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Cabeleira PortugueseLikely originates from the Portuguese word "cabeleira," which means "head of hair" or "hairpiece." It might have been used as a nickname to describe someone with a notable or distinctive head of hair... [
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Cabell Catalan, English, GermanAs a Catalan name, a nickname for "bald" from the Spanish word
cabello. The English name, found primarily in Norfolk and Devon, is occupational for a "maker or seller of nautical rope" that comes from a Norman French word... [
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Cabernard RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Bernard.
Cabeza De Vaca SpanishLiterally translates to "cow's head" or "head of a cow". It is likely an occupational name for someone who was associated with cows or cattle, perhaps as a rancher or butcher. Alternatively, it could also have been used to describe someone with a thick-headed or stubborn personality.
Cable EnglishEnglish: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rope, especially the type of stout rope used in maritime applications, from Anglo-Norman French
cable ‘cable’ (Late Latin
capulum ‘halter’, of Arabic origin, but associated by folk etymology with Latin
capere ‘to seize’).... [
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Cacciatore ItalianDerived from Italian
cacciatore meaning "hunter, huntsman", ultimately derived from
cacciare meaning "to hunt".
Cacioppo Italian, SicilianDerived from Sicilian
cacioppu meaning "dried tree trunk", presumably applied as a nickname for someone with wizened skin, or from
caciopu meaning "short-sighted" (derived from Greek
kakiopes, literally meaning "having bad eyes").
Cacoub Judeo-SpanishDerived from Arabic كوكب
(kawkab) meaning "star" (with the votive meaning of "lucky star").
Čáda CzechDescriptive nickname from Old Czech
čad- "smoke", applied to someone with dark skin.
Cadafalch CatalanDerived from Catalan
cadafal meaning "burial mound" or "platform, stage", ultimately from Latin
catafalicum meaning "scaffold, wooden siege tower, catafalque". A famous bearer was the Catalan architect and politician Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867-1956).
Cadalbert RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the German given name
Adalbert.
Caddick WelshFrom the Welsh male personal name
Cadog, a pet-form of
Cadfael (a derivative of Welsh
cad "battle").
Cadeddu ItalianFrom Sardinian
cadeddu "puppy, whelp", ultimately from Latin
catellus.
Cadena SpanishFrom Aguilar de Campoo, a district of Villalon in Valladolid.
Caderas RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and
dera "free area".
Caderousse French, LiteratureA character in the classic novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. In the novel, Caderousse is a tailor and inkeeper who aids in the arrest of Dantès.
Cadetg RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Benedetg.
Cadieli RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Gieli.
Cadillac FrenchFrom the name of a city in France, of origin I am not sure of (anyone who knows the name's etymology edit this). This is most notably the name of the car company of the same name, named after Detroit, Michigan founder Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac.
Cadiñanos SpanishIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous minor local entity.
Cadisch RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family", in combination with
Disch.
Cádiz SpanishHabitational name for a person from the city of
Cádiz in southwestern Spain.
Cadogan WelshFrom the Welsh male personal name
Cadwgan, literally probably "battle-scowler". Cadogan Estate is an area of Chelsea and Belgravia, including Cadogan Square, Sloane Street and Sloane Square, owned by the earls of Cadogan, descended from Charles Sloane Cadogan (1728-1807), 1st Earl Cadogan.
Cadonau RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Donatus.
Caduff RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Duff, itself a diminutive of
Rudolf.
Cadusch RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Dusch.
Caesar Ancient Roman, EnglishAn Ancient Roman political title that indicated a military leader. A famous bearer was Julius Caesar, Roman general, dictator, and politician. In modern times, the surname is used to refer to an individual with a tyrannical attitude, which references the connotative meaning of the word "caesar", meaning "a dictator".
Caflisch RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family", in combination with
Flisch.
Cagadas FilipinoThe name Cagadas is most likely made or given to the Filipinos during the baptism of native Filipinos to Christianity in the 19th Century during the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. Most Filipinos had no surnames prior to their baptism and these names are given by the Spanish colonizers.
Cage Englishfrom Middle English, Old French meaning "cage, enclosure". Denoting someone who lived by or was the keeper of a cage, in the sense "lock-up, prison for petty offenders".
Cagianut RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and a diminutive of the given name
Gian.
Cagienard RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Gienard.
Cagney IrishAnglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Ó Caingnigh meaning "descendant of Caingneach", a given name meaning "pleader, advocate". A famous bearer was American actor and dancer James Cagney (1899-1986).
Cahana Jewish (Rare, Archaic)Jewish surname, originally of Eastern European Ashkenazi origin, found in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova. Currently a relatively common surname in Israel. Aramaic equivalent of Cohen.
Cahannes RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the German given name
Hannes.
Cahans RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Hans.
Cahenzli RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the German given name
Hänsli.
Caillou FrenchMeans "pebble" in French. Perhaps a nickname for a bald person.
Cain FrenchFrom the biblical name
Cain, probably a nickname for someone considered to be treacherous.
Caine French, EnglishOriginally from a French derogatory nickname for someone with a bad temper.
Caird ScottishDerived from Scottish Gaelic
ceard meaning "craftsman, artist mechanic, travelling tinker".
Cairns ScottishFrom Gaelic
carn "cairn", a topographic name for someone who lived by a cairn, i.e. a pile of stones raised as a boundary marker or a memorial.
Caithness ScottishAnglicized form of Scottish-Gaelic
Gallaibh, which means "among the strangers" (referring to the Norse). The name of the Catti survives in the Gaelic name for eastern Sutherland, Cataibh, and in the old Gaelic name for Shetland, Innse Chat... [
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Cajacob RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Jacob.
Cajavilca QuechuaFrom kaja (cold) and vilca (supreme) meaning supreme cold. Possibly when the inhabitants of upper Chavín had to cross to the Callejón de Huaylas by the pass near Ulta they described this place as being too cold... [
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Cajigas Spanish, FilipinoTopographic name from the plural of Spanish
cajigo, derived from
quejigo meaning "gall oak".
Cajochen RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the German given name
Jochen.
Cajöri RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Jöri.
Çakal TurkishMeans "jackal" (figuratively "sly, sneaky, wily") in Turkish.
Cake EnglishFrom the Middle English cake denoting a flat loaf made from fine flour (Old Norse kaka), hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker who specialized in fancy breads. It was first attested as a surname in the 13th century (Norfolk, Northamptonshire).
Cakebread EnglishFrom Middle English cakebrede, bread made in flattened cakes, or of the finer and more dainty quality of cake.
Çakmak TurkishMeans "lighter" in Turkish, referring to a tool used to ignite fire. This is also the name of a village in Antalya Province, Turkey.
Calafiore Italian, Sicilianaltered form of Calaciura from the Greek name
Kalokiourēs a variant of
Kalokyrēs Kalokyrios meaning "good man".
Calamari ItalianFrom Latin
calamarius "relating to a writing reed, ink pen", a name for a scribe, or perhaps a fisherman from the Italian descendant
calamaro "squid, calamari".
Calandra Italianfrom
calandra "skylark" (from Latin
calandra) probably a nickname for someone with a fine singing voice.
Calasso ItalianPossibly from the given name
Galasso, or from the dialectical word
cala "cove, inlet, creek".
Calatayud SpanishFrom the city in Spain, in province of Zaragoza within the autonomous community Aragón. The name Calatayud came from the Arabic قلعة أيوب Qal‘at ’Ayyūb, "the qalat (fortress) of Ayyub".
Calcaterra ItalianNickname from calcare meaning "to tread", "to stamp" + terra meaning "land", "earth", "ground", probably denoting a short person, someone who walked close to the ground, or an energetic walker.
Calder ScottishHabitational name from any of the places called Calder in Midlothian and Caithness, or Cawdor in Nairnshire.
Caldera SpanishDerived from Spanish
caldera meaning "basin, crater, hollow", ultimately from Latin
caldarium or
caldaria both meaning "hot bath, cooking pot". The word also denotes a depression in volcanoes, and it is commonly used as an element for surnames denoting streams or mountains.
Calderone ItalianFrom the Latin word
Caldaria "cauldron". Given to someone who worked as a tinker or tinsmith. Italian cognitive of
Calderón.
Cale WelshPossibly derived from the River Cale. A famous barer of this name is Welsh musician John Cale (1942- ).
Calero SpanishMetonymic occupational name for a burner or seller of lime, from
calero ‘lime’.
Calice ItalianPossibly directly from the Italian word
calice "chalice, goblet", which derives from Latin
calix.
Caliesch RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Aliesch.
Caliezi RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Gliezi.
California Spanish (Latin American)It is thought that it might've been derived from Latin
calida fornax meaning "hot furnace", or from Native American,
kali forno meaning "high hill, native land". It is also thought to have derived from the given name
Khalif or
Khalifa.
Caligiuri ItalianComes from the Greek words "kalos" meaning "beautiful" and "gheros" meaning "elderly," and was often given to children in the hopes that they would retain their beauty in their old age.
Calimlim Pangasinan, TagalogFrom Pangasinan and Tagalog
kalimlim denoting a person who lived in a shaded area, from the word
limlim meaning "shade, impending darkness".
Callard CornishMight be from Calartha in Morvah / from
cala-arth, the hard or difficult height.
Callender EnglishOccupational name for a person who finished freshly woven cloth by passing it between heavy rollers to compress the weave. From Old Franch
calandrier,
calandreur.
Calliari Italian (Latinized, Archaic)This is an Italian surname, in the north of Italy. Calliari is the result of the deformation of the graphically
Calligari, where you can clearly see excision of the letter or character D, which is located in the middle of the surname... [
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Calligan Irish (Rare)Before Irish names were translated into English, Calligan had a Gaelic form of O Ceallachain, possibly from "ceallach", which means "strife".... [
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Calloway EnglishDerived from the place name Caillouet-Orgeville, from Norman
caillou "pebble". Alternately, a variant of
Galloway.
Calma Filipino, PampanganFrom Pampangan
kalma meaning "fate, fortune", ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मन्
(karman).
Calne WelshCalne is derived from the Welsh word "karn," which means "a pile of stones," such as was often used to mark a burial site. The forebears that initially bore the name Calne likely lived by a notable heap of stones.
Calonder RomanshEither derived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Leonhard or from the name of the mountain
Calanda.
Calungsod CebuanoFrom Cebuano
kalungsod meaning "townsperson, townmate", derived from the word
lungsod meaning "town". A notable bearer was Filipino saint
Pedro Calungsod (1654-1672).
Caluori RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and a contraction of the given names
Gallus and
Uori.
Caluzi RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Luzi.