Neutral names starting with C: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Claude Cahun.jpg|thumb|A photo of [[Claude Cahun]] (1894 - 1954).]]
[[File:Claude Cahun.jpg|thumb|A photo of [[Claude Cahun]] (1894 - 1954).]]
'''Claude'''. English and French. Traditionally, this has been a masculine name. In France, this became popular as a neutral name since 1900, spiking in the 1930s, and then becoming rare for any gender after the 1970s. In the US, this has been a strictly masculine name since 1900, though it had some feminine use in the 1880s. Claude comes from the ancient Roman name, Claudius, possibly meaning "disabled legs." There were several saints named Claudius, and there was a male Saint Claude (b. 603 CE), whose feast day is June 7.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/claude [https://web.archive.org/web/20230529023339/https://www.behindthename.com/name/claude Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/claudius [https://web.archive.org/web/20230319235555/https://www.behindthename.com/name/claudius Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>http://www.catholic-saints.info/roman-catholic-saints-a-g/saint-claude.htm [https://web.archive.org/web/20211127224628/https://www.catholic-saints.info/roman-catholic-saints-a-g/saint-claude.htm Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Keywords: Edwardian era, one syllable, saint name. Notable people with this name include the French Jewish surrealist artist and anti-fascist activist [[Claude Cahun]], who said, “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.”<ref>{{Cite book|title=Disavowals : or cancelled confessions|first=Claude|last=Cahun|date=2008|publisher=The MIT Press|isbn=9780262533034|oclc=922878515}}</ref>
'''Claude'''. English and French. Traditionally, this has been a masculine name. In France, this became popular as a neutral name since 1900, spiking in the 1930s, and then becoming rare for any gender after the 1970s. In the US, this has been a strictly masculine name since 1900, though it had some feminine use in the 1880s. Claude comes from the ancient Roman name, Claudius, possibly meaning "disabled legs." There were several saints named Claudius, and there was a male Saint Claude (b. 603 CE), whose feast day is June 7.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/claude [https://web.archive.org/web/20230529023339/https://www.behindthename.com/name/claude Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/claudius [https://web.archive.org/web/20230319235555/https://www.behindthename.com/name/claudius Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>http://www.catholic-saints.info/roman-catholic-saints-a-g/saint-claude.htm [https://web.archive.org/web/20211127224628/https://www.catholic-saints.info/roman-catholic-saints-a-g/saint-claude.htm Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Keywords: Edwardian era, one syllable, saint name. Notable people with this name include the French Jewish surrealist artist and anti-fascist activist [[Claude Cahun]], who said, “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.”<ref>{{Cite book|title=Disavowals : or cancelled confessions|first=Claude|last=Cahun|date=2008|publisher=The MIT Press|isbn=9780262533034|oclc=922878515}}</ref>
'''Cleo'''. Greek, meaning one who celebrates, a feminine or neutral form of the boy's name Clio.<ref name="Lansky2006">{{Cite book | name = 100,000 + Baby Names. The Most Helpful, Complete, &amp; Up-to-date Name Book|first =Bruce |last =Lansky |date =2006|publisher =Meadowbrook| url = https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KY0cAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA369&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0#v=onepage&f=false}}</ref>
Keywords: feminine inclined, Greek, two syllables, common.


'''Coda'''. Italian. Meaning "Concluding section of music."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/coda [https://web.archive.org/web/20221220233520/https://babynames.com/name/coda Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 241 people with this given name, used as a masculine name 84% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CO/CODA/index.html</ref> Keywords: masculine inclined, music, sounds, two syllables, very rare.
'''Coda'''. Italian. Meaning "Concluding section of music."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/coda [https://web.archive.org/web/20221220233520/https://babynames.com/name/coda Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 241 people with this given name, used as a masculine name 84% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CO/CODA/index.html</ref> Keywords: masculine inclined, music, sounds, two syllables, very rare.


'''Codi'''. English, modern. From the neutral or masculine given name '''Cody''', from the Irish surname Cody, meaning "Helper," or "Descendant of a helpful or cheerful person."<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/codi/submitted [https://web.archive.org/web/20230322095335/https://www.behindthename.com/name/codi/submitted Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="20knames">http://www.20000-names.com/androgynous_names_unisex_names.htm [https://web.archive.org/web/20230611030801/http://www.20000-names.com/androgynous_names_unisex_names.htm Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="CharlesBook" /> US SSA data shows about 1,676 people with the given name Codi, used as a feminine name 66% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CO/CODI/index.html</ref> Keywords: two syllables, uncommon.
'''Codi'''. English, modern. From the neutral or masculine given name '''Cody''' or '''Codie''', from the Irish surname Cody, meaning "Helper," or "Descendant of a helpful or cheerful person," or "cushion".<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/codi/submitted [https://web.archive.org/web/20230322095335/https://www.behindthename.com/name/codi/submitted Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="20knames">http://www.20000-names.com/androgynous_names_unisex_names.htm [https://web.archive.org/web/20230611030801/http://www.20000-names.com/androgynous_names_unisex_names.htm Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="CharlesBook" /> US SSA data shows about 1,676 people with the given name Codi, used as a feminine name 66% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CO/CODI/index.html</ref><ref name="Lansky2006"/> Keywords: two syllables, uncommon, Irish.


'''Corby'''. English. Meaning "From Corc's farm." Or a short form of masculine Corbin, meaning "Raven" in Old French, or "Crow" in Anglo-Norman.<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/Corby [https://web.archive.org/web/20230205111803/https://babynames.com/name/corby Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="CharlesBook" /> US SSA data shows about 2,368 people with this given name, used as a masculine name 80% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CO/CORBY/index.html</ref> Keywords: air, animals, earth, birds, masculine inclined, two syllables, uncommon.
'''Corby'''. English. Meaning "From Corc's farm." Or a short form of masculine Corbin, meaning "Raven" in Old French, or "Crow" in Anglo-Norman.<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/Corby [https://web.archive.org/web/20230205111803/https://babynames.com/name/corby Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="CharlesBook" /> US SSA data shows about 2,368 people with this given name, used as a masculine name 80% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CO/CORBY/index.html</ref> Keywords: air, animals, earth, birds, masculine inclined, two syllables, uncommon.
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