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Cohea

Variant of Cohee.

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Cohee

Munster variant of Coffey.

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Cohen

From Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “cohen”).

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Cohn

From German Kohn, from Konrad (“Conrad”). Popularized among Jews because of the phonetic similarity with Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “priest”). Compare Cohen.

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Coia

Borrowed from Italian Coia.

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Coin

Borrowed from French Coin. It could also be a variant of the surname Coyne from Irish.

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Coiro

Borrowed from Italian Coiro.

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Coity

From Welsh Coety, from coed (“trees”) + tŷ (“house”).

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Coke

Etymology tree Aymarader. Quechua kukabor. Aymara kukader. Spanish cocabor. English coca Niger-Congoder. English cola English Coca-Colaclip. English Coke Clipping of Coca-Cola. See coke (“cola”).

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Colby

From either the Old Norse personal name Koli or kol (“charcoal”) + býr (“settlement”).

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The surname is variously from: # A nickname from Old English col (“coal, coal-black”), # A patronymic from Nicholas (see also Coles, Colson, Colle). # A variation of Cowell (which itself has several origins). # As an Iri

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Colel

Possibly from Hebrew כלל (kalel, “to complete, to make perfect”)

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Coler

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kohler.

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Coles

From Cole + -s (“patronymic suffix”).

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Colin

(given name): * Coll + -in. Diminutive of Coll, a medieval short form of Nicholas. * It has also been used to anglicize Irish Coileán and Scottish Gaelic Cailean.

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Coll

Uncertain. The island name, from Latin Colosus (704 AD), is often associated with an Old Irish *koll or Proto-Brythonic *koll, themselves both from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”). Derivation from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (

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Colla

Borrowed from Italian Colla.

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Colle

Rare spelling variant of Coll, from Nicholas.

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Colli

Borrowed from Italian Colli; this surname is also widely attested in Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and Argentina.

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Colls

From Coll + patronymic suffix -s.

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Colm

From Irish Colm, from Late Latin Columba (literally “dove”), the name of a sixth century saint, one of the patron saints of Ireland and Scotland. Doublet of Calum.

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Colma

Unknown. Likely from a corruption of Coleman, Colima, or a literary reference. See Colma, California#Etymology for more.

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Colon

Spanish surname, variant of Colón. Also Castilianized form of Colom.

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Colt

From colt, as a nickname or occupational name for someone who looked after horses and asses. The given name may also be short for Colton. The revolver is named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862).

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Colón

Borrowed from Spanish.

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Colți

From Romanian Colți.

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Comar

From Old English cumb (“narrow valley, combe”).

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Comay

Borrowed from Hebrew קומאי (Comay).

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Combe

From Old English cumb.

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Comet

First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. From comet.

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Comey

Two main origins: * Welsh habitational surname from a place called Cymau, in Flintshire, from cymau, plural of cwm (“valley”). * Reduced Anglicisized form of Irish Mac Giolla Choimdheadh (“son of the servant of Lord God”

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Como

Borrowed from Italian Como.

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Comox

From Lik'wala, the southern dialect of Kwak'wala kw’umuxws (“plentiful”).

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Compo

Possibly an Americanized form of either Italian Campo or French Campeau.

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Comus

From Ancient Greek Κῶμος (Kômos).

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Conan

From Irish Conán, from Middle Irish Conán, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ (conann), a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kū (“dog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

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Conch

From conch * (Bahamas): in reference to the seafood that made up much of their diet.

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Conde

From Spanish Conde.

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Cones

Americanized spelling of German Kuntz.

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Congo

After Kongo, from Kongo nkongo (“hunter”). Compare Kongo dikongo (“spear”), Zulu umkhonto, Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kóndó.

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Conly

Variant of Conley.

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Conop

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Conop.

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Conor

From Irish Conchúr, from Old Irish Conchobar (“lover of hounds”).

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Conté

From the surname of its inventor, French painter and army officer Nicolas-Jacques Conté (1755–1805), who created it in 1795.

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Conwy

From Welsh Conwy.

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Conyo

From Spanish coño (“cunt”). Compare Spanish acuñar (a- + cuño + -ar), Tagalog Konyo.

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Cook

From cook. Doublet of Koch and Kok.

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Cools

From Dutch Cools.

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Coop

Clipping of Cooper.

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Coor

Anglicization of German Kuhr

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Coors

Anglicization of the German Kohrs

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Coote

From Middle English cote (“coot”), a nickname for a bald or stupid person.

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Copan

Source etymology material for Copan; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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Copen

Spelling variant of both Coppin and Koppen (a German patronymic surname reduced from Jakob).

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Copi

By shortening of Copious, coined in 2022 by Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

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Copp

From Middle English coppe, from Old English copp (“summit”).

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Copt

Borrowed from French copte, from Arabic قُبْط (qubṭ, “Copts”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), ⲕⲩⲡⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ (kuptaios, “Egyptian”), from Late Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from earlier Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos),

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Coq

Clipping of Coquihalla, ultimately from Halkomelem Kwʼikwʼiyá:la.

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Coqên

From Tibetan མཚོ་ཆེན (mtsho chen).

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Cora

Apparently brought up in English literature by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), but compare a female heroine of this name in Jean-François Marmontel's Les Incas (1777) and the Ancient Greek epith

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Coral

From coral.

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Corbi

From Romanian Corbi.

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Corbu

From Romanian Corbu.

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Cords

A variant spelling of Cordes, or an Americanized form of German Kordts.

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Core

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “maiden”).

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Coren

Variant of Koren.

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Corfu

Borrowed from Italian Corfù, from Ancient Greek Κορυφώ (Koruphṓ), from κορυφή (koruphḗ) ("summit", "mountain peak"). Named after the twin peaks of the Old Fortress of Corfu.

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Corio

Borrowed from Italian Corio.

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Coriz

Probably of Spanish origin, even though the original form of the surname is unknown.

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Cork

From Irish Corcaigh (“bog, marsh, swamp”).

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Corn

* As an English surname, from the nouns crane, corn, and quern. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Korn, meaning "grain."

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Corni

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Corni.

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Corod

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Corod.

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Corr

Irish, from Ó Corra (“descendant of Corra”), a personal name from corr (“spear”). Sometimes translated into English as Weir, from cora (“weir”).

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Corre

Borrowed from French Corre.

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Corro

Borrowed from Spanish Corro, a habitational surname from Basque.

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Corry

Two main origins: * Reduced form of McCorry, a surname of Irish origin. * A variant spelling of Corrie, a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin.

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Corso

Borrowed from Italian Corso.

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Cos

From Latin Cos, from Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs).

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Cosby

From the Old English personal name *Cossa + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).

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Cosen

From the Yale romanization of Korean 조선(朝鮮) (Joseon).

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Cosma

Borrowed from Italian and Romanian Cosma.

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Cosmo

Borrowed by Scotland from Italy in the 18th century. An Italian variant of Cosimo, from the name Cosmas of a saint (martyred with his brother Damian in the fourth century), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, orde

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Costa

From pan-Romance (Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa (“rib; side”).

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Coste

* As a French surname, variant of Côte, Cote, a name meaning "coast," or from related place names such as Lacoste (la coste). Compare Decoste. * As an English surname, shortened form the personal name Constantine.

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Cotai

Blend of Coloane + Taipa, the areas immediately south and north of the area.

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Cote

From French Côté, from Latin costa.

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Cott

From the Old English personal name Cotta.

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Couch

* As a Welsh surname, from coch (“red”). * As an French surname, from Old French couch (“bed”).

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Court

* As an English and French surname, from the noun court. Also from the French adjective court (“short”). * As an Irish surname, reduced from McCourt.

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Coury

Variant of Khouri.

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Couse

Patronymic surname, from the medieval English personal name Kouse, Kause, corresponding to Old Norse Kausi, a nickname meaning "tomcat".

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Cousy

Borrowed from French Cousy.

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Couto

From Galician Couto or Portuguese Couto.

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Cov

Clipping of Coventry.

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Cove

From Old English cofa (“cave, cove, hollow, cavern”).

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Covey

Reduced form of McCovey.

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Covid

Source etymology material for Covid; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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Cowie

From Gaelic colldha (“hazel”).

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Cowin

Variant of Cowan.

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Cox

The surname has converged from several different origins; see Cox.

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Coxon

Patronymic surname from Cocke + -son.

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Coxy

From Cox + -y.

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Coy

The community is named after local merchant George McCoy.

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Coye

Variant spelling of Coy.

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Coyle

An anglicised form of the Irish surname Irish Mac Dhubhghaill. The town in Oklahoma is named after businessman William H. Coyle, who served as a purchasing agent for the Eastern Oklahoma Railway.

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Coyne

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuáin (“descendants of Cuán”), a byname from a diminutive of cú (“hound, dog”). It could also be an anglicized form of Ó Cadhain.

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Coysh

Variant of Cosh.

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Cozby

Altered spelling of Cosby.

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Cozzi

Borrowed from Italian Cozzi.

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Coșna

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Coșna.

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Crabb

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun crab (both senses) * As a German, Dutch, and occasionally Danish surname, spelling variant of Krabbe.

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Craco

Borrowed from Italian Craco, from Latin Cracum, from Renaissance Latin Graclum, from Medieval Latin Graculum.

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Craft

* As an English surname, from the noun craft. * Also as an English surname, from Croft in Leicestershire. * As a German, Jewish, Danish, and Swedish surname, Americanized from Kraft.

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Craig

From craig (“rock”).

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Crail

From Pictish *cair (“fortress”) (or the Pictish loanword in Scottish Gaelic) + *al, ail (“rock, cliff”).

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Cran

Shortened form of Cranfield taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.

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Crane

* As an English surname, from the noun crane. * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Krane. * As a German surname, adaptation of Krahn and Krahnich.

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Crapo

Uncertain origin and variable origins depending on the ancestry of the bearer : * In some cases, possibly borrowed from Sicilian crapu (“he-goat”), masculine and obsolete form of crapa (“she-goat”). Compare also Italian

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Crask

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Crasg.

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Craw

* As a Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Crow. * As a German surname, from a variant of Grau, Krahe, Kray.

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Craxi

From the Italian surname Craxi, adapted from the Sicilian surname Craxì, a surname derived from craxì (“wine”), itself borrowed from Italiot Greek crasì.

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Cray

* As an Irish surname, from ó Craobhaigh, a byname from craobhach (“branched”). Compare Creevy. * As an English surname, from the River Cray, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *garwos (“rough”). * As a German surname,

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Crean

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Croidheáin (“descendant of Croidheán”), a byname derived from a diminutive of croidhe (“heart”).

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Crecy

From French Crécy.

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Cree

From a phonetic rendering of Canadian French Cris, short for Christinaux, from either Algonquin Kirishtinó, or Cree Kenisteniwuik.

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Creed

From the Old English personal name Creoda.

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Creek

* As an English surname, from Creake in Norfolk, a variant of the noun crag (“steep rugged cliff”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun cratch (“crib, manger”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Kr

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Creon

From Ancient Greek Κρέων (Kréōn).

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Creps

Americanized spelling of German Krebs.

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Cres

From Serbo-Croatian Cres, ultimately from Ancient Greek Χέρσος (Khérsos) from χέρσος (khérsos, “dry land”).

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Crete

Derived from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

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Crew

From Crewe in Cheshire, Old Welsh criu (“weir”).

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Crewe

Recorded as Creu in the Domesday Book, the town's name is derived from Old Welsh criu (“weir; crossing”) (compare modern Welsh cryw).

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Cribb

English surname, from Old English cribb (“crib, manger”).

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Crich

From Old Welsh cruc (“hillock, mound, tumulus”). See modern Welsh crug (“mound”).

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Crick

The Northamptonshire place-name is from Proto-Brythonic *krʉg (“heap, mound”) (itself from Proto-Celtic *krouk-; cf. Welsh crug).

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Crimi

Borrowed from Italian Crimi.

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Crip

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *grébʰ-ōn ~ *grbʰ-n-ōs Proto-Germanic *krebô Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ Proto-West Germanic *kribbjā Old English cribb Middle Eng

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Cris

Clipping of Christopher, Christian, Christine, and their variants.

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Crist

Apparently from Old English Crīst, Crist (the vowel may originally have been long in early OE, with subsequent shortening in late OE, see Notes for Christmas on the OED.com website), possibly applied as a nickname for so

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Critz

Americanized spelling of German Kritz.

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Croak

Variant of Croke.

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Croat

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъbor. Medieval Latin Croatalbor. English Croat Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Croata, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ (“Croat”), the Croatian autonym. It, in turn, is probabl

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Croc

From the name of the American shoe company Crocs, Inc.

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Croft

* As an English surname, from the noun croft (“small piece of land”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Craft. * As a Danish, Swedish, German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kraft. * The place in Leicestersh

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Croke

Anglicized form of Irish Cróc.

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Croll

* As a German surname, variant of Kroll. * As a Scottish (by way of Norman) surname, from the same source as Croall. * As an English surname, variant of Curl. * As a Polish surname, Americanized from Król. Compare Krol.

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Crom

Variant of Krom or Croom.

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Cron

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Crone, itself shortened from McCrone, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Cróin (“son of the swarthy one”), from crón (“swarthy”). * As a German, Jewish, and Swedish surname, Americanized/variant

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Crook

Of Brythonic origin, from Welsh crug (“hill, mound”).

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Cross

* As an English surname, from the noun cross, as in crossroads. Also a calque of this word in various European languages, such as French Lacroix, German Kreutz, Serbo-Croatian Križ. Compare Crouch, Crozier, Kriz. * As an

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Crow

From French gens de corbeaux, calque of Dakota apsáaloke (“crow people”). Compare Crow Apsáalooke.

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Crown

From crown.

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Cruey

Americanized form of an unidentified surname, possibly German Krüer or Dutch Kruijer.

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Crum

* As an Irish and Scottish surname, from McCrum. * As a German, Dutch, and Jewish surname, from Krom.

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Crumb

English, Scottish, and Irish surname, spelling variant of Crum.

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Crumm

Variant of Crum.

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Crump

* As an English surname, from the adjective crump (“crooked”). Compare Croom. * As a German and Dutch surname, Americanized from Krump (see Krumm and Ruhm) and Kramp.

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Crus

Variant of Cruz.

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Crux

Learned borrowing from Latin crux (“a cross”).

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Cruz

From Romance (Portuguese Cruz and Spanish Cruz).

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Cryan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ruaidhín (“son of Ruaidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of ruadh (“red”).

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Crye

Americanized spelling of German Kreie or Krei.

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CuNT

* (copper nanotube): Cu (“copper”) + NT (“nanotube”)

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Cuba

Etymology tree Taíno cubaobor.? Taíno coabanabor.? Spanish Cubabor. English Cuba Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

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Cuban

Etymology tree Taíno cubaobor.? Taíno coabanabor.? Spanish Cubabor. English Cuba Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Cub

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Cubao

Borrowed from Spanish Cubao, from Tagalog Cubao.

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Cubit

From Middle English cubite (“cubit; elbow”), probably applied as a nickname for someone with strong or remarkable forearms.

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Cubop

Blend of Cuban + bebop.

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Cubs

Abbreviation of "Cub Scouts" or "Chicago Cubs".

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Cucci

Borrowed from Italian Cucci.

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Cuci

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Cuci.

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Cuddy

See Cody.

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Cueto

From Spanish.

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Cuff

Various etymologies: * As an English surname, from Middle English cuffe (“glove”); see cuff. * As an Irish surname, from mac duibh (“son of the dark one”), see Duff. * As a Cornish surname, from cuf (“kind, dear”), from

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Cuffe

Variant of Cuff.

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Cuffy

Variant of Cuffee.

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Cugir

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Cugir.

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Cui

Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 崔 (cuī). Doublet of Chui.

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Cully

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Colla (“descendant of Colla”), a personal name of unknown origin.

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Culm

Source etymology material for Culm; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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Cumae

Borrowed from Latin Cūmae, from Ancient Greek Κύμη (Kúmē).

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Cuman

From Medieval Latin Cumani, from Medieval Greek Κουμάνοι (Koumánoi), perhaps ultimately from the name of the Kuma River.

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Cumb

Shortened form of Cumbria taking all the letters of the first syllable and the consonant of the second syllable.

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Cumba

Borrowed from Tagalog Cumba. See that for more details.

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Cumby

Reduced form of McCombie. Alternatively, a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.

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Cundi

From Sanskrit चुन्दि (cundi).

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Cundy

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Condé.

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Cuneo

Borrowed from Italian Cuneo, from Latin cuneus (“wedge”), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers. Doublet of coin.

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Cuny

Borrowed from French Cuny.

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Cuoco

Borrowed from Italian Cuoco.

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Cuomo

Borrowed from Italian Cuomo.

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Cup

Capitalization of cup

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Cupa

Borrowed from Cupeño.

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Cupan

From Cupeño Cupa, the name of the Cupeño people for their homeland, or from Cupeño + -an.

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Cupar

From Pictish *ᚉᚒᚚᚓᚏ (cuper, “confluence”), compare Welsh cymer.

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Cupid

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwep- Proto-Indo-European *kup-yé-tider. Proto-Italic *kupjō Latin cupiō Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin -ēdō Latin -īdō Latin cupīdō Latin Cupīdōder. English Cupid From Latin Cupīd

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Curci

Borrowed from Italian Curci.

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Cure

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced from McClure. Also compare McIver. * As an English surname, from the noun cure.

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These source reports extend Wiktionary’s work through Kaikki / Wiktextract, with attribution and visible extraction limits. A relationship mentioned in a source is not automatically the immediate parent of a word. Newly written research analyses cite their own references. The reviewed graph has a separate evidence contract and counter.

The full multilingual corpus remains local; this directory covers only the bounded English slice. See exactly what has been acquired and published →