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_Cade._ Ir. _céad_, a hundred, first. Perhaps, from _cat́_, pronounced _cath_, or _cadh_, war, battle.

_Cadic._ Ir. _céad_, first; _eać_, for _neać_, an agent. The first man. Caddy, from the same roots. Probably, from _cat́-aid́_, a warrior.

_Callow._ _Calo_, or _caluw_, callow, bald, without hair.

_Camley._ Ir. _cam_, curved, crooked, bent; A. S. _líc_, like. Curved-like; crooked.

_Camp._ _Camp_, from Latin _campus_, a contest, battle, war, a camp.

_Campbell._ _Camp_, a camp; _bel_, a bell. A camp-bell. Possibly, from French _camp_, a camp, and _bel_, beautiful: hence, a beautiful camp.

_Canby._ _Can_, or _cann_, clearance; _bý_, a habitation. A clearance-house.

_Capp._ _Cappa_, a cap, cope, priest’s garment.

_Carl._ _Carl_, a male; chiefly used before words to denote the male, as _cwén_ does the female. _Carl-catt_, meaning a male cat, and _carl-fugol_, a male or cock bird. Later, _carl_ came to signify man, a married man, as well as the male of any kind.

_Carley._ _Carl_, a male, a man; _líc_, like. Male-like; resembling a man; churlish. Carle, from the same.

_Carncross._ Ir. _carn_, a heap of stones; _cros_, a cross. A cross composed of a heap of stones.

_Carra._ Ir. _cara_, a friend.

_Carritt._ Ir. _car_, dear; _aid́_, a termination indicative of personality. A dear person; a friend.

_Carter._ _Cræt_, or _crat_, a carriage, a cart; _ere_, an agent. One who drives a cart or carriage; a carter; a teamster. In Anglo-Saxon, _cræt-wǽn_ was applied to a wain, a chariot. It is highly probable that _cræt_ or _crat_ is traceable through the Gaelic words _cairt_ and _carr_ to Latin _carrus_, a car, a chariot.

_Caskey._ Ir. _Caisg_, Easter; _eać_, an individual. One who celebrates Easter.

_Caton._ A. S. for the Latin _catus_, or _cautus_, cautious, weary, provident.

_Cilles._ _Cille_, a bottle; genitive _cilles_, of bottle. Belonging to a bottle.

_Conrad._ _Cón_, bold; _rǽd_, counsel, reason, opinion. Bold counsel; courageous opinion.

_Conway._ _Cón_, bold; _wæg_, a way, a passage. A bold passage.

_Cormac._ Ir. _corb_, a chariot; _mac_, son. Son of a chariot; a charioteer. Cormick, Cormuck, barbarous spellings of the name.

_Coulter._ _Culter_, and not _colter_, a coulter. See page 67.

_Crawford._ _Cráw_, a crow, chough, jackdaw; _ford_, a ford. A crow-ford; a ford crossed by crows.

_Crock._ _Croc_, a crock, a pitcher.

_Crook._ _Cruc_, a crook, a crutch.

_Crookes._ _Crook_, Crook; _s_ for _sun_, son. Son of Crook.

_Crouch._ Corruption of _cruc_, a crook, a crutch.

_Crowley._ _Cráw_, a crow; _líc_, like. Resembling a crow.

_Culbert._ _Col_, a helmet; _beorht_, bright. A bright helmet. Colbert, of like derivation.

_Curby._ _Cear_, anxious, careful; _bý_, a habitation. An anxious home.

_Curry._ Ir. _curam_, care (applied in Irish to all over whom one has charge); _eać_, an agent, and not _lać_. A supervisor. See page 22.