List of English Baby Names Meanings

Cornelia

(kər-NEE-lee-ə/kər-NEEL-yə)

The name Cornelia is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Cornelia is: The feminine form of Cornelius. Famous bearer: 2nd century BC mother of the two Roman tribunes/reformers known as the Gracchi.

Meaning: Horn Origin: Dutch, English, Italian, Latin

Corvin

(KOHR-vin)

The name Corvin comes from the Latin name Corvinus which derives from the Latin word corvus meaning raven, although the word today refers to the birds' genus including ravens and crows among others. Corvin most commonly is a surname, but it and its variations are being used as a given name as well.

Meaning: A raven Origin: English, Latin

Covington

(KAH-ving-tən)

Covington Name Meaning. Scottish: habitational name from Covinton in Lanarkshire, first recorded in the late 12th century in the Latin form Villa Colbani, and twenty years later as Colbaynistun.

Meaning: A settlement of Cofa's people Origin: English

Cowell

(KO-əl)

Cowell is a surname of English origin. It is a habitational name from several places in the counties of Lancashire and Gloucestershire called Cowhill, composed the Old English cu (cow) + hyll (hill). In some instances the surname Cowell may also be an Americanized form of the Polish, Jewish and Sorbian name Kowal.

Meaning: A hill where cows grazed Origin: English

Crawford

(KRAW-fərd)

Crawford is a surname (and occasional given name) of English, Scottish and Northern Irish origin. In some cases it is a habitational name derived from several different places called Crawford (for example Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; Dorset, England; and Somerset, England).

Meaning: Crow ford Origin: English

Creighton

(KRIE-tən)

Creighton Name Meaning. Scottish and Irish: habitational name from Crichton, near Edinburgh, first recorded c.1128 in the form Crectune, in 1287 as Crecton, and in 1360 as Creychtona. The name is probably an early hybrid compound of Old Welsh creic 'rock' + Older Scots tun 'farm', 'settlement' (Old English tun).

Meaning: A settlement on a ridge Origin: English

Crockett

(KRAHK-it)

Crockett Name Meaning. English and Scottish (Galloway): nickname for someone who affected a particular hairstyle, from Middle English croket 'large curl' (Old Norman French croquet, a diminutive of croque 'curl', 'hook'). Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Riocaird 'son of Richard' (see Richard).

Meaning: Wearing a large curl Origin: English

Cromwell

(KROHM-wel)

English Meaning: The name Cromwell is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Cromwell is: Lives by the winding stream.

Meaning: The winding stream Origin: English

Croston

(KROHS-tən)

Croston Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Croston, from Old Norse kross 'cross' or Old English cros + Old English tun 'farmstead', 'settlement'.

Meaning: A settlement by the cross Origin: English

Croydon

(KROI-dən)

As the vast majority of place names in the area are of Anglo-Saxon origin, the theory accepted by most philologists is that the name Croydon derives originally from the Anglo-Saxon croh, meaning "crocus", and denu, "valley", indicating that, like Saffron Walden in Essex, it was a centre for the cultivation of saffron.

Meaning: Valley of saffron Origin: English