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Surnames Starting with C: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 2 of 2)

193 family names beginning with C. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Cisneros
    Spain

    From Cisneros in Palencia

  • Clancy
    Ireland

    Son of Flannchadh ("red warrior")

  • Clark
    England

    Clerk, scholar or scribe

  • Clarke
    Ireland

    Descendant of the cleric

  • Clay
    England

    Dweller on clay soil

  • Clayton
    England

    From Clayton, "clay farmstead"

  • Cleary
    Ireland

    Descendant of the clerk

  • Clegg
    England

    From Clegg, near Rochdale in Lancashire

  • Clément
    France

    Mild, merciful

  • Cleveland
    England

    Hilly land

  • Clifton
    England

    Farm by a cliff

  • Clough
    England

    "ravine, steep valley"

  • Cobb
    England

    From the Old Norse name Kobbi, or "lump"

  • Cochran
    Scotland

    From the lands of Cochrane

  • Coelho
    Portugal

    "rabbit"

  • Coffey
    Ireland

    Descendant of Cobhthach ("victorious")

  • Cohen
    Israel & the Jewish diaspora

    Priest

  • Cole
    England

    Coal-black; pet form of Nicholas

  • Colella
    Italy

    From Colella, a pet form of Nicola

  • Coleman
    England & Ireland

    Charcoal burner; descendant of Colmán ("dove")

  • Colin
    France

    Pet form of Nicolas

  • Collier
    England

    Charcoal burner

  • Collins
    Ireland

    Descendant of Coileán, "young hound"

  • Colombo
    Italy

    Dove

  • Colonna
    Italy

    Column; from Colonna

  • Combs
    England

    Dweller in a valley

  • Compton
    England

    Valley farmstead

  • Conceição
    Portugal

    Conception

  • Conde
    Spain

    "count"

  • Connell
    Ireland

    Descendant of Conall

  • Connolly
    Ireland

    Descendant of Conghalach, "valorous"

  • Conroy
    Ireland

    Anglicized form of several Gaelic names

  • Conte
    Italy

    Count

  • Conti
    Italy

    Count (noble title)

  • Contreras
    Spain

    "from Contreras"

  • Conway
    Ireland

    Anglicized form of several Gaelic names

  • Cook
    England

    Cook

  • Cooley
    Ireland

    Son of the devotee of St Mochuille

  • Cooper
    England

    Barrel maker

  • Copeland
    England

    From Copeland in Cumbria, "bought land"

  • Coppola
    Italy

    Cap, capmaker

  • Corbett
    England

    Little raven

  • Corbin
    England

    Little raven

  • Corcoran
    Ireland

    Descendant of Corcrán ("purple" or "ruddy")

  • Cordeiro
    Portugal

    "lamb"

  • Cordero
    Spain

    "lamb"

  • Cordova
    Spain

    From Córdoba

  • Corral
    Spain

    "yard, enclosure"

  • Correia
    Portugal

    "leather strap"

  • Corrigan
    Ireland

    Descendant of Corragán ("spear")

  • Corsi
    Italy

    From Corsica, or Corso

  • Cortés
    Spain

    Courteous

  • Cortese
    Italy

    A nickname for a courteous person

  • Cosentino
    Italy

    Someone from Cosenza in Calabria

  • Costa
    Italy

    Coast or hillside

  • Costantini
    Italy

    Son of Costantino (Constantine)

  • Costello
    Ireland

    Son of Oisdealb

  • Cotter
    Ireland

    Son of Oitir (Norse Óttarr)

  • Cotton
    England

    At the cottages

  • Couch
    England

    Red-haired

  • Coughlan
    Ireland

    Descendant of Cochlán ("cloak, hood")

  • Courtney
    England

    From Courtenay, France

  • Coutinho
    Portugal

    "little enclosure"

  • Cowan
    Scotland

    Son of Eoghan

  • Cox
    England

    Rooster; lively man

  • Coyle
    Ireland

    Son of the devotee of Saint Comhghall

  • Crabtree
    England

    Dweller by a crab-apple tree

  • Craig
    Scotland

    Dweller by the crag

  • Crane
    England

    Long-legged, like a crane

  • Crawford
    Scotland

    From the crow ford

  • Crespo
    Spain

    Curly-haired

  • Cristiani
    Italy

    From the personal name Cristiano, "Christian"

  • Cronin
    Ireland

    Descendant of the swarthy one

  • Crosby
    England

    Village with a cross

  • Cross
    England

    Dweller by a cross

  • Crossley
    England

    "clearing with a cross"

  • Crowe
    England

    Crow

  • Crowley
    Ireland

    Descendant of the hard hero

  • Crowther
    England

    "fiddler, player of the crwth"

  • Cruz
    Spain

    Cross

  • Cuesta
    Spain

    "slope"

  • Cuevas
    Spain

    Caves

  • Cullen
    Ireland

    Descendant of Cuileann ("holly")

  • Cummings
    Scotland

    From the Norman Comyn family

  • Cummins
    Ireland

    Descendant of Coimín ("little crooked one")

  • Cunha
    Portugal

    "wedge" or "from Cunha"

  • Cunningham
    Scotland & Ireland

    From Cunninghame (Ayrshire)

  • Cuomo
    Italy

    Probably from a Neapolitan form of the name Cosma

  • Curran
    Ireland

    Descendant of Corrán ("spear")

  • Curry
    Scotland

    Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mhuirich or Ó Comhraidhe

  • Curtis
    England

    Courteous, refined

  • Cybulski
    Poland

    "onion"

  • Czajkowski
    Poland

    "lapwing"

  • Czarnecki
    Poland

    From a place named for black land

  • Czech
    Poland

    "Czech"

  • Czerwiński
    Poland

    From Czerwin or Czerwińsk (red)

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.