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Ciccio SicilianCiccio usually implies the person with given name is as sweet as pie. It also can be lengthened to Francesco.
Ciccone EnglishA diminutive of
Francesco. A famous bearer is American singer Madonna Ciccone (1958-), better known as simply Madonna.
Cicero ItalianFrom the Italian
cicero "pea," "chickpea," or "lentil."
Cicvara SerbianDerived from
cicvara (
цицвара), meaning "gruel", a type of food.
Ciechanover Polish, JewishVariant of
Ciechanower. It is borne by the Israeli biologist Aaron Ciechanover (1947-), who is known for characterising the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins using ubiquitin.
Ciechanower Polish, JewishDenoted a person who came from one of the places in Poland called
Ciechanów, for example the city in the Mazovia province.
Ciechi ItalianMeans "blind (people)" in Italian, from Latin
caecus "devoid of light, blind; invisible; aimless".
Ciepliński PolishThis indicates familial origin within either of 3 Kuyavian villages: Ciepliny-Budy, Cieplinki, or Ciepliny.
Cieszyński PolishHabitational name for a person from the town Cieszyn in southern Poland, derived from a diminutive of the given name
Ciechosław.
Çifligu Albanian (Rare)This surname derives from the Albanian city Çiflig. The word Çiflig comes from the Turkish term for land management in the Ottoman Empire. Albania was under Ottoman rule for almost 500 years and has many cities and surnames that derive from Turkish terms.
Cifrino ItalianUncommon name originating in Italy. Legend says that it was used for the offspring of a king and one of his maids. Meaning is most likely something like "little nothing".
Cifuentes SpanishHabitational Name Probably From Cifuentes In Guadalajara Named From Spanish Cien ‘Hundred’ (From Latin Centum) + Fuentes ‘Springs’ (From Latin Fontes; See Font ) Because Of The Abundance Of Natural Springs In The Area.
Çil TurkishMeans "freckle, spot, fleck" in Turkish.
Cilliërs AfrikaansBrought to South Africa by settlers of French decent some time in the past 300 years. Sometimes also a given name for boys.
Cimarosa Italianfrom "Cima" Top, and "Rosa" A rose or the Color Pink. A famous Bearer of this surname is the Italian composer Domenico Cimarosa(1749-1801).
Ciminera Italianfrom a dialect variant of
ciminiera "chimney" hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who built chimneys or worked a furnace oven or kiln with a chimney or a nickname for a tall thin person.
Cimino ItalianOccupational name for a spice dealer, from
cimino "cumin", Sicilian
ciminu.
Cin TurkishMeans "jinn" in Turkish, also figuratively meaning "smart, intelligent".
Çınar TurkishMeans "plane tree" in Turkish (genus Platanus), derived from Persian چنار
(chenar).
Cinfuegos AsturianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Quirós.
Cinnamond Scottish, Irish, EnglishPossibly originates from Scottish place name Kininmonth. Probably introduced to Northern Ireland by Scottish settlers where it remains in Ulster. Another origin is the French place name Saint Amand originated from French Huguenots settling in Ireland.
Cintron SpanishSpanish form for the french "Citroen". Original from Puerto Rico.
Cipolla ItalianMeans "onion" in Italian, given to someone who farmed onions, or perhaps a nickname for someone who resembled an onion in some way.
Circelli SicilianDerived from Sicilian
circedda meaning "(hoop) earring", originally used to denote someone who wore hoop earrings.
Ciria SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.
Cisneros SpanishHabitational name from Cisneros, a place in the province of Palencia, named with a derivative of Spanish cisne 'swan' (via Old French and Latin from Greek kyknos).
Citarella NeapolitanOccupational name for someone who made or played a guitar, derived from
chitarra or
catarra "guitar".
Citrine JewishAn invented Jewish name based on Yiddish
tsitrin "lemon tree".
Ciubotaru RomanianMeans "boot maker" in Romanian, the one that makes boots ("ciubota" (singular), regionalism for "cizma"/"gheata"). Not the same with "shoe maker" (or "Schumacher" in German) as the Romanian "Ciubotar" refers strictly to boots and not all kinds of shoes.
Claassen GermanThe name Claassen means "son of Klaus." It's primarily German, but it's also Dutch and Danish.
Clague ManxShortened Anglicization of either Gaelic
Mac Luathóg "son of Luathóg", itself derived from a diminutive of Gaelic
luath, Manx
leah "swift", or from Gaelic
Mac Laoghóg "son of Laoghóg", which is derived from a diminutive of Gaelic
laogh and Manx
lheiy "calf".
Clah NavajoFrom Navajo
nitłʼa meaning "he is left-handed".
Claine Scottish, IrishAnglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Gille Eathain, a patronymic name meaning "son of the servant of Saint John."
Clavel SpanishMetonymic occupational name for a spice trader or a nail maker, derived from Spanish
clavel or Catalan
clavell meaning "nail", later also "clove", itself a derivative of Latin
clavellus "nail".
Clavel FrenchMetonymic occupational name for a nail maker, ultimately from Latin
clavellus "nail", but in some cases possibly from the same word in the sense "smallpox, rash". A fictional bearer is Miss Clavel, a nun and teacher in Ludwig Bemelmans's 'Madeline' series of children's books (introduced in 1939).
Clavell French, CatalanThe first documented records of the surname Clavell appear in Catalunya between 1291 and 1327. The word clavell traces back to the Indo-European words "kleu", later "klawo" meaning a metal tool. In Latin "clavus", it eventually became a surname "Clavell".
Clavero English, Catalan1 English: occupational name from Old French clavier ‘doorkeeper’ (from Latin clavis ‘key’).... [
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Claw EnglishThe surname Claw is a very rare English surname.
Claxon Anglo-Saxon, Medieval EnglishDerived from the Old English elements
clǽg, which denoted places with a clayey soil and
tūn, usually meaning "dwellings" or an "enclosed space", but was used in relation to any kind of human habitation... [
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Clayberg EnglishMeaning is unknown, but it most likely means "clay mountain", from surnames
Clay "clay" and
Berg "mountain".
Claypool EnglishDerived from
Claypole, a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, named from Old English
cl?g meaning "clay" and
pol meaning "pool".
Cleave EnglishFrom an English topographical name meaning "cliff".
Cleburne EnglishCleburne is a surname of Northern English and Southern Scottish Anglo-Saxon origin.
Clemenceau FrenchDerived from the French given name
Clément. A notable bearer was the French prime minister Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), who successfully lead France through the end of World War I.
Clerc FrenchOccupational or status name for a member of a minor religious order or for a scholar Old French
clerc from Late Latin
clericus from Greek
klērikos a derivative of
klēros "inheritance legacy" with reference to the priestly tribe of Levites (see
Levy ) "whose inheritance was the Lord"... [
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Clerico ItalianOccupational or status name for a member of a minor religious order or for a scholar from Late Latin
clericus (see
Clerc ). Italian cognitive of
Clark.
Clerihew ScottishA Scottish surname of unknown origin and meaning. A clerihew is a humorous or satirical verse consisting of two rhyming couplets in lines of irregular metre about someone who is named in the poem. It was invented by the British author Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956; Clerihew was his mother's maiden name)... [
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Cleveland EnglishEnglish regional name from the district around Middlesbrough named Cleveland ‘the land of the cliffs’, from the genitive plural (
clifa) of Old English
clif ‘bank’, ‘slope’ +
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Cleveland Norwegian (Anglicized)Americanized spelling of Norwegian
Kleiveland or
Kleveland, habitational names from any of five farmsteads in Agder and Vestlandet named with Old Norse
kleif "rocky ascent" or
klefi "closet" (an allusion to a hollow land formation) and
land "land".
Cleverley EnglishProbably means "person from Cleveley", Lancashire ("woodland clearing by a cliff").
Clift EnglishTopographic name for someone who lived by a crevice in rock, derived from Middle English
clift meaning "cleft". The American actor Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) was a famous bearer of this name.
Clisby EnglishSurname originating in the village of Cleasby in North Yorkshire's Richmondshire district.
Clive EnglishEnglish surname meaning "cliff" in Old English, originally belonging to a person who lived near a cliff.
Clooney English, IrishFrom Gaelic
Ó Cluanaigh meaning "descendant of
Cluanach". Cluanach was a given name derived from Irish
clauna "deceitful, flattering, rogue".
Clopton EnglishHabitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, Suffolk, and Warwickshire, named Clopton from Old English clopp(a) meaning "rock", "hill" + tūn meaning "settlement".
Clore English (American)Americanized spelling of German
Klor (from a short form of the medieval personal name Hilarius (see Hillary) or Klar).
Closson Scottishthis name is of the noble family in Orkney islands known as the closson whom came to Orkney with the viking raiders in the early 900's and they founded the noble house of closson there of
Clotts EnglishFound in the United States, most likely either an English spelling of
Klutz, meaning "awkward, clumsy," or as a plural form of the English surname Clot, meaning "cloth ."
Cloud EnglishTopographic 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).
Cloud FrenchFrom the Germanic personal name
Hlodald, composed of the elements
hlod "famous, clear" and
wald "rule", which was borne by a saint and bishop of the 6th century.
Clough English (British)The distinguished surname Clough is of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin. It is derived from the Old English "cloh," meaning "ravine" or "steep-sided valley," and was first used to refer to a "dweller in the hollow."
Cluff EnglishDerived from pre 7th century word "cloh" meaning a ravine or steep-sided valley.
Clutterbuck English, Dutch (Anglicized, ?)English surname of unknown origin, possibly a corrupted form of a Dutch surname derived from Dutch
klateren "to clatter" and
beek "brook". The original surname may have been brought to England by Flemish weavers whom Edward III brought to England in the 14th century to teach their techniques to the English, or by Huguenots who fled the Netherlands in the 16th century to escape religious persecution... [
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Clwyd WelshThis indicates familial origin near the River Clwyd.
Cly NavajoFrom Navajo
tłʼaaí meaning "lefty, left-handed one", from the verb
nishtłʼa "to be left-handed".
Clyde ScottishA river in the south-west of Scotland, running through Inverclyde, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire, and the city of Glasgow. The second longest in Scotland; and the eighth longest in the United Kingdom... [
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