Dog Names That Start With C

Chanel

The name of a famous French luxury fashion brand.

Chantal

French, from the Old Occitan 'cantal' — a stone.

Chante

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Chanti

Chanty

Modern variant of the word 'chant'.

Chapo

Antillean Creole, from French chapeau; also a Kenyan English word for chapati

Charcoal

Charisa

Recorded as a feminine given name in English; no meaning is documented

Charissa

Elaborated form of Charis, used in Ancient Greek and Greek

Charlee

Feminine variant of Charlie

Charleigh

Strictly feminine variant of Charlie

Charli

Variant of Charlie, typically feminine

Charlie Barkin

Charlize

Feminine form of Charles, using the Afrikaans name suffix ize

Charlott

A short form of Charlotta and a phonetic spelling of French Charlotte

Charlotta

Swedish and other European feminine form of Charlotte, from Charles.

Charlotte

French feminine diminutive of Charles.

Charly

English given name, a diminutive of Charles and a variant of Charlie

Charm

The English word for an attractive or appealing quality

Charmer

One who charms; from the English verb charm

Charming

English word meaning pleasant and charismatic, recorded as a masculine given name

Charna

A Yiddish feminine given name, from a Slavic word meaning "black" or "dark".

Charo

Spanish diminutive of Rosario

Charu

Beautiful or precious in Sanskrit

Charvi

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Chas

Diminutive of Charles, formed as an abbreviation of that name.

Chase

From an English surname meaning "chase, hunt" in Middle English

Chasen

Recorded as a given name in modern English

Chaser

Chasey

Recorded as a given name in modern English, used for both girls and boys

Chaska

From Lakota or Dakota čhask, meaning "firstborn son"

Chasko

Chasper

Chasse

Chatty

Recorded as an English given name, feminine, in a user-submitted entry

Chauncey

From a Norman surname of unknown meaning

Chauncy

A given name and surname; also the name of an album, a school and an award

Chaveyo

A Hopi kachina, the Giant Ogre, also written Tsaveyo

Chavez

From Spanish Chávez, variant of Galician Chaves, a place in Portugal

Chaya

Derived from Hebrew חָיָה (ḥaya) meaning "living"

Chayenne

Chaymo

Chayton

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Chaz

A diminutive of Charles, originally from the abbreviation Chas.

Chealy

Chebell

Checko

Checky

Checo

A nickname for 'Federico', which means peaceful ruler

Cheddar

English: the village of Cheddar in Somerset, or the cheese named after it

Cheech

Recorded as a rare masculine given name in English

Cheechee

Cheer

The word cheer originally meant face or countenance; later, a shout of encouragement

Cheery

Cheese

The English word for a dairy product made from curdled milk

Cheesy

Cheeto

Chela

Diminutive of Graciela or Marcela

Chelle

Diminutive of Michelle

Chelsea

English, from the London district name meaning "chalk landing place"

Chelsie

A variant of Chelsea.

Chelsy

A variant of the name Chelsea, which means 'port for chalk or limestone'

Chena

Chenoa

No documented word meaning; the stage name of an Argentine-Spanish singer

Cheo

From Hakka 鄒 / 邹 (chêu)

Chepita

Spanish diminutive form of Chepa, recorded as a feminine given name

Cher

Short form of Cheryl; for the musician Cher, short for Cherilyn

Chera

Recorded as a given name in Judeo-Provençal (feminine) and Ossetian (masculine)

Cherith

A name of Hebrew origin meaning 'stream' or 'wadi'.

Cheroke

Cherry

From the English word for the fruit, from Latin cerasium and Greek kerasion

Cherrybell

Cheru

Recorded as a masculine given name in Amharic

Chery

Recorded as a rare, archaic French masculine given name

Chesapeake

A word used for the Chesapeake people, Chesapeake Bay and the Delmarva Peninsula

Chesco

Spanish corruption of refresco; colloquial short form of Chester County, Pennsylvania

Cheshire

A region in England known for its cheese and the Cheshire Cat from 'Alice in Wonderland.'

Chessa

An Italian surname; also recorded as a rare feminine given name in American English

Chessie Belle

Chestnut

Chestnut: the deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Castanea, and the edible nuts they produce

Chet

English short form of Chester

Chev

Cheveyo

Chevy

Diminutive of Chevrolet, formed by clipping the name and adding -y

Chew Barka

Chewbacca

A character from Star Wars known for his loyalty and strength

Chewbecca

Chewie

Nickname for Chewbacca, a character in the Star Wars franchise

Chewy

An Australian abbreviation for chewing gum; also a wine tasting descriptor

Cheyanne

Variant of Cheyenne, probably influenced by the name Anne

Cheyenne

A Native American name meaning 'people of the south wind'.

Chhaya

Sanskrit chāyā, "shadow" or "shade", and the Hindu goddess of shadow

Chia

A type of seed valued for its health benefits

Chianti

Chiaro

Italian for light or clear

Chiba

A Japanese surname, written ちば, 千葉 or 地場

Chibbi

Chibby

Chibs

Chica

Diminutive of Francisca