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Unique Dog Names with Meanings and Distinctive Style Starting With C

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# Name Meaning Gender Origin
1 Cadence Rhythm Female English
2 Caesar Long Hair Male Latin
3 Cairo Victorious one Unisex Arabic
4 Cali Most beautiful Female English
5 Calla Beautiful Female Greek
6 Callie English diminutive of Caroline or of other names beginning with Cal- Female English name form
7 Calypso Conceal Female Greek
8 Candy Honest Female Latin
9 Cara Friend Female Gaelic
10 Carina Beloved Female Latin
11 Carlos Free man Male German
12 Carly Free man Female German
13 Carmen Garden Female Hebrew
14 Casey From Cayce Male American English
15 Casper Treasurer Male Persian
16 Cassidy Curly Male Gaelic
17 Chance Good fortune Male English
18 Chanel Channel, pipe Female French
19 Chaos Gaping void Unisex Greek
20 Chase Huntsman Male English
21 Cherokee People Of A Different Speech. One Of The Largest American Indian Tribes. Unisex English
22 Cherry Cherry Female English
23 Chester English place and surname name from Latin castrum, camp or fortress Male English from Latin
24 Cheyenne Speak incoherently Female American English
25 Chico Boy Male Spanish
26 Chief A leader or person highest in rank or authority Unisex English title word
27 Chino A coarse twilled cotton, tan coloured material Unisex English
28 Chip Free man Male German
29 Chipper Lively spirits, cheerful. Chip off the old block. Unisex English
30 Chiquita Small one Female Spanish
31 Chloe Greek name meaning 'green shoot' or new growth Female Greek
32 Clara Clear Female Latin
33 Clementine Merciful, mild, gentle Female Latin
34 Cleo Short form of Cleopatra and other Greek names containing kleos, glory Female English from Greek
35 Cloud Cloud Unisex English
36 Clover A plant of the pea family with three-part leaves Female English botanical name
37 Cocoa Cocoa Jumbo Unisex English
38 Cody Descendant of Cuidighthigh Male Gaelic
39 Comet A celestial body Unisex English
40 Conan Little wolf hound Male Gaelic
41 Cookie English word for a small flat or slightly raised cake, borrowed from Dutch ko... Unisex English from Dutch
42 Copper English word name for the reddish metal copper Unisex English from Latin
43 Cora Maiden Female Greek
44 Cordelia Of The Sea Female English
45 Cosmo Order Male Greek
46 Cree Native American Tribe Unisex English
47 Cricket A jumping insect known for chirping; also the bat-and-ball sport Unisex English word name
48 Crimson Crimson, red Unisex English
49 Cuddles To nestle or snuggle. Unisex English
50 Cyrus Sun Male Persian

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