Here’s the next installment of rare female names collected from old films (1910s through 1940s).
I’ve split the list of C-names in two, and the second half will be posted in a few weeks.
Cabiria
Cabiria was a character played by actress Lidia Quaranta in the film Cabiria (1914).
Caecilia
Caecilia was a character played by actress Zasu Pitts in the film The Honeymoon (1930).
Calalou
Calalou was a character played by actress Hattie Peters in the film White Youth (1920).
Calanthe
Calanthe was a character played by actress Ann Little in the film Damon and Pythias (1914).
- Usage of the baby name Calanthe.
Cally
Cally was a character played by actress Margaret Lindsay in the film Slim (1937).
- Usage of the baby name Cally.
Calpurnia
Calpurnia was a character played by actress Gertrude Michael in the film Cleopatra (1934).
Capria
Capria was a character played by actress Kathlyn Williams in the short film The Survival of the Fittest (1911).
- Usage of the baby name Capria.
Caprice
Caprice was a character played by actress Carmen Phillips in the short film The Pipes o’ Pan (1914).
- Usage of the baby name Caprice.
Carreen
Carreen O’Hara was a character played by Ann Rutherford in Gone with the Wind (1939).
- Usage of the baby name Carreen.
Caricia
Caricia was a character played by actress Barbara Bedford in the film The Broken Mask (1928).
- Usage of the baby name Caricia.
Carita
Carita was a character played by actress Renée Adorée in the film Tin Gods (1926).
- Usage of the baby name Carita.
Carlina
Carlina was a character played by actress Charlotte Burton in the film At the Potter’s Wheel (1914).
- Usage of the baby name Carlina.
Carlita
Carlita was a character played by actress Steffi Duna in the film Flirting with Fate (1938).
- Usage of the baby name Carlita.
Carlotta
Carlotta was a character name in multiple films, including The Laugh that Died (1915) and Dinner at Eight (1933).
- Usage of the baby name Carlotta.
Carmel
Carmel Myers was an actress who appeared in films from the 1910s to the 1970s. She was born in California in 1899.
- Usage of the baby name Carmel.
Carmelita
Carmelita Geraghty was an actress who appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1930s. She was born in Indiana in 1901. Carmelita was also a character name in multiple films, including Carmelita’s Revenge (1914) and The Magnificent Fraud (1939).
- Usage of the baby name Carmelita.
Carmencita
Carmencita was the dancer who appeared in the short film Carmencita (1894). Carmencita was also a character name in multiple films, including Man from God’s Country (1924) and Adventurous Knights (1935).
- Usage of the baby name Carmencita.
Carmina
Carmina was a character name in multiple films, including The Drop of Blood (1913) and In Gay Madrid (1930).
- Usage of the baby name Carmina (which debuted in the data in 1914).
Carminella
Carminella was a character played by actress Madame Pilar-Morin in the short film Carminella (1910).
Carney
Carney was a character played by actress Evelyn Brent in the film Daughter of the Tong (1939).
- Usage of the baby name Carney.
Carola
Carola was a character name in multiple films, including College Holiday (1936) and Dangerous Partners (1945).
- Usage of the baby name Carola.
Carole
- Carole Lombard was an actress who appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1940s. She was born in Indiana in 1908. Her birth name was Carol Jane Peters.
- Carole Landis was an actress who appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s. She was born in Wisconsin in 1919. Her birth name was Frances Lillian Mary Ridste.
Carole was also a character played by actress Ruth Robinson in the film Ann Carver’s Profession (1933).
- Usage of the baby name Carole.
Carolyne
Carolyne Wright was an actress who appeared in films in the 1910s.
- Usage of the baby name Carolyne.
Carroll
Carroll Sherridan was a character played by actress Irene Ware in the film Happiness C.O.D. (1935).
- Usage of the baby name Carroll.
Cary
Cary Whipple was a character played by actress Virginia Brissac in the film Three’s a Crowd (1945).
- Usage of the baby name Cary.
Caryl
Caryl Lincoln was an actress who appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1960s. She was born in California in 1903. Caryl was also a character name in multiple films, including Caryl of the Mountains (1914) and Fighting Destiny (1919).
- Usage of the baby name Caryl.
Cassy
Cassy Cara was a character played by actress Pauline Frederick in the film The Paliser Case (1920).
- Usage of the baby name Cassy.
Castelene
Princess Castelene was a character played by actress Fania Marinoff in the short film The Unsuspected Isles (1915).
Catana
Catana Perez was a character played by actress Jean Peters in the film Captain from Castile (1947).
- Usage of the baby name Catana (which debuted in the data in 1948).
Catterina
Catterina was a character played by actress Sylvia Sidney in the film Thirty-Day Princess (1934).
Cecile
Cecile was a character name in multiple films, including Camille (1915) and Honeymoon Deferred (1940).
- Usage of the baby name Cecile.
Cecy
Cecy Acuña was a character played by actress Leslie Brooks in the film You Were Never Lovelier (1942).
- Usage of the baby name Cecy.
Cédrien
Cédrien was a character played by actress Dale Fuller in the film Volcano! (1926).
Ceinwen
Ceinwen was a character played by actress Ann E. Todd in the film How Green Was My Valley (1941).
Celestine
Celestine was a character name in multiple films, including Dancing Man (1934) and I Want a Divorce (1940).
- Usage of the baby name Celestine.
Celida
Celida was a character played by actress Doris Kenyon in the film The Feast of Life (1916).
- Usage of the baby name Celida.
Celie
Celie Sterling was a character played by actress Eileen Percy in the film Some Liar (1919).
- Usage of the baby name Celie.
Celimena
Celimena Moore was a character played by actress Emily Fitzroy in the film Bobbed Hair (1925).
Celinda
Celinda was a character played by actress Virginia Brown Faire in the film The Temptress (1926).
- Usage of the baby name Celinda.
Cella
Cella Stuart was a character played by actress Sunday Wilshin in the film An Obvious Situation (1930).
- Usage of the baby name Cella.
Cenci
Cenci Prohaska was a character played by actress Patricia Medina in the film Waltz Time (1945).
Cerise
Cerise was a character played by actress Patsy De Forest in the short film A Day on the Force (1915).
- Usage of the baby name Cerise.
Cesca
Cesca was a character name in multiple films, including Scarface (1932) and Tortilla Flat (1942).
Chaddie
Chaddie Green was a character played by actress Dorothy Devore in the film The Prairie Wife (1925).
Chadyeane
Chadyeane Fairfax was a character played by actress Claire Windsor in the film Born Rich (1924).
- Usage of the baby name Chadyeane (which was a one-hit wonder in the data in 1924).
Chala
Chala was a character played by actress Amalia Rivera in the film The Tents of Allah (1923).
- Usage of the baby name Chala.
Chameli
Chameli Brentwood was a character played by actress Aileen Pringle in the film The Tiger’s Claw (1923).
Charisse
Cyd Charisse was an actress who appeared in films from the 1940s to the 1970s. She was born in Texas in 1922. Her birth name Tula Ellice Finklea.
- Usage of the baby name Charisse.
Charmaine
Charmaine was a character name in multiple films, including What Price Glory? (1926) and Those Three French Girls (1930).
- Usage of the baby name Charmaine.
Charmian
Charmian was a character name in multiple films, including Queenie of the Nile (1915) and Mister Dynamite (1925).
- Usage of the baby name Charmian.
Charmion
Charmion was a character name in multiple films, including The Darling of the Rich (1922) and Cleopatra (1934).
- Usage of the baby name Charmion.
Charmis
Charmis Graham was a character played by actress Florence Turner in the film The Ugly Duckling (1920).
Cheema
Cheema was a character played by actress Steffi Duna in the film Panama Lady (1939).
Cheeta
Cheeta was a character played by actress Steffi Duna in the film River’s End (1940).
Cherie
Cherie was a character name in multiple films, including The Destroyer (1915) and Her Man o’ War (1926).
- Usage of the baby name Cherie.
Cherokee
Cherokee Lansing was a character played by actress Susan Hayward in the film Tulsa (1949).
- Usage of the baby name Cherokee.
Cherry
Cherry was a character name in multiple films, including The Silver Horde (1930) and As Good as Married (1937).
- Usage of the baby name Cherry.
Cheryl
Cheryl Walker was an actress who appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s. She was born in California in 1918.
- Usage of the baby name Cheryl.
Chichita
Chichita was a character played by actress Elsie Ferguson in the film The Avalanche (1919).
Chilita
Chilita was a character played by actress Louise Fazenda in the short film Mike and Jake in Mexico (1913).
China
China Valdés was a character played by actress Jennifer Jones in the film We Were Strangers (1949).
- Usage of the baby name China.
Chinta
Chinta was a character played by actress Cora Drew in the film The Moral Law (1918).
Chiquita
Chiquita Hart was a character played by actress Carmen Miranda in the film Something for the Boys (1944).
- Usage of the baby name Chiquita.
Chita
Chita was a character name in multiple films, including Flaming Love (1925) and Girl from Havana (1940).
Chonita
Chonita Alvarado was a character played by actress Edith Storey in the film The Tarantula (1916).
- Usage of the baby name Chonita (which debuted in the data in 1917).
Chook-Ra
Chook-Ra was a character played by actress Edith Roberts in the film The Son of the Wolf (1922).
Christabel
Christabel was a character name in multiple films, including Robin Hood (1912) and A Man of Honor (1919).
- Usage of the baby name Christabel.
Christiane
Christiane Mandelys was an actress who appeared in films in the early 1900s. She was born in France in 1873.
- Usage of the baby name Christiane.
Chulita
Chulita was a character played by actress Frances Drake in the film The Trumpet Blows (1934).
Chyra
Chyra was a character played by actress Nina Quartero in the film One Stolen Night (1929).
- Usage of the baby name Chyra.
Which of the above do you like best?
