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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 Sicilian
cìciru "chickpea", an occupational name for someone who grew or sold chickpeas, or perhaps a nickname for someone with notable pimples or skin sores.
Cicvara SerbianDerived from
cicvara (
цицвара), meaning "gruel", a type of food.
Cidro Spanish (Philippines)From Spanish meaning "citrus fruit". Possibly an occupational name for someone who sells or raise citrus fruits.
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 Italian (Rare)Possibly from an inflection of Italian
cifrare, meaning "to monogram, to abbreviate (a name) to initials; to encode, to cypher", or perhaps a derived term meaning "little nothing". Ultimately from Arabic صِفْر
(ṣifr) "empty, zero".
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.
Çiller TurkishMeans "freckles" in Turkish, referring to a person with freckles on their face. A notable bearer was Turkey's first female prime minister, Tansu Çiller (1946-).
Cilliërs AfrikaansBrought to South Africa by settlers of French decent some time in the past 300 years. Sometimes also a given name for boys.
Cima ItalianMeans "mountain top, peak, summit" in Italian. Alternatively, it could derive from the medieval given name
Cima.
Cimarosa ItalianPossibly derived from Italian
cima "top, peak, summit" combined with either
rossa "red" or
rosa "rose (flower); pink (colour)". If the former, it may be a habitational name derived from
Cima Rossa, a mountain in the Alps... [
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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 ItalianPossibly derived from Italian
cimino or Sicilian
ciminu "cumin" as a metonymic occupational name for a spice merchant. Alternatively, it could be a diminutive of a shortened form of names such as
Decimius or
Ecimius.
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".
Citro ItalianFrom Italian meaning "citrus fruit". Possibly an occupational name for someone who sells or raise any citrus fruit.
Citron French, VenetianUltimately from Latin
citrum meaning "lemon, citrus fruit". Possibly an occupational name for someone who sells or raise lemons or any citrus fruit.
Citrone English, ItalianUltimately from Latin
citrum meaning "lemon, citrus fruit". Possibly an occupational name for someone who sells or raise lemons or any citrus fruit.
Civilla ItalianPossibly derived from the Roman cognomen
Civilis, taken from Latin
civilis meaning "civic, civil (of or pertaining to civilians)" or "courteous, polite".
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."
Claremont FrenchMeans "clear hill" in French, from the Latin
clarus "clear" and French
mont "mountain", A cognate of
Clairmont.
Claret CatalanDiminutive of
clar meaning "clear, bright". This is the name of various towns in Catalonia. A famous bearer of this surname is Catalan saint and missionary Antonio María Claret (1807-1870).
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.
Claxton EnglishFrom the names of any of several settlements in England, derived from either the personal name
Clacc (from Old Norse
Klakkr "bump, hillock") or the Old English word
clacc "hill, peak" combined with
tun "town, settlement".
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.
Clef ItalianAt the end of the 10th century, Gregorian musical scribes increased the precision of early notation by introducing a horizontal line to indicate a base pitch. The pitch of this line was indicated by a letter at its start... [
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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
klerikos a derivative of
kleros "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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Clermont FrenchHabitational name derived from Old French
cler "bright, clear" and
mont "mountain".
Clerval m LiteratureThe name of Victor Frankenstein's best friend in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
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".
Clevenger EnglishOccupational name for a keyholder derived from the word
claviger, itself from Latin
claviger meaning "key-bearer".
Cleverley EnglishProbably means "person from Cleveley", Lancashire ("woodland clearing by a cliff").
Cliff Englishhabitational name from any of numerous places called Cliff(e), Cle(e)ve, or Clive, from Old English
clif "slope, bank, cliff", or a topographic name from the same word... [
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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.
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).
Closs GermanVariant of
Kloss and, in North America, also an altered form of this. It is also found in Lorraine, France.
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