Cabello

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From cabello meaning "hair", used as a nickname for a man with a large amount hair.

Cabral

Usage: Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Means "a place of goats" from Latin capra "goat".

Cabrera

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Place name meaning "place of goats" from Latin capralis which is derived from Latin capra "goat".

Cadwallader

Usage: Welsh

Means "leader of the battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwaladr "leader". This was the name of a Welsh saint of the 7th-century.

Caiazzo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the name of Caiazzo, a little city near Naples.

Caito

Usage: Italian

Occupational name from the Sicilian càjitu 'official' or 'leader', ultimately from Arabic qāḍī 'judge'.

Caivano

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Locative from the town of Caivano in the province of Casserta near Naples.

Calabrese

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Originally given to a person from the region Calabria in southern Italy.

Calhoun

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Colquhoun.

Callaghan

Usage: Irish

Anglicized variant of O'Callaghan.

Calligaris

Usage: Italian

Means "shoemaker" in Italian.

Cameron

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

From Gaelic, meaning "crooked or hook nose".

Campana

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Comes from the Latin word meaning "bell". It generally derives from a nickname.

Campbell

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

From a Gaelic nickname cam beul meaning "wry or crooked mouth". The surname was later represented in Latin documents as de bello campo, meaning 'of the fair field'.

Campo

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

It is a locative surname used both in Spain and Italy. It means "field". It comes from various place names such as Campo Calabro (in Reggio Calabria), Campo di Giove (in Aquila), and Campo di Trens (in Bolzano).

Campos

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Portuguese and Spanish variant of Campo.

Cannon

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the ecclestical usage of canon, referring to a church official.

Cantrell

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A habitational name for someone from Cantrell in Devon, from an unknown first element and the Old English hyll, meaning "hill".

Cantu

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

It comes from Cantu, a town located in Italy near Como in Lombardy. It is extremely common in Mexico.

Capello (1)

Usage: Italian

From Late Latin capa meaning "cloak, cape". This was a name for one who made or wore cloaks.

Capello (3)

Usage: Spanish, Catalan, Italian

From capella 'chapel', a place name for someone who lived by a chapel or an occupational name for someone who worked in one.

Capitani

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Occupational surname meaning "captain" in Italian.

Carbone

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From a nickname carbone that means "coal". Ranked 81st in Italy.

Carboni

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Carbone.

Cardona

Usage: Catalan, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the name of a Catalan town.

Cardozo

Usage: Portuguese Extra: Statistics

From the name of a place meaning "thorny".

Carey

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From Irish Gaelic Ó Ciardha. It means "dark" from the Irish word ciar.

Carideo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Name for someone from San Pietro di Caridà, a place near Reggio Calabria in Italy.

Carl

Usage: English, Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the given name Charles.

Carlevaro

Usage: Italian

From a nickname that means "carnival". It is a regional surname of the area of Torino.

Carlisle

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Although the origin of the 'ancient and famous city of Carlisle', is lost in the uncertainties of antiquity, historians are agreed that it was a place of importance in the time of the Romans. Its ancient British name is supposed to have been Llugyda-gwal, which meant the "army by the wall"; the Romans called it Luguvallum, and in Bede's life of St. Cuthbert, it is called Luguballa. Whitaker says that Lugu-vall-ium signifies "forts on the water". The Roman name Luguvallum was afterwards abbreviated by the Saxons to Luell, which, combined with the Saxon word Caer "city", became Caer-Luell, whence is derived its present name. Nowadays, the city of Carlisle is located in the country of Cumbria in England.

Carlsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Carl".

Carlson

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Carl".

Carlyle

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Carlisle.

Carman (1)

Usage: English, Dutch

Occupational name for a carter, from Middle English car 'cart' and man 'man'.

Carman (2)

Usage: English

From the Old Norse given name Karlmann.

Carmody

Usage: Irish

Anglicized version of the Gaelic Ó Cearmada, which means "descendant of Cearmaid", a Gaelic first name.

Caro

Usage: Italian, Spanish

From caro, that means "beloved" in Italian and Spanish.

Caron

Usage: French

Means "cartwright" from old French charron "cart".

Carpenter

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the occupation, derived from Middle English carpentier (ultimately from Latin carpentarius meaning "carriage maker").

Carr

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

From a place name that means "marsh" in Old Norse.

Carracci

Usage: Italian

Meaning "of Carrarra" from the city bearing that name.

Carrara

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

This surname comes from the name of a city. Besides the famous 'city of marble' in Tuscany there are two other towns near Padova that bear the same name.

Carstensen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Carsten" and is another variant of Karstensen.

Carter

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for a person who operated a cart to transport goods, from Norman French cartier.

Cartwright

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name indicating one who made carts.

Caruso

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

In southern Italy caruso means "boy" or "shop boy". It is the 35th most popular Italian surname.

Carver (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

English surname meaning "sculptor".

Carver (2)

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of the German surname Gerber.

Casales

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the Spanish word casal, meaning "farm house".

Casey

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Irish surname Ó Cathasaigh, which means "descendent of Cathasaigh". The name Cathasaigh means "vigilant" in Gaelic.

Cassano

Usage: Italian

Meaning someone from Cassano, Italy.

Cassidy

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Gaelic Ó Caiside meaning "descendent of Caiside". Caiside is a first name meaning "curly haired" from Gaelic cas.

Castell

Usage: Catalan Extra: Statistics

From Latin castellum "castle", indicating a person who lived near a castle.

Castellano

Usage: Spanish

Means "a person from Castile" in Spanish. Castile (Castilla in Spanish) is a region (and ancient kingdom) in Spain.

Castillion

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Form of Castillo.

Castillo

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Originally indicated a person from Castile, a region (and ancient kingdom) in Spain. The name of the region means "castle".

Castro

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Means "castle" in Spanish/Italian/Portuguese, and referred to one who lived near a castle.

Catalano

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Comes from the name of the Spanish region Catalonia.

Cattaneo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Regional (Lombardy) variant of Capitani.

Caulfield

Usage: English

From a place name, meaning "cold field".

Causer

Usage: English

Occupational name for one who made leggings, derived from Old French chausse "leggings".

Causey

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Indicated a person who lived near a causeway, from Middle English caucey.

Cavalcante

Usage: Italian

Derived from Italian cavalcare "to ride".

Cavallo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derives from the word cavallo meaning "horse". This surname is common in Piedmont.

Cavanagh

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kavanagh.

Cavanah

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kavanagh.

Cavanaugh

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kavanagh.

Cavey

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Indicated a person who lived near a "cave", from Latin cavea.

Cech

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "Czech". The name was used to differentiate a native of Bohemia from the natives of Silesia, Moravia and other regions that are now part of the Czech Republic.

Ceelen

Usage: Dutch

Derived from the Dutch given name Ceel, which is short for Marcellus and/or Caecilius (see Cecilia).

Cermak

Usage: Czech, Slovak Extra: Statistics

Means "robin" in Czech.

Cernik

Usage: Czech

A diminutive of Cerny.

Cerny

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "black" in Czech.

Cervenka

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "red" in Czech.

Chaikin

Usage: Jewish

Metronymic from Yiddish female personal name Khayke, a pet form of Khaye, meaning "life".

Chalupa

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "cottage" in Czech. The name referred to a peasant who owned a very small piece of land.

Chalupnik

Usage: Czech

Means "peasant", "cottager". The name referred to a peasant who owned a very small piece of land.

Chamberlain

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for one who looked after the master bedroom, from Norman French cambre "chamber, room".

Chan

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

Cantonese form of Chen.

Chance

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a nickname for a lucky person or a gambler.

Chancellor

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for an administrator, a chancellor, from Norman French chancelier.

Chandler

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational surname meaning "candle seller" or "candle maker" in Middle English, ultimately derived from Old French.

Chapman

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

An occupational name for a merchant, from Old English ceapmann.

Chaput

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

From a diminutive of the old French word chape "cloak, hood". The name referred to a person who made and sold cloaks, or often wore one.

Charbonneau

Usage: French

Derived from a diminutive form of French charbon "charcoal". The name was most likely a nickname for a person with black hair or a dark complexion.

Charmchi

Usage: Iranian

Means "leather worker" in Persian, from charm "leather" combined with chi, denoting an occupation.

Charpentier

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "carpenter" in French, derived from old French charpentier (ultimately from Latin carpentarius meaning "carriage maker").

Charron

Usage: French

Meant "cart" in old French. The name was probably used to denote a carter or a cartwright.

Chase

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "woods particularly suitable for hunting" from the Old French word chaceur "hunter".

Chastain

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

From Old French castan(h) "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), hence a topographic name for someone living near a particular chestnut tree or group of them, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-colored hair. The surname originally came from the region of Poitou.

Chaudhri

Usage: Indian

Variant of Chowdhury.

Chavarría

Usage: Spanish

Variant of Echevarría.

Chavdarov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Chavdar".

Chavez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the Spanish word llaves meaning "keys". It was a name for a key maker.

Chen

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

From the name of an ancient region in China (in the province of Henan).

Cheshire

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "from Cheshire, England".

Cheung

Usage: Chinese

Variant of Zhang.

Chevalier

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Derived from chevalier, a nickname for "knight." Chevalier comes from cheval, the French word for "horse", ultimately from the Latin caballus.

Chevrolet

Usage: French, Swiss

From chevaux meaning "goat" and lait meaning "milk", perhaps a name used to describe a farmer who cultivated goats.

Chilikov

Usage: Bulgarian

A patronymic name used in Bulgaria, but derived from the Turkish word chilik "steel".

Chlebek

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "a small loaf of bread" from Polish chleb "bread". It was most likely used to denote a baker.

Chmela

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from Czech chmel "hops". The name probably referred to a person who grew hops. Hops is a plant whose dried flowers are used in brewing beer.

Chmiel

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Polish chmiel "hops", used to denote a person who grew or sold hops. Hops is a plant whose dried flowers are used in brewing beer.

Chowdhury

Usage: Indian Extra: Statistics

Means "a holder of four" in Sanskrit, from catus "all-round" combined with dhurîya "undertaking a burden". It is most likely a reference to a military leader who controlled four different forces. This name is most common in the Indian and Pakistani region of Punjab.

Chownyk

Usage: Ukrainian

Means "little boat", it is from an occupation.

Christensen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Christen", Christen being a variant of Kristen.

Christians

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Christian.

Christiansen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Christian".

Christianson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Christian".

Christinsen

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Christianson.

Christinson

Usage: English

Variant of Christianson.

Christisen

Usage: English

Variant of Christianson.

Christison

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Christianson.

Christoffersen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Christoffer". Another variant of this is Kristoffersen.

Christopher

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Christopher.

Christophers

Usage: English

Derived from the given name Christopher.

Christopherson

Usage: English

Means "son of Christopher".

Chu

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

Means "scarlet-red" in Chinese. It was the name of some Chinese kings.

Church

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the English word, probably referred to a person who lived close to a church.

Chvátal

Usage: Czech

Derived from the past participle of the verb chváatat "to hurry".

Ciernik

Usage: Slovak

A cognate of Cernik.

Cinege

Usage: Hungarian

Means "tom-tit, titmouse" in Hungarian.

Cingolani

Usage: Italian

From Cingoli, a town in the Marche region, not far from Rome.

Cino

Usage: Italian

Derived from the first name Cino, a short form of names ending in Cino.

Cipriani

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Cipriano.

Cipris

Usage: Czech

Means "dweller on the river's edge". It is of Moravian origin.

Cisternino

Usage: Italian

From the name of a town Cisternino, near the city of Bari in southern Italy.

Cižek

Usage: Czech, Slovene Extra: Statistics

Derived from cizek "siskin" (a type of finch).

Claasen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Claus".

Clacher

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

From the Scottish word clachair meaning "stonemason".

Claes

Usage: Flemmish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Klaus.

Claesson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Claes." Claes is the Swedish and Dutch variant of Klaes.

Clark

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "cleric" or "scholar" in Old English. A famous bearer was William Clark, an explorer of the west of North America.

Clarke

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Clark.

Clarkson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

It is the English patronymic form of Clark.

Clausen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Claus".

Clausson

Usage: English

Means "son of Claus".

Clawson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Clausson.

Clayton

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "clay settlement", from a place name.

Cleary

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From O'Cleirigh, meaning "descendent of the clerk." Cléireach is Irish gaelic for "clerk." This surname originally indicated the descendents of Cleirach, a 9th-century prince of the family of King Guare of Connacht.

Clemens

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Clement. This was the surname of the famous Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain.

Clemensen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Clemens".

Clifford

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from a place name which meant "ford by a cliff" in Old English.

Cline

Usage: English

Anglicized spelling of Klein.

Clinton

Usage: English, Irish Extra: Statistics

Derived from a place name meaning "settlement on the summit" in Old English.

Cloet

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

Cloeten

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

Close

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

It's a topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure of some sort, such as (in towns), a courtyard set back from the main street or (in county districts) a farmyard.

Cloutier

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Derived from French clou "nail". The name referred to someone who made or sold nails.

Coburn

Usage: Scottish, English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Cockburn.

Cock

Usage: English

Variant of Cox.

Cockburn

Usage: Scottish, English Extra: Statistics

Name for someone who came from Cockburn, a place in Berwickshire. The name of Cockburn comes from Old English cocc (see Cox) combined with burna "stream".

Cocks

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Cox.

Coel

Usage: English

Variant of Cole (1).

Coelho

Usage: Portuguese Extra: Statistics

From the Portuguese word for "rabbit".

Coeman

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Coemans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Coenen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Koenraad.

Coghlan

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Irish MacCochlain, meaning "cape" or "hood". This surname orginated in County Cork, Ireland.

Cohen

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Hebrew for "priest". It usually denotes one of the priestly tribe of Levi.

Coiro

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From Italian cuoio, which means "leather." This was an occupational surname for leather workers and tanners.

Cojocaru

Usage: Romanian

Means "winter coat" in Romanian.

Coke

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Cook.

Cokes (1)

Usage: English

Derived from the Middle English hypocoristic suffix -coke(s) which meant "cockerel" possibly denoting someone who strutted around like a cockerel. It was commonly attached to the end of short forms of medieval names eg. Hancock, Alcock.

Cokes (2)

Usage: English

Derived from the Flemish word cok which denoted a cook.

Cola

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Nicola.

Colbert

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Colbert.

Cole (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "black" in Old English.

Cole (2)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from a diminutive of Nicholas.

Coleman

Usage: Irish, English Extra: Statistics

From the given name Colmán.

Colijn

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Collingwood

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

The name means "coal forest". It comes from the Old English words col and wudu.

Collins (1)

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

The surname is an anglicization of Irish Ó Coileáin which means "descendent of Coileán", an Irish name meaning "young whelp" or "young creature". A famous bearer was Michael Collins, a Irish nationalist leader who was assassinated in 1922.

Collins (2)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Colin", where Colin is a diminutive of Nicholas.

Colombera

Usage: Italian

A locative surname coming from the word colombo "dove". It indicates a house where doves were held.

Colombo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the first name Colombo. This is the Italian surname of Christofer Columbus.

Colón

Usage: Spanish

From the given name Columba.

Colonomos

Usage: Greek

Originally Kalonimos meaning "good name" in Greek.

Colquhoun

Usage: Scottish

From a place name meaning "narrow corner" or "narrow wood" in Gaelic.

Columbo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from Italian columba meaning "dove", given to a dove keeper.

Combs

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

The name is Old English from a Celtic root and means "valley", many place names all over England (mostly in the south, like Cornwall and Susex) take the name. As the name comes from a non-specific geographical term, the Celtic meaning does not prove Celtic ancestory. Normans or Anglo-Saxons may have taken the name after settling.

Como (1)

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Giacomo.

Como (2)

Usage: Italian

From Como, a city of Lombardy, the rival city of Milano during the Middle Ages.

Comstock

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the river Culm in Devon, England. Seen in the Domesday book as Culmstoke or Colmstoke. A Colmstoke is buried in St. Martins of the Field cemetary in England.

Comtois

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "a person from Franche-Comté", Franche-Comté being a province in eastern France.

Confortola

Usage: Italian

From an old Italian first name Conforto, meaning "comfort".

Connelly

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of either O'Connell or Connolly.

Connolly

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Irish Ó Conghaile, which means "the descendent of the valorous".

Constable

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the Latin comes stabuli, the "count or officer of the stable". By the time it had reached France it had become Cunestable, and as such was brought to England. A little later the term was applied to a military officer.

Constantin

Usage: Romanian Extra: Statistics

From the first name Constantin. Ranked 9th in Romania.

Constantinescu

Usage: Romanian

Means "son of Constantin".

Conti

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "count" (as in the noble title) from Old French conte. It denoted a person who worked for a count or, in rare cases, was a count.

Cook

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from Old English coc, which means "cook". It is the occupational name for the cook, the man who sold cooked meats, or the keeper of an eating house.

Cooke

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Cook.

Cookson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

It is the English patronymic form of Cook.

Coolen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Coombs

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Combs.

Cooney

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Irish Gaelic Ó Cuana. Cuana may be derived from the word for "handsome," or the personal name Cuán, meaning "little wolf" or "little hound". The Cooney sept originated in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland and spread south and west, and is now principally found in Northern Connaught. The motto for the name Cooney is 'Virtue is the only nobility', and the shield is a silver arrow with the tip pointing to the left above the forward-facing palm and fingers of the right hand on a green field.

Cooper

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "barrel maker" in Middle English.

Corcoran

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From Ó Corcrain meaning "descendent of Corcran", a given name derived from from the Gaelic word corcair "purple".

Corna

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derives mostly from names of places typical of northern Italy, especially Lombardy. Places called Corna come from a pre-Latin word of the Lombard dialect corna, that means "craggy".

Cornett

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Referred to one who worked as a horn blower.

Corra

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Coiro.

Corti

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From Italian corte meaning "court", a locative surname.

Corvi

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

A nickname from the name of the bird corvo, Italian for "crow".

Costa

Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "coast or riverbank" in Italian, denoting a person who lived at one of those places.

Costantini

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Costantino.

Costanzo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the masculine first name Costanzo.

Coté

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

It has a locative origin: from names of places. It could come from a French word meaning "edge" or "side" (Latin costa).

Cotterill

Usage: English

Derived from the occupation then known as cotter or cotier, which means "cottager"; that is, a farming small land owner.

Couch

Usage: Welsh, Cornish Extra: Statistics

Means "red", indicating the original bearer had red hair.

Coughlan

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Coghlan.

Coughlin

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Coghlan.

Couman

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Coumans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Coupe

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

From the word coupe, meaning "to cut".

Courtemanche

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "short sleeve" in French.

Cousineau

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Derived from French cousin "cousin".

Coutts

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

From the place name Cults in Aberdeenshire, derived from a Gaelic word meaning "woods".

Couture

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "tailor" in old French.

Cowden

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

From various place names meaning either "coal valley", "coal hill", or "cow pasture" in Old English.

Cox

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A surname derived from the medieval nickname cok, which meant "rooster". The nickname was commonly added to given names to create such pet forms as Hancock and Alcock.

Cracchiolo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Italian word cracchiola, a chicory-like vegetable.

Craig

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag" or "rocks".

Crawford

Usage: English, Irish, Scottish Extra: Statistics

From a place name derived from Old English crawa "crow" and ford "river crossing".

Cremaschi

Usage: Italian

It comes from the name of a city in Lombardy, northern Italy: Crema (near Cremona).

Cremona

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

A locative surname that derives from the Italian city of Cremona, south from Milan, in Lombardy. The Cremona families come especially from Sicily.

Cremonesi

Usage: Italian

It comes from the name of a city in Lombardy: Cremona.

Crespo

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Referred to a person with curly hair, from Latin crispus.

Crewe

Usage: English, Welsh Extra: Statistics

Name for someone from Crewe in Chesire, which comes from Welsh criu "weir".

Cristians

Usage: English

Variant of Christians.

Cristiansen

Usage: English

Variant of Cristianson.

Cristianson

Usage: English

Variant of Christianson.

Crncevic

Usage: Serbian

Derived from the Serbian crn "black". The name refers to a person who was dark-skinned, or a person from the region Crna Gora "Black Mountain" (modern-day Montenegro).

Croce

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

A locative surname meaning "cross" (see Cross).

Crocetti

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

A locative surname coming from names of places like Crocette, the main word is croce "cross" (see Cross). Dino Paolo Crocetti is the real name of the American singer and actor Dean Martin whose family came from Abruzzo.

Croft

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

This is an Old English term that refers to a small pasture near a house.

Cropper

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name referring to a fruit picker or a crop reaper.

Cross

Usage: English

A locative surname meaning "cross". It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol, or near a crossroads.

Crouch

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Cross.

Cruickshank

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

From a Scottish nickname meaning "bent legs".

Crusan

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Krusen.

Cruz

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Spanish and Portuguese form of Cross.

Császár

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "kaiser, emperor" in Hungarian. Originally it was applied to someone who acted kingly.

Cseh

Usage: Hungarian

Means "Czech" in Hungarian.

Csintalan

Usage: Hungarian

Means "mischievous, naughty" in Hungarian.

Csizmadia

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "boot-maker" in Hungarian.

Csonka

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "maimed, gammy, frustum" in Hungarian.

Csorba

Usage: Hungarian

Means "chipped, jagged" in Hungarian. Possibly originates from a nickname.

Ctvrtlanik

Usage: Czech

Derived from Czech ctvrt "one quater" and lan, a medieval Czech measure of land, equal to approximately 18 hectares. The name denoted someone who owned one quarter of a lan of land.

Ctvrtnik

Usage: Czech

A variant of Ctvrtlanik.

Cucinotta

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "little kitchen", it is derived from the word cucina, which means "kitchen".

Cuéllar

Usage: Spanish

Derived from the name of the town Cuéllar in the Segovia province of Spain.

Cuevas

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Comes from the Spanish word cueva which means "cave", cuevas means "caves".

Cuijper

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Cuypers.

Cuijpers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Cuypers.

Cummins

Usage: English, Scottish, Irish Extra: Statistics

Means "descendant of Cuimin", a Breton name meaning "little bent one".

Cunningham

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

From a place name in the Ayrshire district of Scotland. Possibly comes from the Gaelic cuinneag meaning "milk pail", or coney and hame meaning "rabbit home".

Cuocco

Usage: Italian

Cognate of Cook.

Cuoco

Usage: Italian

Cognate of Cook.

Curran

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From Gaelic Ó Corraidhín meaning "descendent of Corraidhín", a given name meaning "little spear".

Curtis

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Nickname for a courteous person from Old French curteis meaning "refined".

Cuyper

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Cuypers.

Cuypers

Usage: Dutch

From the Dutch occupation of kuiper, which means "cooper" or "barrelmaker" in English.

Cvetkov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Cvetko".

Czajka

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "lapwing" in Polish.

Czajkowski

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "a person from Czajka, Poland". Pronounced same as Tchaikovski.

Czinege

Usage: Hungarian

Archaic spelling variant of Cinege.