is derived from the Old Slavic čędo (чѧдо) and carries the meaning of 't… |
| Cedric | m | Celtic | The name Cedric (Cédric) could be a variation of the name Cerdic, the first Anglo-Saxon… |
| Cedric-Ben | m | English | Cedric-Ben is a double name combining Cedric ("the warlord") and Ben ("son of the south") |
| Cedric-Edward | m | English | Cedric-Edward is a double name combining Cedric ("the warlord") and Edward ("the guardi… |
| Cedric-Jearmaine | m | Spanish | The origin of the name is Spanish |
| Cedric-Pascal | m | English | Cedric-Pascal is a double name combining Cedric ("the warlord") and Pascal ("the Easter… |
| Cedrik | m | Celtic | Cedrik (Cédrik) is a masculine first name whose exact origin has not yet been clearly e… |
| Cees | m | Latin | Cees is a masculine name form that is used in the Netherlands as an abbreviation of Cor… |
| Cefair | m | Turkish | Cefair is a boy's name that has its roots in the Turkish language |
| Cegerxwin | m | Cegerxwin is a boy's name of Kurdish origin | |
| Cekdar | m | The name Cekdar, also known as Çekdar, means "the armed one" and comes from the Kurdish… | |
| Celal | m | Arabic | The masculine first name Celal (Celâl) is the Kurdish and Turkish form of the Arabic na… |
| Celestin | m | Latin | The name Celestin, derived from the Latin root cælum, stands for terms like 'heavenly,'… |
| Celestino | m | Latin | The name Celestino is considered the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish version of Caeles… |
| Celil | m | Turkish | Celil is a Turkish boy's name, whose exact etymological components are not documented |
| Celino | m | Latin | Celino is regarded as an Italian and Spanish short form of Caelinus, which traces back … |
| Celio | m | Latin | Celio is the masculine form of the name Celia in Italian and Spanish, originating from … |
| Celso | m | Latin | Celso is the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish variant of the name Celsus, an ancient Ro… |
| Celsus | m | Latin | The Heavenly One |
| Celvin | m | The name Celvin, as a variant of the Scottish Kelvin, means 'the one coming from the na… | |
| Cem | m | The male first name Cem is the Turkish form of the Persian name Jam (Yima) and also a s… | |
| Cem-Elyas | m | Turkish | Cem-Elyas is a double name combining Cem ("the twin") and Elyas ("God is Yahweh") |
| Cemal | m | Arabic | Cemal is the Turkish equivalent of the Arabic name Jamal and means 'the beauty' or 'the… |
| Cemali | m | Arabic | Cemali, as an alternative spelling and diminutive of the Turkish name Kemal or Cemal, h… |
| Cemil | m | Arabic | Cemil is the Turkish equivalent of the Arabic Jamil |
| Cen | m | English | Cen is a short form of the English name Cenhelm |
| Cenan | m | The name Cenan comes from Turkish and can be translated into English as "the beautiful … | |
| Cene | m | Latin | Cene is known as the Slovenian diminutive of Vincent, which originates from the Roman V… |
| Cengiz | m | Turkish | Cengiz, as the Turkish variant of the Mongolian Chingis, refers to the Mongolian ruler … |