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Dog names starting with C

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Girl names (273)

Cadence
The closing turn of a musical phrase
Cadenza
A soloist's showy flourish near the end · Italian
Cadi
Welsh short form of Catrin · Welsh · small dogs
Caelia
Roman name meaning heavenly · Latin
Cahaya
Means light in Malay and Indonesian · Malay
Caipirinha
Brazil's cachaca, lime and sugar cocktail · Portuguese
Cajeta
A goat's milk caramel · Mexican Spanish
Calamansi
A tiny Filipino citrus fruit, sour and bright · Filipino
Calamity
After Calamity Jane, frontierswoman and scout
Calandria
Spanish for lark · Spanish
Calcite
A clear crystal mineral found in limestone and marble · Latin
Caldera
A great bowl shaped crater left after a volcano collapses · Spanish
Calendula
Pot marigold used in salves and salads · Latin
Cali
Nickname for California
Calima
A warm dusty haze that blows from the Sahara over the Canary Islands · Spanish
Calla
A tall white lily with a curled bloom
Callie
Short form of Callista, Greek for most beautiful · Greek
Calliope
Greek muse of epic poetry · Greek
Callisto
One of the four large moons of Jupiter
Calypso
A sea nymph of the Odyssey · Greek
Camelia
French spelling of camellia, the glossy winter flowering shrub · French
Camellia
An evergreen shrub with waxy flowers
Cameo
A crisp striped apple found in Washington State
Camila
Spanish name for a young attendant at a ceremony · Spanish
Camilla
A warrior maiden so swift she could run across a cornfield without bending a stalk · Latin
Campanula
The bellflower, from the Latin for little bell · Latin
Canberra
The capital of Australia, a planned city by a lake
Candida
Latin for bright white · Latin
Candlelight
The warm glow of a candle
Candy
Dorgi kept by Queen Elizabeth the Second
Candy Cane
Red and white striped peppermint sweet hung on the tree
Candyfloss
Spun sugar on a stick, called fairy floss in Australia and cotton candy in the US · small dogs
Canela
Spanish for cinnamon · Spanish
Canna
A tropical plant with big paddle leaves and fiery flowers · Latin
Cannelle
French for cinnamon · French
Cantaloupe
A sweet orange fleshed melon
Cantata
A sung work for voices and instruments · Italian
Cantik
Means pretty or beautiful in Indonesian · Indonesian
Caoimhe
Irish name meaning gentle and beautiful · Irish
Capella
Bright golden star in the charioteer constellation
Capivara
Portuguese for capybara, the laid back giant rodent · Portuguese
Capri
Island town in the Bay of Naples · Italian
Capriola
Italian for a little leap or caper · Italian
Capucine
French for nasturtium, the bright orange garden flower · French
Cara
Irish word for friend · Irish
Carambola
Another name for the star fruit
Caramel
Sugar heated until it turns golden brown, from the Spanish
Cardrona
A New Zealand ski field and valley between Wanaka and Queenstown
Cariad
Welsh, sweetheart · Welsh
Carina
Italian, dear little one · Italian · small dogs
Caritas
Latin for love and kindness · Latin
Carla
Feminine of Carl, free woman · German
Carlota
Spanish form of Charlotte · Spanish
Carlotta
Italian form of Charlotte · Italian
Carly
Pet form of Carla or Caroline, free woman
Carmel
A California seaside village of cottages and cypress trees
Carmela
Italian, from Mount Carmel, garden · Italian
Carmen
Spanish, from a title of the Virgin Mary · Spanish
Carmenere
A lost Bordeaux grape found again in Chile · French
Carmine
A deep crimson red pigment
Carnation
A frilly scented flower given on Mother's Day
Carol
A Christmas song sung door to door
Carolina
For the Carolinas of the American south
Caroline
Feminine of Carolus, free woman · Latin
Carpathia
After the Carpathian Mountains that curve through central Europe
Carrie
Pet form of Caroline, free woman
Carys
Welsh, love · Welsh
Casablanca
A Moroccan port whose name means white house in Spanish · Spanish
Cascara
Tea brewed from dried coffee cherry husks · Spanish
Cassandra
Trojan seer whose warnings were never believed · Greek
Cassata
A Sicilian sponge cake layered with ricotta and candied fruit · Italian
Cassatt
Mary Cassatt, the American Impressionist painter of mothers and children
Cassia
Bark spice sold as the bolder kind of cinnamon · Greek
Cassidy
Irish surname from Caiside, curly haired · Irish
Cassie
Pet form of Cassandra, the Greek prophetess of Troy · Greek
Cassiopeia
The W shaped constellation of the north
Catalina
An island off Los Angeles with wild bison
Catalpa
A tree with heart shaped leaves and long bean pods · Creek
Catarina
Portuguese form of Katherine · Portuguese
Caterina
Italian form of Katherine · Italian
Catherine
Catherine the Great of Russia and three wives of Henry VIII · Greek
Cathy
Wild hearted heroine of Wuthering Heights · English
Catrin
Welsh form of Katherine · Welsh
Catriona
Scottish Gaelic form of Katherine · Scottish
Cauda
A tail cloud trailing from a storm, Latin for tail · Latin
Cava
A Spanish sparkling wine · Spanish
Cayenne
A hot ground chilli
Cece
Pet form of Cecilia or any name starting with C
Cecelia
A spelling of Cecilia, patron saint of music · Latin
Cecile
French form of Cecilia, patron saint of music · French
Cecilia
Roman family name Caecilius, patron saint of music · Latin
Ceilidh
A Gaelic gathering with music and dancing · Scottish
Celadon
A pale jade green glaze of Chinese porcelain · French
Celaeno
A star of the Pleiades, named for one of the seven sisters · Greek
Celandine
A small glossy yellow flower of early spring · Greek · small dogs
Celesta
A keyboard of chiming bells, the sound of the Sugar Plum Fairy · Italian
Celeste
Latin, of the sky · Latin
Celestite
A sky blue crystal, from the Latin for heavenly · Latin
Celia
Rosalind's devoted cousin in As You Like It · Latin
Celine
French form of Caelina, heavenly · French
Celmisia
The New Zealand mountain daisy · Greek
Ceres
Largest object in the asteroid belt · Latin
Cereza
Spanish for cherry · Spanish
Ceria
Means cheerful in Malay · Malay
Ceridwen
Enchantress of the Welsh Mabinogi · Welsh
Cerise
French word for cherry · French
Cerridwen
Welsh goddess who stirred the cauldron of inspiration · Welsh
Cerys
Welsh name meaning love · Welsh
Cezerye
A carrot and nut sweet from Mersin · Turkish
Chaba
Means hibiscus in Thai · Thai
Chablis
A crisp dry white wine from northern Burgundy · French
Chaika
Russian for seagull, a Soviet space dog of 1960 · Russian
Chalcedony
A soft, milky form of quartz · Greek
Chalet
A wooden mountain house of the Alps · French
Chalupa
A fried boat shaped corn shell · Mexican Spanish
Cham Cham
An oval Bengali sweet of cheese in syrup · Bengali
Chamomile
Daisy like flower dried for a calming tea · Greek
Chamonix
The French valley town under Mont Blanc
Champagne
The sparkling wine of the Champagne region · French
Chanda
Means moon in Hindi, a soft name for a pale or gentle dog · Hindi
Chandi
Means silver in Hindi, for a silvery coat · Hindi
Chandni
Means moonlight in Hindi · Hindi
Chang'e
The goddess who flew to the moon, where she lives with the Jade Rabbit · Chinese
Chanterelle
A golden trumpet shaped wild mushroom · French
Chantilly
Sweet whipped cream, named after the French chateau · French
Chara
Greek for joy · Greek
Chardonnay
A white wine grape
Charlotte
French name meaning free woman · French
Chartreuse
A vivid yellow green named after a French liqueur · French
Chaser
Border collie who learned the names of over a thousand toys
Chau
Means pearl or gem in Vietnamese · Vietnamese
Cheesecake
A rich cake of sweetened soft cheese on a biscuit base
Chelsea
Riverside district of London
Cherie
French, darling · French
Cherimoya
The custard apple, sweet and creamy
Chernushka
Russian for blackie, a space dog who orbited Earth in 1961 · Russian
Cherry
A small red stone fruit, from the Old French cherise
Cherry Pepper
A round red pepper like a cherry · small dogs
Chesapeake
The great bay of Maryland and Virginia, home of a retriever breed · big dogs
Cheyenne
Capital of Wyoming
Chiara
Italian, bright or clear · Italian
Chica
Spanish for girl · Spanish
ChiChi
A doubled pet name, a favourite for small lap dogs · small dogs
Chick
A fluffy yellow baby chicken · small dogs
Chiffon
A light airy cake
Chikoo
The sweet brown sapodilla fruit, a very popular Indian dog name · Hindi
Chimera
Fire breathing beast of Greek myth · Greek
Chinni
Means little one in Telugu · Telugu · small dogs
Chione
Greek for snow, a daughter of the north wind · Greek
Chipo
Means gift in Shona · Shona
Chispa
Spanish for spark · Spanish · small dogs
Chiyo
A thousand generations · Japanese
Chloe
Greek, young green shoot · Greek
Chloris
Greek for pale green, a nymph of flowers and spring · Greek
Cho
Means butterfly in Japanese, for a light, dainty dog · Japanese · small dogs
Chogolisa
A Karakoram peak once called Bride Peak · Balti
Chorong
Korean for a paper lantern · Korean · small dogs
Chouette
French for owl, also slang for great or lovely · French
Chrysa
Greek name meaning golden · Greek
Chrysoprase
An apple green chalcedony gem · Greek
Chun
Korean for spring, the season · Korean
Chunhua
Means spring blossom in Mandarin · Chinese
Churchkhela
Walnuts strung and dipped in thickened grape juice · Georgian
Chutki
Means a pinch in Hindi, for a tiny dog · Hindi · small dogs
Ciabatta
Airy Italian bread whose name means slipper · Italian
Ciara
Irish name meaning dark · Irish
Ciccia
Italian pet name for a chubby cutie · Italian
Cicek
Means flower in Turkish · Turkish
Cici
Means pretty or nice in Turkish, a word used with little ones · Turkish · small dogs
Cider
A drink fermented from apples, from the Greek sikera
Cilek
Means strawberry in Turkish · Turkish
Ciliegia
Italian for cherry · Italian
Cindy
Pet form of Cynthia, a common dog name for decades
Cinnamon
A warm brown spice made from the bark of a tree
Cinta
Means love in Indonesian and Malay · Indonesian
Circe
Enchantress of Greek myth who lived alone on an island · Greek
Citlali
Nahuatl name meaning star · Nahuatl
Citrine
The yellow variety of quartz
Clafoutis
A baked custard dessert with cherries from Limousin · French
Claire
French name meaning clear and bright · French
Clara
Latin name meaning bright and clear · Latin
Clarice
The trainee agent of The Silence of the Lambs
Clarissa
Latin, very bright, the heroine of Richardson's novel · Latin
Claudia
Latin family name from an old Roman line · Latin
Claudine
French diminutive of Claude, a classic Parisian name · French
Clematis
Climbing vine that covers walls in star flowers · Greek
Clemence
French name meaning mercy · French
Clementine
A small sweet citrus
Clemmie
Pet form of Clementine, merciful
Cleo
Short for Cleopatra
Cleopatra
The last pharaoh of Egypt
Clio
Greek muse of history · Greek
Cliona
Irish goddess of love and beauty · Irish
Clivia
A shade loving lily with orange flowers from South Africa
Clodagh
River in County Tipperary, Ireland · Irish
Cloudberry
A golden berry of the far north · small dogs
Clover
A lucky little field flower
Cocada
A chewy coconut sweet · Spanish
Cocoa
Powder made from the cacao bean, used for brown coats
Coconut Ice
A pink and white coconut sweet · small dogs
Coda
The closing passage of a piece of music · Italian
Coille
Scottish Gaelic for forest · Scottish
Colette
French pet form of Nicole · French
Colleen
Irish word for a girl · Irish
Colombe
French word for dove · French
Columba
The dove constellation, Latin for dove · Latin
Columbia
A great river of the Pacific Northwest, and an old poetic name for America
Columbine
A nodding flower named from the Latin for dove · Latin
Comice
A sweet buttery pear, the Doyenne du Comice
Concertina
A small hexagonal squeezebox
Concetta
Italian, from Immacolata Concezione · Italian
Conchita
Spanish nickname meaning little shell · Spanish · small dogs
Concordia
Latin for harmony, the Roman goddess of agreement and peace · Latin
Coneflower
A daisy with a raised cone at its centre
Confetti
Tiny scraps of coloured paper thrown at a celebration · small dogs
Constanca
Portuguese form of Constance, meaning steadfast · Portuguese
Constance
Virtue name meaning steadfastness · Latin
Consuelo
Spanish for comfort or consolation · Spanish
Cookie
A sweet baked biscuit, from the Dutch koekje, little cake
Coorie
Scots for snuggle in or nestle · Scottish
Copia
Latin for abundance and plenty · Latin
Cora
Greek, maiden · Greek
Coral
The hard pink structure built by tiny sea polyps
Coralie
French name drawn from coral · French
Corazon
Spanish, heart · Spanish
Cordelia
A Shakespearean heroine
Cordoba
A city in Andalusia, Spain, known for its great Mezquita and flower filled patios · Spanish
Corella
A white Australian cockatoo · Wiradjuri
Coreopsis
Tickseed, a cheerful golden daisy of the prairies · Greek
Corinne
French form of Korinna, maiden · French
Cornelia
Roman family name popular in Victorian times · Latin
Corona
Latin for crown, two constellations and the glowing edge of the Sun · Latin
Coronation
The crowning of a new monarch
Coronet
A small crown · small dogs
Correa
Australian native fuchsia with hanging bell flowers · Australian
Corsica
A mountainous French island in the Mediterranean · French
Cortina
The Dolomites resort town
Cortona
A Tuscan hill town of olive groves and stone streets · Italian
Cosette
Girl in the novel Les Miserables · French · small dogs
Cosmopolitan
A pink cranberry and vodka cocktail
Cottonball
A ball of soft cotton wool · small dogs
Countess
A noblewoman, the wife of a count or an earl
Courgette
Young marrow picked small, the name means little gourd · French
Cowgirl
A woman who rides and works cattle
Cowrie
A glossy sea shell once traded as money · small dogs
Cowslip
A small yellow spring flower of English meadows · small dogs
Cranachan
Scottish pudding of cream, oats, whisky, honey and raspberries · Scottish
Cranberry
Sharp red bog berry served with roast dinners
Cream
The pale yellowish white of cream
Crema
Golden foam that sits on a good espresso · Italian
Creme
French for cream · French
Crescent
The thin curved shape of a young Moon
Cressida
A heroine of medieval romance, later used by Shakespeare
Crete
Largest of the Greek islands · Greek
Cricket
A small chirping insect, also the bat and ball game · small dogs
Crimson
A deep rich red
Crocosmia
A fiery orange flower whose dried petals smell of saffron · Greek
Croquembouche
A tower of cream puffs bound with spun caramel · French · big dogs
Crostata
An Italian jam tart with a lattice top · Italian
Crumpet
A soft griddle cake eaten in Britain · English
Crystal
Clear quartz, from the Greek krystallos, ice
Culebra
Culebra Peak in Colorado, Spanish for snake · Spanish
Cupcake
A small cake baked in a paper case, also a term of affection · small dogs
Curie
Marie Curie, the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences · French
Curiosity
Rover that has been exploring Mars since 2012
Custard
A thick yellow sauce of milk, eggs and sugar
Cutie
Short for cute, an obvious truth
Cutie Pie
A pet name for someone adorable · small dogs
Cvita
Croatian name meaning flower · Croatian
Cybele
The Phrygian mother goddess who rode a chariot drawn by lions · Phrygian
Cyclamen
A winter flower with swept back petals · Greek
Cygnet
A baby swan, fluffy and grey · small dogs
Cynthia
A name of Artemis, from Mount Cynthus where she was born · Greek

Boy names (342)

Caber
The long log tossed at the Highland games · Scottish · big dogs
Cabo
Beach resort at the tip of Baja California · Spanish
Cabot
John Cabot, the Venetian navigator who reached North America in 1497 · Italian
Cactus
A desert plant that stores its own water
Cadfael
Welsh name meaning battle prince · Welsh
Cadmus
The founder of Thebes who brought the alphabet to Greece · Greek
Cadog
Welsh name meaning battle · Welsh
Caelum
Latin for sky and heaven · Latin
Caesar
The Roman family name that became a title · Latin · big dogs
Cai
Welsh form of Kay, a fierce companion of King Arthur · Welsh
Cailean
Scottish Gaelic for a whelp, a young dog · Scottish
Caine
Irish surname, from Gaelic Cathan meaning battle · Irish
Caio
Portuguese form of Gaius · Portuguese
Cairngorm
A high windswept plateau range in Scotland · Scottish · big dogs
Cairo
Capital of Egypt
Cajon
A box drum from Peru that you sit on and slap · Spanish
Cajun
The French speaking culture of south Louisiana, and its spicy cooking · French
Cal
Short form of Calvin or Callum
Caleb
Hebrew name meaning whole hearted · Hebrew
Calgary
An Alberta city at the foot of the Rockies, home of the Stampede
Caliban
A moon of Uranus named after the wild islander in The Tempest
Calisson
A diamond shaped almond sweet from Aix en Provence · French
Callistemon
The bottlebrush, from the Greek for beautiful stamen · Greek
Callum
Scottish form of Columba, Latin for dove · Scottish
Calvados
An apple brandy from Normandy · French
Calvin
French surname from Latin calvus, bald · French
Calzone
Folded pizza from Naples, the name means trouser leg · Italian
Camazotz
The bat god of Maya legend · Maya
Camden
A London town known for markets and music
Camembert
Soft Normandy cheese with a white rind · French
Cameron
Scottish Gaelic cam shron, crooked nose · Scottish
Camilo
Spanish form of Camillus, a young attendant at Roman rites · Spanish
Can
Means soul or life in Turkish, also a word of affection · Turkish
Canaletto
The Venetian painter of canals and city views · Italian
Canelo
Spanish for cinnamon coloured · Spanish
Canmore
A mountain town in Alberta beside Banff National Park
Cannolo
A single Sicilian cannoli, a crisp shell of sweet ricotta · Italian
Cannon
A big black iron gun, for a dog that launches after the ball · big dogs
Canopus
Second brightest star in the night sky
Canuck
Slang for a Canadian
Canute
Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway · Norse
Canyon
A deep river cut gorge · big dogs
Caolan
Irish name meaning slender · Irish
Cape
A point of land reaching out into the sea
Cape Horn
The stormy southern tip of South America, feared by sailors
Capercaillie
The giant grouse of Scottish pine forests · Scottish Gaelic · big dogs
Capitan
An Argentine German Shepherd who kept watch by his owner's grave for years · Spanish
Cappuccino
Espresso with steamed milk, named after Capuchin robes
Capricorn
The sea goat constellation of the zodiac · Latin
Captain
The commander of a ship · big dogs
Captain Sniffer
A captain of the nose, for a dog who sniffs everything
Caradoc
A knight of the Round Table and Welsh hero · Welsh
Caradog
Welsh name meaning beloved · Welsh
Carajillo
Espresso with a splash of brandy or liqueur · Spanish
Caravaggio
The Italian painter of dramatic light and dark · Italian
Carbon
The element that makes coal and graphite
Cardinal
A crested red songbird of North America
Cariboo
A ranching and gold rush region of British Columbia
Caribou
The wild reindeer of North America · Mikmaq · big dogs
Carlito
Spanish diminutive of Carlos, little Charles · Spanish
Carlo
Emily Dickinson's Newfoundland and writing companion · big dogs
Carlos
Spanish form of Charles, meaning free man · Spanish
Carlton
English place name, settlement of free peasants
Carmelo
Italian and Spanish, from Mount Carmel, garden · Italian
Carpenter
A builder who works with wood
Carson
Scottish surname of uncertain origin · Scottish
Carter
One who drives a cart
Carthage
The ancient city in North Africa that rivalled Rome · Phoenician
Cartwright
A maker of carts and wagons
Caruso
The dog of President William Taft, named after the great tenor · Italian
Carvalho
Portuguese for oak tree · Portuguese
Carver
George Washington Carver, the agricultural scientist famous for peanuts
Cascabel
A round chilli that rattles when shaken, meaning little bell · Mexican Spanish
Cash
American English, ready money
Casimir
Polish Kazimierz, destroyer of peace, a royal name · Polish
Caspar
One of the three wise men who brought gifts to the infant Jesus
Casper
Persian name meaning treasurer · Persian
Caspian
The largest inland sea on earth
Cassini
Spacecraft that spent thirteen years at Saturn
Cassius
Roman family name, perhaps from Latin cassus, empty · Latin
Castor
One of the twin stars of Gemini
Catapult
A siege machine that hurls stones, for a dog who launches off the couch
Cathal
Irish name meaning strong in battle · Irish · big dogs
Cato
Roman name from Latin catus, wise, after the Roman statesman · Latin
Catskill
The Catskill Mountains of New York · Dutch
Catullus
The Roman poet who wrote of love and of his sweetheart's sparrow · Latin
Catulus
Latin for puppy · Latin · small dogs
Caua
Brazilian name from Tupi, meaning hawk · Brazilian Portuguese
Caucasus
The mountain range between the Black Sea and the Caspian
Cavendish
A Prince Edward Island beach village linked to Anne of Green Gables
Cavern
A large cave deep underground
Cayo
Spanish form of Gaius, with quiet strength · Spanish
Ceanothus
California lilac, a shrub of deep blue flowers · Greek
Cecil
Old British given name from a Roman family name
Cedar
An aromatic evergreen
Cedric
Welsh rooted name meaning bounty or kindly · Welsh
Celer
Latin for swift · Latin
Cello
A large, deep toned stringed instrument, from the Italian · big dogs
Celsius
Anders Celsius, the Swedish astronomer of the temperature scale · Swedish
Celsus
Roman name meaning tall · Latin · big dogs
Centurion
A Roman officer who commanded a century of soldiers · Latin · big dogs
Century
A hundred runs in cricket, a great innings
Ceol
Scottish Gaelic for music · Scottish
Cepheus
The king constellation near the north pole of the sky
Cerberus
The three headed hound at the gate of the underworld · Greek · big dogs
Cernunnos
The great horned one, a Celtic god of wild animals · Celtic · big dogs
Cervantes
Spanish author of Don Quixote · Spanish
Cervino
The Italian name for the Matterhorn · Italian
Cesare
Italian form of Caesar · Italian
Cesur
Means brave in Turkish · Turkish
Cetus
The sea monster constellation · Latin · big dogs
Chagall
Marc Chagall, the painter of dreamy flying lovers · Russian
Chamberlain
The officer who ran a royal household · French
Chamego
Brazilian word for cuddly affection · Brazilian Portuguese
Champ
Short for champion · big dogs
Champlain
Samuel de Champlain, the founder of Quebec · French
Champurrado
A thick chocolate atole · Mexican Spanish
Chan
Brilliant, shining · Korean
Chance
Classic name for a rescue dog given a second chance
Chand
Means moon in Hindi and Urdu · Hindi
Chandan
Means sandalwood in Hindi, fragrant and precious · Hindi
Chandler
A candle maker, and later a ship's supplier
Chaplin
English occupational surname for a chaplain, after the silent film comic
Chaps
Leather leg coverings worn by cowboys in the brush
Charango
A small Andean guitar · Spanish · small dogs
Charcoal
Burnt wood, and the dark grey to black it leaves
Chardin
Jean Baptiste Chardin, the French painter of still lifes · French
Charlemagne
Frankish king crowned emperor of the west · French · big dogs
Charles
Germanic Karl, meaning free man
Charley
John Steinbeck's poodle on his drive across America
Charlie
Top male dog name in the UK and Australia
Charolais
A big cream coloured French cattle breed · French · big dogs
Charon
Large moon that circles with Pluto
Chaucer
Medieval poet of The Canterbury Tales · English
Chauffeur
A paid driver, French for a stoker of steam engines · French
Chauncey
Norman surname from the town of Chancey · French
Checkers
Cocker spaniel at the heart of a famous 1952 speech
Cheddar
English cheese from the Somerset village
Chekhov
Russian playwright and short story writer · Russian
Cheshire
The grinning cat of Wonderland
Chester
Roman walled city in north west England
Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton, writer of the Father Brown stories
Chestnut
A glossy red brown
Chesty
The bulldog mascot of the US Marine Corps, named after a Marine legend
Chevalier
French word for knight · French
Cheviot
The highest of the Cheviot Hills on the Scottish border, also a breed of sheep
Chhotu
Hindi nickname for a small one, a household favourite for little dogs · Hindi · small dogs
Chico
Spanish, small boy · Spanish · small dogs
Chief
Long used name for the dog who leads the pack · big dogs
Chieftain
The leader of a clan or tribe
Chili
A hot red pepper, from the Nahuatl chilli
Chiltepin
A tiny wild chilli, the mother of all peppers · Mexican Spanish · small dogs
Chimborazo
An Ecuadorian volcano whose summit is the farthest point from Earth's centre · Quechua · big dogs
Chinook
A warm dry wind off the Rocky Mountains
Chip
A fried potato stick in Britain, a crisp in America
Chippendale
Thomas Chippendale, the cabinet maker of elegant furniture
Chipper
Old fashioned name for a bright, cheerful dog
Chips
American war dog who charged a machine gun nest in Sicily
Chiron
Wise centaur who taught the Greek heroes · Greek
Chisel
The sculptor's cutting tool
Chisholm
After the Chisholm Trail, the cattle trail from Texas to Kansas
Chook
Australian slang for a chicken
Chopin
Polish composer of poetic piano music · Polish
Chopper
For a dog with a strong set of teeth and a big appetite
Chorizo
Spanish paprika sausage · Spanish
Chotu
Means little one in Hindi, for a pint-sized dog · Hindi · small dogs
Chow Hound
A greedy eater, for a dog who never leaves a crumb
Chowder
A thick seafood soup, for a chunky pup
Chris
Short form of Christopher, bearer of Christ
Christian
The name of ten kings of Denmark · Danish
Christopher
Greek, bearer of Christ, patron saint of travellers · Greek
Chubbs
From chubby, meaning plump and round · small dogs
Chuck
Pet form of Charles, Germanic for free man
Chuckwagon
The kitchen wagon on a cattle drive, for a food loving pup
Chul
Korean for iron · Korean
Chulbul
Means naughty and playful in Hindi · Hindi
Chuma
Means iron in Swahili, for a strong, resilient dog · Swahili
Chunk
A thick, solid lump of something · big dogs
Chur
Kiwi slang for cheers or thanks
Churchill
Winston Churchill, the British wartime prime minister, a classic name for a bulldog · big dogs
Cian
Irish for ancient or enduring, the father of the hero Lugh · Irish
Ciaran
Irish name meaning little dark one · Irish
Cicero
Roman orator, from Latin cicer, chickpea · Latin
Cillian
Irish, from the word for church or strife · Irish
Cimarron
American Spanish for wild or untamed, and a river of the Santa Fe Trail · Spanish
Cinder
A small piece of burnt coal or ash, greyish black
Cioccolato
Italian for chocolate · Italian
Ciro
Italian form of Cyrus · Italian
Citadel
A fortress guarding a city · big dogs
Citron
A large fragrant citrus fruit · French
Clach
Scottish Gaelic for stone · Scottish
Clarence
English title name popular around 1900 · English
Clark
The mild mannered reporter alter ego
Clarus
Latin for clear and bright · Latin
Claude
French form of Claudius, a Roman family name · French
Claudius
Roman family name borne by an emperor · Latin
Clay
Heavy earth shaped and fired into pottery
Claymore
The great two handed Scottish sword · Scottish Gaelic · big dogs
Clayton
English place name, clay settlement
Clem
Short form of Clement, merciful
Clemens
Samuel Clemens, the real name of Mark Twain · Latin
Clement
Latin clemens, merciful · Latin
Clementi
Muzio Clementi, the pianist and piano maker · Italian
Cletus
Short form of Anacletus, called forth, an early pope · Greek
Cleveland
English place name, hilly land
Cliff
A steep rock face, also a short form of Clifford
Clifford
English surname, ford by a cliff
Clifton
English place name, settlement by a cliff
Clint
Short form of Clinton, settlement on a hill
Clipper
The fastest of the old cargo sailing ships
Clive
English surname, from the word for a cliff
Clogwyn
A Welsh word for a cliff or crag · Welsh
Cluaran
Scottish Gaelic for thistle · Scottish
Clyde
River running through Glasgow to the sea · Scottish
Clydesdale
Giant Scottish draught horse · Scottish · big dogs
Cnut
The Danish king of England who, in legend, could not hold back the tide · Old Norse
Coach
For a dog who runs the household and every walk
Coachman
The driver of a horse drawn coach
Coal
The black rock burned as fuel
Cobalto
Italian for cobalt blue · Italian
Cobber
Australian slang for a close friend
Cobbler
A baked fruit dessert under a scone like crust
Coby
Pet form of Jacob, Hebrew for supplanter · Hebrew
Cody
Irish surname carried west by Buffalo Bill
Cog
A tooth on a gear wheel, for a small dog who keeps things running · small dogs
Cognac
A fine French brandy from the town of Cognac · French
Coho
A silver salmon of the Pacific coast
Coinneach
Scottish Gaelic form of Kenneth, meaning handsome · Scottish
Cole
English surname from Old English col, charcoal
Coleman
Irish Colman, little dove, or an English charcoal burner · Irish
Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Colin
Scottish Gaelic name meaning young pup · Scottish
Collier
English surname for a charcoal maker or coal miner · English
Collodi
Carlo Collodi, the author of Pinocchio · Italian
Colm
Irish name meaning dove · Irish
Colombo
The seaside capital of Sri Lanka · Sinhala
Colonel
A senior army officer
Colorado
The river and state, Spanish for coloured red · Spanish
Colosseum
The great stone arena of ancient Rome · big dogs
Colossus
From the Greek kolossos, giant statue, as in the Colossus of Rhodes · Greek · big dogs
Colt
A young horse
Coltrane
John Coltrane, the jazz saxophonist
Combin
Grand Combin, a huge glacier covered Swiss massif · French · big dogs
Commander
German shepherd who lived in the Biden White House · big dogs
Commando
A soldier trained for daring raids
Commodore
A senior naval officer
Compass
Always knows the way home
Comte
A nutty mountain cheese from the Jura · French
Conall
Irish name meaning strong as a wolf · Irish · big dogs
Conan
Irish Gaelic Conan, little hound or little wolf · Irish
Concerto
A work for a soloist and an orchestra · Italian
Concho
A silver disc used to decorate western saddles and belts · Spanish
Condor
The great vulture of the Andes · big dogs
Congo
Great river of central Africa · big dogs
Coniston
A Lake District lake and the fell above it
Conker
The glossy brown seed of a horse chestnut
Conn
Possibly sense or head, the legendary king Conn of the Hundred Battles · Irish
Connla
From Old Irish for hound and warrior, son of the hero Cuchulainn · Irish
Conor
Irish name meaning lover of hounds · Irish
Conrad
Germanic name meaning bold counsel · German
Constable
A police officer, from the Latin comes stabuli, officer of the stable · Latin · big dogs
Constantine
Roman emperor who founded Constantinople · Latin
Contender
A serious challenger for the title
Cooktown
A far north Queensland town where Captain Cook beached his ship
Coolabah
The eucalypt in Waltzing Matilda · big dogs
Coonhound
A scent hound bred to tree raccoons
Cooper
English occupational surname, a barrel maker
Coot
A black water bird, and slang for a funny old man, as in old coot
Copain
French for pal or buddy · French
Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus, who put the Sun at the centre of the solar system · Polish
Copper
A reddish brown metal, from the Latin cuprum, Cyprus metal
Copperfield
David Copperfield, the hero of Dickens's most personal novel
Coqui
Tiny tree frog of Puerto Rico, named for its call · Puerto Rican · small dogs
Corbeau
French word for raven · French
Corbin
From a French surname derived from corbeau, raven, a nickname for dark hair · French
Cordovan
A rich burgundy brown of fine leather from Cordoba · Spanish
Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli, the Baroque violinist and composer · Italian
Corey
Irish surname, perhaps from Gaelic for cauldron or hollow · Irish
Corinth
An ancient Greek city on the narrow strip of land joining the Peloponnese · Greek
Corky
Lively and bouncy like a cork bobbing in water
Cormac
Legendary high king of Ireland · Irish · big dogs
Cornelius
Roman family name, possibly from Latin cornu, horn · Latin
Cornet
A small, mellow brass instrument like a trumpet
Coronado
A San Diego island town of white sand and a grand old hotel · Spanish
Corot
Camille Corot, the French landscape painter · French
Corporal
A junior rank in the army
Corsair
A fast sailing raider of the old seas
Cortado
Spanish espresso cut with warm milk · Spanish
Cortez
The old name for the Gulf of California · Spanish
Corvus
The crow constellation
Cosimo
Italian form of Cosmas, meaning order · Italian
Cosmo
Greek, order · Greek
Cotopaxi
A perfect snowy volcano cone in Ecuador · Quechua
Coubertin
After Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games · French
Cougar
The mountain lion of the Americas · big dogs
Couloir
A narrow snow gully on a mountain face · French
Count
A noble title, for a dog with a dignified air
Count Sniffalot
A noble with a nose for everything
Cowboy
Cattle hand of the American West
Cowhand
A ranch worker who tends cattle
Cowpoke
An old word for a cowboy
Coxswain
The person who steers and calls the stroke in a rowing boat
Coyote
The wild dog of the American West, from the Nahuatl coyotl · Nahuatl
Cracker
The paper Christmas cracker that pops when two people pull it
Crag
A steep rugged rock face
Craig
From Gaelic creag, a crag or rocky outcrop · Scottish
Cratchit
Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's kind clerk in Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Crawford
Scottish place name, crow's ford · Scottish
Crean
Tom Crean, the tough Irish Antarctic explorer · Irish
Crispin
Latin Crispinus, curly haired, patron saint of shoemakers · Latin
Crispus
Roman name meaning curly haired, ideal for a curly coat · Latin
Cristobal
Spanish form of Christopher · Spanish
Croc
Short for crocodile
Crockett
Davy Crockett, the American frontiersman
Croesus
The king of Lydia whose name means fabulously rich · Greek
Croft
A small Scottish farm
Cronus
Greek titan of time and the harvest · Greek
Crusher
Someone or something that crushes, for a toy destroyer · big dogs
Crusoe
The shipwrecked sailor in Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel
Cruz
Spanish for cross · Spanish
Cu
Irish for hound, as in the hero Cu Chulainn · Irish
Cu Sith
The Cu Sith, a huge green fairy hound of Scottish and Irish folklore · Scottish Gaelic · big dogs
Cubby
A little cub, for a round bear like puppy · small dogs
Cubist
An artist of Cubism, the movement of broken up angles and shapes
Cucciolo
Italian for puppy or cub · Italian · small dogs
Cuchulainn
Hound of Culann, the greatest hero of Ulster, who took the place of a guard dog · Irish · big dogs
Culann
The smith whose great hound was slain by the boy who became Cuchulainn · Irish
Cumin
A warm earthy seed used across Asia and Mexico
Cupid
Santa's reindeer in A Visit from St. Nicholas, named after the Roman god of love
Curtis
Old French corteis, courteous · French
Cusco
The old Inca capital high in the Andes of Peru · Quechua
Custos
Latin for guardian · Latin
Cutlass
A short curved pirate sword
Cutler
A maker of knives and cutlery
Cuttle
Captain Cuttle, the warm hearted old sea captain of Dombey and Son
Cuzco
The old Inca capital high in the Andes
Cyclone
A rotating storm, from the Greek kyklos, circle · big dogs
Cyclops
A one eyed giant of Greek myth, for a big dog with a big stare · Greek · big dogs
Cygnus
The swan constellation of the northern sky
Cypress
A tall narrow evergreen · big dogs
Cyril
Greek name meaning lordly · Greek
Cyrus
Founder of the Persian empire · Persian

Names for either (279)

Cabbage
A round leafy vegetable, from the French caboche, head
Cabernet
Bold red grape of Bordeaux · French
Caboose
The last car on a freight train, also slang for a bottom
Cacao
The bean chocolate and cocoa are made from · Nahuatl
Caddie
A golfer's bag carrier, from the French cadet, youngest son · French
Caddis
A small river fly and a favourite meal of trout
Cadet
A young trainee officer, perfect for a puppy in training · French
Cadiz
Ancient port city in southern Spain · Spanish
Caerphilly
A crumbly white Welsh cheese · Welsh
Cafune
Brazilian word for running your fingers gently through a loved one's hair · Brazilian Portuguese
Caiman
A small crocodile of Central and South America · Taino
Cairn
A stack of stones that marks a mountain path
Cairns
Tropical city in far north Queensland
Caju
Portuguese for cashew · Portuguese
Calf
A baby cow · small dogs
Calico
A three colour coat pattern
Calin
French for a cuddle · French
Camel
A desert animal with a hump, for a sandy coloured dog
Camelot
King Arthur's legendary castle and court
Camille
French name used for boys and girls alike · French
Camper
Someone who loves sleeping under canvas
Campion
A pink or white wildflower of hedgerows
Canary
A little yellow bird famous for singing · small dogs
Cancun
Beach city on the Caribbean coast of Mexico · Spanish
Cannellini
Creamy white Italian kidney beans · Italian
Cannes
Resort town on the French Riviera · French
Cannoli
Sicilian pastry tube filled with sweet ricotta · Italian
Canteen
A water bottle carried on a hike
Canvas
The woven cloth that painters work on
Canvasback
A North American diving duck with a sloping head
Capers
Pickled flower buds of the caper bush · small dogs
Capriccio
A lively, playful piece of music · Italian
Capuchin
A clever monkey named after the hooded robes of friars · Italian
Capulet
Juliet's family in Romeo and Juliet
Capybara
The world's biggest rodent, calm and friendly · Tupi · big dogs
Carabiner
A metal clip that keeps climbers safe on the rope · German
Caracal
A wild cat with long black ear tufts · Turkish
Caracara
A falcon of the Americas that walks about on long legs · Tupi
Caraid
Scottish Gaelic for friend · Scottish
Caravan
A group travelling together across a desert, or a home on wheels · Persian
Caraway
Curved seed baked into rye bread and cakes
Cardamom
A fragrant pod used from India to Scandinavia
Cardiff
Capital city of Wales · Welsh
Carnelian
A warm red orange form of quartz · Latin
Carrick
Irish word for rock · Irish
Carroll
Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland · English
Carrot
The orange root, a crunchy favourite
Cartographer
A maker of maps
Cartouche
The oval frame around a royal name in hieroglyphs · Ancient Egyptian
Cascade
A falling run of water
Casey
Irish name meaning vigilant or watchful · Irish
Cashel
Irish town built round a rock fortress · Irish
Cashew
The curved, pale nut, for a small cream or golden dog · small dogs
Cask
Wooden barrel that ale and whisky mature in
Cassis
French word for blackcurrant · French
Cassowary
A huge flightless bird of the Queensland rainforest · Malay · big dogs
Caster
Someone who casts a fishing line
Catbird
A bird that mews like a cat, a funny name for a dog
Catmint
The plant that sends cats giddy, a cheeky name for a dog
Cattail
A tall brown headed reed of ponds
Cauldron
The witch's bubbling pot
Cauliflower
A white flowering head of the cabbage family
Cavan
County in the Irish midlands · Irish
Caviar
Salted sturgeon roe eaten as a delicacy · Persian
Cebu
An island province in the Philippines known for beaches and dried mangoes · Filipino
Celery
Crunchy green stalks
Celtic
The Celtic Sea off Ireland, Wales and Cornwall
Celyn
Welsh for holly · Welsh
Cendol
An iced dessert with green jelly, coconut milk and palm sugar · Malay
Cenote
A natural sinkhole pool of clear water, found in the Yucatan · Maya
Ceo
Irish for mist · Irish
Cepat
Means fast in Malay, for a speedy, agile dog · Malay
Ceri
Welsh name meaning to love · Welsh
Cerulean
The deep sky blue, from the Latin for heaven · Latin
Ceviz
Means walnut in Turkish · Turkish
Ceylon
Bright black tea from the hills of Sri Lanka · Sinhalese
Cezanne
French painter of Provence · French
Cha Yen
Thai iced milk tea, bright orange and sweet · Thai
Chaat
Tangy Indian street snacks, from the Hindi for to lick · Hindi
Chacha
A strong Georgian grape spirit · Georgian
Chaffinch
A common finch with a cheerful rattling song · small dogs
Chai
Hindi, tea · Hindi
Chairo
Japanese for brown, literally tea colour · Japanese
Chaiyo
Means cheers or hooray in Thai · Thai
Chalk
Soft white limestone, from the Latin calx, lime
Chameleon
A lizard that changes colour, for a dog of many moods · Greek
Chamois
A nimble goat antelope of the Alps, said sham-wah · French
Chamoy
A sweet, sour and salty fruit sauce · Mexican Spanish
Champorado
A Filipino chocolate rice porridge · Filipino
Chandra
Sanskrit for the moon · Sanskrit
Channa
Means moon in Punjabi · Punjabi
Chaos Bean
A small dog full of mayhem · small dogs
Chapati
A soft wholewheat flatbread · Hindi
Char Siu
Cantonese barbecued pork with a red honey glaze · Chinese
Chase
English, hunter
Chattanooga
A Tennessee river city famous for its old train song
Che
A sweet Vietnamese dessert soup or pudding · Vietnamese
Cheerio
A friendly British goodbye
Cheese
The dairy treat every dog begs for
Cheetah
The fastest land animal, a spotted cat · big dogs
Chef
The head cook in a kitchen, French for chief
Chen
Chinese for dawn or morning · Chinese
Cheong
Means blue or clear in Korean · Korean
Cherub
A chubby winged child angel in paintings · small dogs
Chervil
Delicate herb with a faint aniseed flavour · French
Chewie
For a puppy who chews everything in sight
Chianti
Tuscan red named after the hills it comes from · Italian
Chibi
Japanese, tiny · Japanese · small dogs
Chickadee
A tiny bird of North America named after their call · small dogs
Chicken Nugget
A small piece of fried chicken · small dogs
Chickpea
Round nutty pulse used in hummus and curries · small dogs
Chicory
Bitter blue flowered plant whose root is roasted for coffee
Chidi
Igbo for God exists · Igbo
Chiffchaff
A small warbler named after their two note song · small dogs
Chikki
An Indian peanut and jaggery brittle · Hindi · small dogs
Chiku
A pet form of chikoo, the sweet sapodilla fruit · Hindi
Chill
A sharp cold edge in the air
Chilli
A hot red pepper · small dogs
Chiltern
Chalk hills of beechwoods northwest of London
Chinchilla
A small, very soft furred rodent of the Andes · small dogs
Chingu
Means friend in Korean · Korean
Chinnu
Means dear or little one in Kannada · Kannada · small dogs
Chipmunk
A small striped North American squirrel · small dogs
Chipotle
Smoke dried jalapeno chilli · Nahuatl
Chippy
British slang for the fish and chip shop
Chit
A Thai name meaning heart · Thai
Chive
A slender onion flavoured herb · small dogs
Choc Chip
A biscuit dotted with chocolate chips · small dogs
Choc Top
Australian name for a chocolate dipped ice cream cone sold at cinemas · Australian · small dogs
Choco
Short for chocolate, for a rich brown coat
Chocolat
French word for chocolate · French
Chocolate
Rich hot drink made from cacao and milk · Nahuatl
Chom Chom
Vietnamese for rambutan, the hairy red fruit · Vietnamese
Chonk
Internet slang for a gloriously round animal · big dogs
Chou
French, cabbage, used as a term of endearment · French · small dogs
Chouchou
French for a favourite or darling, a pet name parents use · French · small dogs
Chough
A black crow with a red bill and legs
Choux
Light puff pastry, meaning cabbages · French · small dogs
Chrome
A shiny hard metal plating · Greek
Chuffed
British slang for very pleased
Chui
Swahili for leopard · Swahili
Chukka
One period of play in polo, from the Hindi chakkar, circle · Hindi
Churn
A tub used to make butter from cream
Churro
Spanish fried pastry
Chutney
Sweet and sour relish of fruit, sugar and spice · Hindi
Ciao
Italian, hello and goodbye · Italian
Ciar
From the Irish for black, a lovely pick for a dark coat · Irish
Cielito
Spanish for little sky, a term of endearment · Spanish
Cielo
Spanish for sky or heaven · Spanish
Ciku
Malay for sapodilla, a brown sugary fruit · Malay · small dogs
Cilantro
The fresh green leaf of the coriander plant · Spanish
Cinnabar
A brilliant red mineral used as a pigment · Persian
Cipher
A secret code, for a dog full of mystery
Cirque
A steep rock bowl carved out by ice · French
Cirrus
The high wispy cloud
Civciv
Means chick in Turkish, for a fluffy yellow pup · Turkish · small dogs
Civet
A spotted cat like animal of Africa and Asia · Arabic
Clam
A shellfish with two shells, for a quiet dog · small dogs
Clancy
Irish surname meaning red warrior · Irish
Claret
The British name for red Bordeaux wine
Clarinet
A woodwind with a warm, woody voice · French
Clef
The sign at the start of a stave that sets the pitch
Cloud
Water gathered and floating in the sky
Cloudburst
A sudden violent fall of rain
Clove
The dried flower bud of a tropical tree · small dogs
Clover Club
A pink gin and raspberry cocktail
Clownfish
A bright orange and white reef fish that lives in anemones · small dogs
Coati
A ring tailed relative of the raccoon · Tupi
Cobalt
A hard silvery metal that gives a deep blue colour · German
Cobble
A rounded stone used to pave old streets
Cobh
A County Cork harbour town, last port of the Titanic
Cobnut
A Kentish hazelnut
Cobweb
Dusty spider webs in the haunted house
Cockatiel
A small crested parrot from Australia · Dutch · small dogs
Cockatoo
A loud crested white parrot
Cockle
A small heart shaped shellfish · small dogs
Coco
French nickname, very popular in Australia
Coconut
The tropical palm fruit, brown outside and white within
Codswallop
British slang for nonsense
Coffee
The roasted bean drink, a natural pick for a dark brown coat
Coffee Bean
The roasted seed of the coffee plant · small dogs
Cola
Dark fizzy drink flavoured with the kola nut
Cold Brew
Coffee steeped slowly in cold water
Collage
Art made by sticking scraps of paper and fabric together
Cologne
German city on the Rhine with a great cathedral · German
Combe
A short steep valley on a hillside, common in place names of southern England
Combo
A chained run of moves
Comeback
A return to winning form
Comet
An icy body that trails a bright tail near the sun
Comfrey
Broad leaved herb long used in old country remedies
Como
Italian lake town at the foot of the Alps · Italian
Conch
A large spiral shell you can blow like a horn
Concierge
The hotel helper who can arrange anything · French
Coney
After Coney Island, New York's seaside amusement park; also an old word for rabbit
Conga
A tall Cuban drum played with the hands · Spanish
Conkers
A British playground game with horse chestnuts on strings
Connemara
Wild region on the west coast of Ireland · Irish · big dogs
Consort
The spouse of a reigning monarch · Latin
Conwy
Welsh town with a medieval castle · Welsh
Cooee
The long call used to find someone in the bush
Coogee
Sydney beach suburb
Cooler
Long iced fruit drink for hot afternoons
Coolum
Mount Coolum, a rocky peak on the Sunshine Coast · Kabi Kabi
Coorong
A long lagoon where the Murray meets the sea, full of pelicans
Copse
A small thicket of trees
Cordial
Sweet fruit syrup diluted with water
Corfu
Ionian island off the west coast of Greece · Greek
Corgi
Welsh, cor gi, the dwarf dog · Welsh · small dogs
Coriander
A herb whose seed is a different spice again
Cork
City and county in the south of Ireland · Irish
Cormorant
A dark seabird that holds its wings out to dry
Cornflower
Vivid blue flower once common in wheat fields
Cornice
An overhanging lip of wind blown snow
Cornwall
Rugged coastal county at the tip of England
Corral
A fenced pen for horses or cattle · Spanish
Corrie
A bowl shaped hollow high on a Scottish hill · Scottish
Cosmos
Greek, order, and a word for the universe · Greek
Cotswold
The English hills of honey coloured stone villages and sheep
Cotton
Fluffy white fibre picked from the cotton plant
Cottontail
An American rabbit with a fluffy white tail · small dogs
Couch Potato
Someone who spends a lot of time on the sofa
Courage
Bravery in the face of fear
Courier
A messenger who carries packages · French
Couscous
Tiny steamed semolina grains from North Africa · Berber · small dogs
Cove
A sheltered bay
Covey
A small flock of partridge or quail
Cowbell
A metal bell played in bands, the more of it the better
Crab
A sideways walking dweller of the shore
Crampon
Spiked plates strapped to boots for walking on ice
Crane
A tall elegant bird known for its dancing · big dogs
Crappie
A small North American panfish
Crayon
A stick of coloured wax for drawing
Cream Puff
A choux pastry ball filled with cream · small dogs
Creek
A small stream
Creel
A wicker basket for carrying fish
Cremello
A cream coloured horse, usually with blue eyes
Crepe
Paper thin French pancake · French
Crescendo
A passage that grows steadily louder · Italian
Cress
Peppery seedling leaf grown on a windowsill · small dogs
Crest
The top line of a ridge
Crevasse
A deep crack in a glacier · French
Crikey
An Aussie cry of surprise
Crocus
First small flower to push through late winter ground · Greek · small dogs
Croga
Irish for brave · Irish
Croi
Irish for heart · Irish
Croissant
Flaky French crescent pastry · French
Croquet
A lawn game of mallets, balls and hoops · French
Crossbill
A finch with crossed bill tips for prising open pine cones · small dogs
Crostini
Little toasts topped with savoury spreads · Italian · small dogs
Crow
A large glossy black bird known for its harsh call
Crown
The headpiece worn by a monarch, from the Latin corona
Cruller
A twisted fried pastry
Crumb
A tiny piece of bread or cake · small dogs
Crumble
Fruit baked under a rubbly topping of flour, butter and sugar
Crux
The Southern Cross, Latin for cross · Latin
Cub
A baby bear, lion or fox, for a fluffy puppy · small dogs
Cuba
The biggest Caribbean island, known for old cars and music · Taino
Cuckoo
A bird named after its call, which nests in other nests
Cucumber
A cool green salad vegetable
Cuddlebug
A pet who is always ready for cuddles
Cuddles
Close, warm hugs, from cuddle · small dogs
Cuillin
A jagged black rock range on the isle of Skye · Scottish
Cumulus
The big piled up cloud of a fine day
Cuore
Italian for heart · Italian
Cuppa
British shorthand for a cup of tea · English
Curacao
An orange liqueur from the island of Curacao · Dutch
Curator
The keeper of a museum collection
Curlew
A moorland wader with a long curved bill
Curling
The winter sport of sliding stones and sweeping ice
Curly
Old fashioned name for a tightly curled coat
Currawong
A black Australian bird with a ringing call
Curry
A spiced dish, from the Tamil kari, meaning sauce
Curry Leaf
A fragrant leaf from South Indian cooking
Curveball
A pitch that swerves on its way to the batter
Cuttlefish
A clever sea creature that changes colour in a flash
Cwtch
Welsh word for a cosy cuddle · Welsh
Cyan
A bright greenish blue · Greek
Cymbal
A brass disc struck for a bright crash · Greek
Cymru
The Welsh name for Wales · Welsh

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