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_Cabell._ _Cab_, the mouth; _aille_, the genitive of _aill_, a cliff. The mouth of the cliff.

_Cahal._ In Irish _Cat́al_, from _cat́_, pronounced _cah_, battle; _al_, support. Help in battle.

_Caham._ _Cat́_, battle; _am_, time. Hour of battle.

_Cahey._ _Cat́_, battle; _ać_ for _neać_, a person; possibly, _cat́ać_, in the original. A warrior.

_Cahill._ _Cat́_, battle; _aill_, a cliff. A battle-cliff.

_Callan._ _Caillin_, a girl; or, perhaps, from _calla_, a hooded cloak; _an_, a personal suffix. The wearer of a hooded cloak; a nun. Sometimes written Callen.

_Camm._ _Cam_, crooked, bent, curved.

_Cameron._ _Cuimir_, a valley; _on_ for _an_, small. A small valley.

_Camsuile._ _Cam_, bending; _suile_, genitive of _suil_, eye. Bending of eye.

_Cangan._ _Cean_, pronounced _cahn_, fondness; _gan_, offspring. Child of fondness.

_Cann._ _Cean_, fondness, affection, esteem, regard.

_Cannon._ _Cean_, affection; _on_ for _an_, personal suffix. An affectionate person.

_Cannavan._ _Cean_, affection; _a b́ean_, of his woman. Fondness of his woman.

_Caird._ _Cara_, a friend, genitive _carad_, plural _cairde_, friends. Carde, only another form of the word.

_Carey._ _Car_, dear; _aid́_, a personal suffix. One that is dear, or beloved.

_Carlin._ _Car_, dear; _lin_, a marsh; a swamp. A highly valuable bog.

_Carlyle._ _Car_, dear; _lile_, lily. Beloved lily.

_Carmack._ _Car_, dear; _mac_, son. Dear son.

_Carmichael._ _Car_, dear; Michael, a Hebrew word signifying “who is like God.” Dear Michael. In Irish, Michael is written _Mićeal_, the genitive of which is _Mićil_.

_Carney._ _Carn_, a heap of stones; _neać_, personal suffix; originally written, doubtless, _Car-neać_. A quarryman.

_Carrell._ _Car_, dear; _aill_, a cliff. Beloved cliff. Carruill, the primitive form of the name.

_Carrick._ _Car_, dear; _riǵ_, a king. A dear king. Possibly, from _carraic_, a rock.

_Carson._ _Car_, dear; Anglo-Saxon _sun_, a son. A beloved son.

_Carthy._ _Car_, dear; _tir_, pronounced _teer_, a country; _ać_ for _neać_, an individual; originally _Cartać_. A beloved countryman. Carty, corruption of the original.

_Ceiort._ _Ceirt_, a question.

_Claney._ _Clê_, left-handed; _neać_, individual. Left-handed individual.

_Cloonan._ _Cluan_, a retreat; _an_, a person. One who lives in a retreat; a hermit; an anchorite. Clunen, of like derivation.

_Cloonas._ _Cluan_, a retreat, a cloister; Anglo-Saxon _sun_, a son. A monk; one who lives in a monastery.

_Clough._ _Cloć_, a stone. Cluff, Anglicised form of the name.

_Clune._ _Cluan_, a retreat. A sequestered spot.

_Coile._ _Coill_, wood. Coyle, a modified form of the name.

_Colahan._ _Col_, kindred; _leat́an_, wide. Large kindred; wide circle of relations.

_Colgan._ _Col_, kin; _gan_, a descendant. Near relative.

_Colman._ _Colman_, a pigeon.

_Conley._ _Conn_, of heroes; _lać_, people. Nation of heroes.

_Connell._ _Conn_, of heroes; _aill_, a cliff. A rampart of brave men; a cliff of heroes.

_Connaught._ _Connaćt_, in the original, from _conn_, of heroes; _aćt_ a termination, like _tas_ in Latin, or _tion_ in French or English. Having the quality of heroes.

_Connor._ _Conn_, of heroes; _cub́ar_, fond of. Fond of heroes.

_Corbin._ _Cor_, a knot, a union; _binn_, harmonious. A happy union; a joyous wedlock.

_Corbitt._ _Cor_, a knot; _bit́_, life. Wedlock.

_Corley._ _Cor_, a knot; _lać_, people. United people.

_Connell._ _Conn_, of heroes; _aill_, a cliff, a wall. A close, compact body of heroes.

_Cornell._ _Corn_, horny; _uille_, an elbow. An elbow inflexible as horn.

_Cornwall._ _Corn_, a goblet, a drinking-cup, a tumbler, so called because in ancient times drinking-cups were commonly made of horn (_corn_); _aill_, a cliff. The horny cliff.

_Cowel._ _Coćal_, a hood, a cowel, a vestment. Or, perhaps, from _cuać_, hollow; _fal_, a cover. A hood, or hollow cover.

_Cowgill_. _Coḿ_, together; _giolla_, a servant. Co-laborer.

_Craig._ _Cre_, creed; _ać_, an individual. A churchman; the possessor of a creed.

_Cravin._ _Craob́_, a branch; _in_, denoting small. A branchlet; a twig.

_Cree._ _Cre_, creed, earth, the symbol of faith.

_Creegan._ _Cre_, creed; _gan_, offspring. An inheritor of a creed.

_Creagh._ _Cre_, creed, earth; _ać_, an agent. Teacher of a creed; cultivator of the earth.

_Creen._ _Crion_, pronounced _creen_, withered, palsied.

_Creenan._ _Crion_, withered; _an_, personal suffix. A palsied person.

_Cromwell._ _Crom_, crooked; _aill_, a cliff. A crooked cliff.

_Cronin._ _Coroin_, a crown; _in_, implying diminutiveness. A coronet; a small crown.

_Crowley._ _Crod́a_, pronounced _crowya_, brave; _lać_, people. Magnanimous people.

_Crupp._ _Crup_, a wrinkle, a contraction.

_Currie._ _Curam_, care (applied in Irish to all over whom one has charge); _lać_, an agent. A supervisor; a superintendent; a manager. Curry, the commoner form of the name.