The Brilliant Book of Baby Names: What’s best, what’s hot and what’s not. Linda RosenkrantzЧитать онлайн книгу.
CAROL. English, feminine variation of CHARLES. Caroline abbreviation wildly popular with Mum’s generation…or Grandma’s. Caral, Carel, Carey, Cari, Cariel, Carla, Carleen, Carlene, Carley, Carlin, Carlina, Carline, Carlita, Carlota, Carlotta, Carly, Carlyn, Carlynn, Carlynne, Carola, Carole, Carolee, Carolena, Carolenia, Carolin, Carolina, Carolinda, Caroline, Caroll, Caroly, Carolyn, Carolynn, Carolynne, Carri, Carrie, Carrol, Carroll, Carrolyn, Carry, Cary, Caryl, Caryle, Caryll, Carylle, Charla, Charleen, Charlena, Charlene, Charlotta, Charmain, Charmaine, Charmian, Charmion, Charyl, Cheryl, Cherlyn, Karel, Kari, Karla, Karleen, Karli, Karlie, Karlina, Karinka, Karlote, Karlotta, Karole, Karolina, Karyl, Karyll, Karrole, Karryl, Karryll, Kerril, Kerryl, Keryl, Lola, Loleta, Lolita, Lotta, Lotte, Lotti, Lottie, Sharleen, Sharlene, Sharline, Sharmain, Sharmian.
CARON. Welsh, ‘loving, kind-hearted, charitable’, or variation of KAREN. Though it sounds like Karen, this spelling makes the name more distinctive. Caren, Carin, Caronne, Carren, Carron, Carrone, Caryn.
CARRIE. Diminutive of CAROL or CAROLINE. Retains some charm, thanks to Sex and the City heroine Carrie Bradshaw, but was last stylish in the disco era. Carey, Carree, Carrey, Carri, Carria, Carry, Cary, Kari, Karri.
CARYN. Danish variation of KAREN. Modernised spelling not enough to revive Karen. Caren, Carren, Carrin, Carryn, Caryna, Caryne, Carynn.
CARYS. (KAR-is) Welsh, ‘love’. Common in Wales, this name was introduced elsewhere when Welsh-born Catherine Zeta-Jones and husband Michael Douglas chose it for their daughter. Caris, Caryse, Ceris, Cerys.
CASCADE. Word name. It’s a nature name evocative of waterfalls. But in the US it’s also a washing-up detergent.
CASHMERE. Word name. Soft, luxurious – and out of the ordinary.
CASSANDRA. Greek, ‘prophetess’. The name of the mythological sibyl condemned never to be believed has been used for exotic characters in movies and soap operas. Ethereal and delicate, it was well used in the 1990s, but is now descending in popularity. Casandera, Casandra, Casandre, Casandrea, Casandrey, Casandri, Casandria, Casanndra, Casaundra, Casaundre, Casaundri, Casaundria, Casondra, Casondre, Casondri, Casondria, Cass, Cassandre, Cassandry, Cassatindra, Cassaundra, Cassaundre, Cassaundri, Cassi, Cassie, Cassondra, Cassondre, Cassondri, Cassondria, Cassundra, Cassundre, Cassundri, Cassundrai, Kasandera, Kassandra, Kassi, Kassie, Kassy, Sande, Sandee, Sandera, Sandi, Sandie, Sandy, Saundra, Sohndra, Sondra, Zandra.
CASSIDY. Irish ‘curly-haired’. This one has fallen off its peak. Casadee, Casadi, Casadie, Casidee, Casidi, Casidy, Cass, Cassaday, Cassadee, Cassadey, Cassadi, Cassadie, Cassadina, Cassady, Cassandre, Cassandri, Cassandry, Cassaundra, Casseday, Cassi, Cassiddy, Cassidee, Cassidey, Cassidi, Cassidie, Cassie, Cassity, Cassondra, Kassadey, Kassidy, Kassodey. International: Caiside (Irish).
CASSIE. Diminutive of CASSANDRA. Though not much in use, still retains a cozy Little House on the Prairie-type pioneer feel.
CASSIOPEIA. (kass-ee-OH-pee-uh) Greek mythology name. This name of a mythological mother who became a stellar constellation is challenging but intriguing, and has all those softening Cass nicknames available. Cassio, Cassiopia, Kassiopeia, Kassiopia.