C Names – Baby names starting with C

Meaning of the Irish name Cabhan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Cabhan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: In Irish cabhan means “”grassy hill”” or “”hollow”” and is the name of the Ulster county Cavan. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Cabhan PRONUNCIATION: “”kav + an”” ENGLISH: Cavan, Kevan, Keevan AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Cabhan and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Cabhan:Play Audio for Cabhan Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Canice. Listen and learn how to pronounce Canice so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: coinneach “”attractive person,”” “”pleasant person.”” A sixth-century Irish missionary St. Canice founded churches in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. As Coinneach he gave his name to the town of Kilkenny, Cill Coinneach “”Coinneach’s Church.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Canice Coinneach PRONUNCIATION: “”can + iss”” or “”ko + in + ock”” ENGLISH: Kenneth or Kenny AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Canice and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Canice:Play Audio for Canice … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Carney. Listen and learn how to pronounce Carney so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From cearnach “”victorious”” and implies “”victorious champion.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Carney Cearney Kearney Cearnaigh PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Carney and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Carney:Play Audio for Carney Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names For Your Little One! The Irish Post – features Baby Names of Ireland! … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Carrick. Listen and learn how to pronounce Carrick so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From carraig “”a rock.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Carrick Carrig PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: Craig AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Carrick and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Carrick:Play Audio for Carrick Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names For Your Little One! The Irish Post – features Baby Names of Ireland! 100 Celtic Baby Names: … Read more

Meaning of the name Carroll. Listen and learn how to pronounce Carroll so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: From the Irish word cearbhall and means “”fierce in battle.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Carroll Cearul PRONUNCIATION: “kar + ul” ENGLISH: Carroll AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Carroll and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Carroll:Play Audio for Carroll Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names For Your Little One! The Irish Post – features Baby … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Cathal. Listen and learn how to pronounce Cathal so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: cath “”battle”” and all “”mighty”” and signifies “”a great warrior.”” On his way home from a visit to Rome (c. 666 AD) St. Cathal was asked to fill the vacant see of Taranto in southern Italy and served as it””s prelate until his death. Known as St. Cathaldus, he is still venerated in the area and a fresh water stream in the bay is known as “”l’annello di san Cathaldo,”” “”the ring of St. Cathaldus,”” as it … Read more

Meaning of the name Cavan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Cavan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: In Irish cabhan means “”grassy hill”” or “”hollow”” and is the name of the Ulster county Cavan. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Cavan Cabhan PRONUNCIATION: “kav + an” ENGLISH: Cavan AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Cavan and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Cavan:Play Audio for Cavan Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names For Your Little … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Cearul. Listen and learn how to pronounce Cearul so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From the Irish word cearbhall and means “”fierce in battle.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Cearul PRONUNCIATION: “”kar + ul”” ENGLISH: Carroll AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Cearul and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Cearul:Play Audio for Cearul Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names For Your Little One! The Irish Post – features … Read more

Meaning, pronunciation and origin of the Irish boys name Cian How do you pronounce Irish name Cian? What does the Irish name Cian mean? From cian “ancient, enduring.” In legend Cian Mac Mael Muad was the son-in-law of Brian Boru (read the legend) who led the armies from the province of Munster to victory over the invading Vikings at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, a battle in which both he and Brian were killed. Cian was the eighth most popular Irish boys name in Ireland in years past. What is the Gender for the Irish name Cian? Boy | Male Is … Read more

Meaning, pronunciation and origin of the Irish boys name Ciaran How do you pronounce Irish name Ciaran? What does the Irish name Ciaran mean? Ciar “dark” and the diminutive -in it means “little dark one.” Popular for over 1500 years, at least 26 saints have borne the name. The most notable, St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise (c. 530 AD), was the son of a carpenter who studied with St. Enda for seven years and went on to establish a monastery at Clonmacnoise, on the banks of the River Shannon in County Westmeath. It became a major spiritual and educational center and despite being plundered … Read more

Meaning, pronunciation and origin of the Irish boys name Cillian How do you pronounce Irish name Cillian? What does the Irish name Cillian mean? Cille means “associated with the church.” One St. Cillian left Ireland in about 650 AD with eleven companions and carried out his missionary work in the Rhine region of Germany where he became Bishop of Wurzburg after converting the local lord, Duke Gosbert of Wurzburg, to Christianity. Later Duke Gosbert married Geilana, his brother’s widow and Cillian declared the marriage invalid. While Gosbert was away on a military expedition, Geilana had Cillian beheaded when she found that … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Clooney. Listen and learn how to pronounce Clooney so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: Derived from the Irish word cluain meaning “”a green plain or pasture”” or may mean “”an intriguing rogue”” – does “”blarney”” come into it? GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Clooney PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Clooney and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Clooney:Play Audio for Clooney Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Coilin. Listen and learn how to pronounce Coilin so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From coll “”chieftan”” and the diminutive -in and would mean “”little chieftan.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Coilin PRONUNCIATION: “”koh + lin”” ENGLISH: Colin AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Coilin and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Coilin:Play Audio for Coilin Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names For Your Little One! The Irish Post – features … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Colman. Listen and learn how to pronounce Colman so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From the same root as Colm, it means “”little dove”” and has developed into a seperate name from Colm and there are said to be 350 saints of the name. St. Colman of Kilmacduagh, lived as a recluse until his meeting with the king of Connacht. As the king was sitting down to dinner on an Easter Sunday the feast was miracously whipped from in front of his eyes and when he and his … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Conan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Conan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: An old name from con “”a hound”” or “”swift-footed warrior”” and in the form conan means “”little warrior.”” Conan Maol (“”Bald Conan””) was one of the warrior-band, the Fianna (read the legend). GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Conan PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Conan and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Conan:Play Audio for Conan Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Conchobhar. Listen and learn how to pronounce Conchobhar so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: Means “”lover of hounds.”” Conchobhar MacNessa was the king of Ulster and, according to legend, was born on the same day as Christ. Conchobhar, an uncle of Cuchulainn (read the legend), loved Deirdre and wished to marry her. But she fled with his nephew Naoise and his brothers. Conchobhar gave chase and althought he promised to forgive them, he killed Naoise and her abductors. In the battle a sling-shot lodged in his brain which … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Conlaoch. Listen and learn how to pronounce Conlaoch so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From conn “”chief”” + laoch “”hero”” meaning “”highest chief.”” One of the earliest holders of the name was the son of Cuchulainn (read the legend) and Aoife and in mythology “”Conlaoch’s Well”” was the source of great inspiration and knowledge, for “”The Salmon of Knowledge”” (read the legend) swam in its waters. The salmon had eaten the magical nuts that fell from the nine hazel trees that grew above the well so whosoever ate the salmon received its … Read more

Meaning of the name Connell. Listen and learn how to pronounce Connell so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: Means friendship or could be from con “”a hound,”” as applied to a swift-footed warrior, and all “”great, mighty.”” In legend Conall Cearnach (“”Conall the Victorious””), one of the mightiest warrior heros in the Red Branch Knights, the forerunners of the Knights of the Round Table, avenged the death of his foster brother Cuchulainn (read the legend). It was also believed that he was in the Holy Land when Christ was crucified. Every nation on earth was reputedly represented and Conall … Read more

Meaning of the Irish name Cronan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Cronan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: cron “”brown, sallow, dark-skinned.”” The seventh-century St. Cronan built a monastery in a very remote area of his native County Tipperary but travellers lost their way trying to find the hospitable Cronan. Saddened by this he built a new monastery closer to the roadside which became the modern town of Roscrea. He was known for his generosity to the poor and to travellers. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Cronan Cronin PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen … Read more