Southern Female Names Beginning with "C"

It's not unusual to see southern female names that are traditionally considered to be masculine. While it may seem odd for a list of baby girl names in any other part of the United States to include classic boy names like Henry or Charles you should know that southern baby names and traditional naming practices below the Mason Dixon Line operate according to their own unique set of rules.
This list of southern girls names is an ongoing labor of love, simply because I find southern naming practices absolutely fascinating.

When I find southern belle names like Charles Anne or Courtland Elizabeth, my curiosity peaks and I find myself dying to know the history of the family and the circumstances surrounding the birth of this girl in the historic south.

Modern times in the southern states have enjoyed a reduction in the infant death rate, but in the not so distant past it was rare for all babies to live to live to adulthood. If the first born to a family was a daughter, the father's name was often given as well as a with a popular southern female names of the day just in case there were no surviving sons to carry the name in future generations.
SOUTHERN FEMALE NAMES BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER C

Name	Gender	Country of Origin	Meaning	Similar, Alternate Spellings and Nicknames
Cade	Unisex	N/A	purity	Southern Female Names - Double ex: Kerry Cade
Cadence	female	Latin	melodious	Possible nickname: Katie
Cadrian	female	N/A	N/A	Rhea,Ria
Caelyn	female	N/A	loved forever	Kay,Lynn,Kaylynn,Kayelynn,Kaylin
Cailey	female	N/A	N/A	Caley,Callie
Caimile	female	African	name from proverb	Camille,Camile,Cammie,Milla
Caitlin	female	Celtic, Welsh	purity	Kaitlin,Caitlyn,Kate,Katie,Kaitlyn, Katelyn,Catelyn
Calla	female	Arabic	castle	Callie
Calandra	female	Greek	lark,bird	Callie,Landy
Calantha	female	Greek	beautiful blossoms	Callie,Antha
Calder	Unisex	Old English	river of stones, stream	Caulder,Callie
Caldwell	Unisex Southern Female Names - Family	Old English	cold spring	Callie
Caledonia	female	Latin	from Scotland	Callie,Donnie,Donie
Caley	female	Gaelic	Slender	Callie,Kailey
Calhoun	Southern Female Names - Family Name	Old English	warrior	Callie
Calida	female	Latin, Spanish	ardent, warm and loving	N/A
Calista	female	Greek	most beautiful	Cal,Lissie,Kalista
Callan	female	German	to chatter	Callie,Calla
Callidora	female	Greek	gift of beauty	Calli,Dora
Callis	Southern Female names - family	Latin	cup	Callys
Caltha	female	Latin	yellow flower	Cal
Calvinia	unisex	Latin	bald	From Calvin, Calvyn, Calvinnia, Callie
Calypso	female	Greek	concealor	n/a
Cam	unisex	Vietnamese, English	orange fruit, sweet, beloved, of the sun	Cammie,Camille,Camilla
Camden	Unisex	Scottish	from the winding valley	Cammie,Cam,Dennie,Denny
Cameron	unisex	Old English	bent nose	Ronnie, Cam, Cammie, Camryn
Camille	female	Latin	attendant at a religious ceremony	Camilla, Camelia, Cammilla, Cammie, Cammy, Millie
Campbell	Southern Female Name - Family	French	beautiful field	Belle, Bella,Cammie,Cam
Canace	female	Greek	child of the wind	Nicey
Candace	female	Greek	sweet, glowing, glittering	Candice,Candy
Candida	female	Latin	white, pure	Candy
Candra	female	Latin	luminescent	Candy,Andy
Cannon	Unisex southern female Name			Canny, Candy,Canon
Caprice	female	Italian	fanciful, unpredictable	Pricie
Cara	female	Latin, Vietnamese	dear, diamond	Kara, Carrie
Carajean	Southern female name - Double	n/a	sweet melody	Cara,Carrie,Jean,Jeannie
Carel	female	French	strong	Carol,Carole
Caresse	female	French	beloved	Carrie,Carressa
Carey	male	Latin	dear, pleasant stream	Keri,Cary, Carrie, Kerry, Kerrie
Cari	female	Turkish	flows like water	Kari,Kerry,Keri
Carina	female	Latin, Italian	a keel, beloved, dear	Karina, Kerina,Karen
Carl	Unisex name in the south	Teutonic	one who is strong	Karla, Karla, Carlton, Carlisle, Carlyle,Carlina, Carlie, Carly,Karel
Carla	female	Teutonic	one who is strong, woman	Carline, Karla
Carleigh	southern female name - family name	German	freeholder	Carlie,Karly,Carly,Karlie
Carlen	female	Teutonic	woman	Carla,Carlie,Carly
Carling	female	Old English	hill, place where crones or witches meet
Carly	female	Latin	little, womanly	see Carl
Carlyle	Unisex	Old English	Carl's island	see Carl
Carmen	female	Hebrew, Latin	garden,orchard of fruit, song	Carmel, Cammie,Carmie
Carnelian	female	Latin	a red gem	Carnella,Carnie
Caroline	female	Old German	strong, melody, song	Carolyn,Carolynn, Carolina, Cary, Carly, Carol, Karoline, Karolyne, Karolina, Karolyna, Caro, Karo, Carra, Cara, Carrie, Carry, Lina,Keri, Kari, Kerry, Carey, Ceray, Kerrie, Karri, Cary, Karrie, Kerrolyn
Caron	female	French	purity	Karen,Karin,Carin
Carrington	Unisex,Family Name	Old English	beautiful	Carry,Carrie
Carson	female	Swedish	Daughter of Carr	Carrie,Keri
Carter	female Southern name - family	Old English	cart driver	Carrie
Carver	female	Old English	sculptor, wood carver	Carrie
Cary	unisex	Celtic	honest one, shy	Carey,Keri,Kerry,Carrie
Case	Family name	Old French	chest	Often used as Middle Name
Casey	unisex	Celtic, Gaelic	brave, watchful	Cass,Kasey
Cassandra	female	Greek	prophet of doom	Cassie,Cassy, Sandra, Sandy
Cassia	female	Greek	champion	Cass,Cassie,Cassy
Cassidy	Best southern female name	Gaelic	clever,girl with the curly hair	Cass
Catherine	classic southern girls name	Greek	pure	Cathrynn, Kathryn, Katherine, Katharine, Cathy, Kathie,Catrine, Trina, Cathleen, Kittie, Kitty,Catriana, Catalin, Caterina, Catriona, Catlina, Cayla,
Cayden	female	Gaelic	spirit of battle	Kaden,Caden,Katen
Cayleigh	female	Gaelic	party	Caley,Kayleigh,Lee,Leigh, Caylah
Cecilia	female	Latin	blind	Cecile, Cece, Celia, Lee,Leah,Cecily, Cicely, Cissy, Sissy, Cicilie
Celandia	female	Greek	the swallow	Lee,Leah,Landy
Celeste	female	Latin	heavenly	Celie,Selie,Celestina, Sally, Tina
Celine	female	N/A	N/A	Lena,Lina,Celie,Lee
Chalmers	Southern Family Name	Scottish	son of the lord	n/a
Chanel	female	French	canal	Cha Cha, Nell, Nellie
Chandra	female	Sanskrit	eminent, illustrious, moon	Combination of Chandler and Sandra
Charisma	female	Greek	grace	Charis,Carrie, Carry
Charissa	female	Greek	grace	Rissa,Charis
Charity	female	Latin	affectionate, charity, brotherly love	n/a
Charlesie	female southern name from Charles	Old English	strong	Charlesy,Charlsy,Charlie
Charlotte	female	French	petite and feminine	Charlie, Lotta, Carlotta, Lottie, Lotte, Charlene, Charlayne, Chatzie
Charmian	female	Greek	a little joy	N/a
Chastity	female	Latin	purity	Chas,Chaz
Chelsea	female	Old English	river landing place, port	Chelsie,Kelsie
Cherise	female	Greek	grace	Sharise,Cheri,Cherry,Risa
Cheryl	female	French	beloved, dear	Sheryl, Sherrill, Sheryl,Sheri
Chester	Girl Named after father	Latin	camp	Chestine, Chesteen,Chestina,Chesteena
Cheyenne	female	Native American	n/a	Chy,Shy,Anne,Annie
Chiara	female	Latin	famous, light	Keira,Ciaira
Chloe	female	Greek	blooming	Cloe,Cloey,Chloey
Chloris	female	Old German	pale	Cloris
Christabel	female	Latin	beautiful christian	Christy,Kristy,Christa,Bella,Belle
Christian	unisex	Greek	annointed, follows Christ	Christiaan, Kristianne, Chrissy, Chrestian
Christina	female	Greek	annointed, follows Christ	Christine, Tena,Tina Kristen, Kristin, Kristine, Kirsten, Kristina, Christie, Kris, Kristi, Krissie, Christiana, Christa, Chrissie,Kristy
Claiborne	Old southern family name carried by females	Old English	born of the earth	Clayborn, Claybourne, Claibourne, Clay
Claire	female	Latin, Greek	bright, shining, clear	Clare, Clara, Clarice, Clarissa, Claris, Clarisse, Clarrie, Clarette, Claretta, Clairese
Clancy	unisex	Celtic	offspring of red-headed soldier	Clancey, CeCe
Clarence	Unisex Southern Female Name	Latin	clear, bright	Clare, Clary,Clara
Clark	Unisex Southern Family Name	Old English, French	cleric, scholar	Clarke,Clare,Clarkie
Claude	female	Latin	lame	Claudy, Claudia, Claudette, Lodia,Lodia,Laudia
Clay	female	German	adhere, mortal	Usually part of a double name such as Clay Ann or Annie Clay
Clement	Unisex - Southern Family Name	Latin	merciful	Clemmie,See Clemintine
Clementine	female	Latin	merciful	See Clement, Clementine, Clementina
Cliantha	female	Greek	flower of glory	Clea,Clia,Antha
Clifford	Unisex in the South	Old English	hill, near a slope	Cliff, Cliffie
Clinton	Unisex in the south - Family name	Old English	town near a hill	Clinnie,Clinna
Clio	female	Greek	praise, muse of history	Cleo, Cleon, See Cleopatra
Clovis	female	Old English	clover	n/a
Clydetee,Clydeteel	Female form of the Welsh Male Name,Clyde, meaning heard from afar	American Origin	from the river	Clydett, Clydet, Clydete, Clydetta, Clydeta,Clydie,Clydete
Cody	unisex in the south	Celtic, Old English	assistant, a pillow, possessions	Coyita, Codie
Colby	unisex in the south	Old English	coal town	Kolby,Coleby
Cole	unisex in the south	Old English, Greek	coal, victory of the people	Colie,Coley
Colette	female	Greek	victory of the people	Collie,Letta,Nicolette
Colleen	female	Celtic, Gaelic	girl	Collie, Lena,Leena, Colene, Coleen
Comfort	unisex in the south	Latin	strengthen	Family Name
Constance	female	Latin	faithful, firmness	Connie
Cooper	unisex in the south	Latin	cask, barrel maker	n/a
Cora	female	Greek	maiden	See: Coretta, Coralee, Coralie, Corinna, Correne, Corinne, Corissa, Corisse, Cori,Corey
Coral	female	Latin	rock	n/a
Corban	unisex in the south	Greek	a gift devoted to God	Corbin, Corbie,Corby
Cordelia	female	Latin, Celtic	rope, heart, a sea jewel	Cordy,Delia
Corey	female	n/a	n/a	Cory
Cornelia	female	Latin	horn	Ener,Nellie
Coty	female	English	old house	Cody,Coyita
Courtney	female	Old English, French	from the court	n/a
Cressida	female	Greek	gold	Sida,Cressie
Crystal	female	Latin	clear, bright, ice	Christa,Crys
Cybele	female	Latin	name of an asiastic goddess	See Sybil,Cybil,Cybill
Cynthia	female	Greek	moon, Greek god	Cindie, Cyndi, Cindy, Tia
Cyrene	female	Greek	name of a mythological nymph	Rena

I hope that Unique Baby Gear Ideas has helped you to find the traditional, southern female name that you were looking for and that you will visit often to find more names for baby girls and ideas for decorating a nursery.

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