704 Girl Names That Start With C (With Meanings and Popularity)

704 Girl Names That Start With C (With Meanings and Popularity)

Girl names that start with C have always been fashionable, with C among the most common first letters for baby girl names.

Regal Charlotte is the most popular C name for girls throughout the English-speaking world today. Along with Charlotte, other C names for girls ranking among the US Top 100 include Camila, Chloe, Claire, Caroline, Clara, and red-hot vintage girl name Cora.

In the UK, popular C names for girls also include Connie, Callie, and Cleo, which all rank in the Top 200 baby names for girls in England and Wales. In Spain, the top girl names starting with C are Carla and Carmen, while in France, Camille is perennially popular and flower name Capucine is a quirky modern classic.

The cornucopia of choices that start with the letter C for a daughter includes modern unisex options like Charlie and Cameron, as well as uber-feminine picks like Coralie and Clementine. The letter C can be soft like in Cecilia or hard as in Coco, compounding the options if you want to give two sisters or twin girls names that start with C that sound distinct from one another.

Here, our full selection of girl names that start with C, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

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  1. Clara
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "bright, clear"
  2. Charlotte
    • Origin:

      French, feminine diminutive of Charles
    • Meaning:

      "free man"
  3. Cora
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "maiden"
  4. Cordelia
    • Origin:

      Latin; Celtic
    • Meaning:

      "heart; daughter of the sea"
  5. Clementine
    • Origin:

      French feminine version of Clement, Latin
    • Meaning:

      "mild, merciful"
  6. Cecilia
    • Origin:

      Feminine form of Cecil, Latin
    • Meaning:

      "blind"
  7. Claire
    • Origin:

      French form of Clara
    • Meaning:

      "bright, clear"
  8. Chloe
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "young green shoot"
  9. Cleo
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "glory"
  10. Celeste
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "heavenly"
  11. Caroline
    • Origin:

      French, feminine variation of Charles
    • Meaning:

      "free man"
  12. Calliope
    • Origin:

      Greek mythology name
    • Meaning:

      "beautiful voice"
  13. Colette
    • Origin:

      French, short form of Nicole, feminine variation of Nicholas, Greek
    • Meaning:

      "people of victory"
  14. Clover
    • Origin:

      Flower name, from Old English
    • Meaning:

      "key"
  15. Claudia
    • Origin:

      Feminine variation of Claude
    • Meaning:

      "lame; enclosure"
  16. Cosima
    • Origin:

      Italian feminine variation of Cosmo, Greek
    • Meaning:

      "order, beauty, universe"
  17. Celia
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "heavenly"
  18. Calypso
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "she who hides"
  19. Catherine
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "pure"
  20. Cassandra
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "shining or excelling man"