Cherub Name Masterpost
There are almost 12 million valid names for cherubs, ones that start with the letters C-A-L and have 8 total letters, given the 26-letter English alphabet. (That’s not factoring in pronounceability; Calxdkht is a valid cherub name.) It stands to reason that at least some of them already have been used as words or names. What follows is by no means a comprehensive list. It’s an attempt to find and define all valid cherub names that are used as English words, along with a sampling of real names that also fit the criteria. I hope you’ll find this tool interesting, if not useful.
SOURCES: https://www.behindthename.com/names/letter/c/length/8; Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary (2001 edition, I think); https://www.merriam-webster.com/browse/dictionary/c/3; https://www.ambar-eldaron.com/quen-eng.pdf; https://eldamo.org/content/word-indexes/words-s.html; The Complete Tolkien Companion by J. E. A. Tyler
We’ll start with the ones that have been used in some canonical capacity:
Calamity - A disaster. Misery. Re. Calamity Jane: a famous frontier markswoman.
Caliborn - Derived from Caliburn, an alternate name for Excalibur. (Confirmed by Hussie, according to the wiki.)
Calliope - One of the nine Muses of Greek myth; the Muse of epic poetry. A type of loud, harsh-sounding steam organ.
Calmasis - I have no freakin idea bro, I assume this was made up
Below the cut are the suggestions:
Calabash - Refers to gourds or a plant with a gourd-like shape. Also refers to the hollowed-out shell of such a gourd.
Calabaza - Spanish term for calabash.
Calabria - A region in southern Italy.
Caladium - A plant genus of the arum family. Colorful leaves. I’m just writing what the dictionary says, I’m no botanist and I don’t know what an arum is
Caladryl - A brand-name drug containing calamine.
Calainis - Older Quenyan name for the month of May (later known as Lótessë).
Calakmul - A ruined Mayan city in southeastern Mexico.
Calamari - A type of squid, often eaten. Also relates to pen ink produced by said squid.
Calamary - See calamari.
Calamata - Alternate spelling of kalamata, a type of olive.
Calambar - Quenyan adjective possibly meaning “light-fated”.
Calamian - A group of islands in the Philippines. Also the indigenous species of said islands.
Calamine - A pink, zinc oxide-based powder used in lotions to treat inflammatory skin conditions. Also refers to a lotion produced with such a powder. Also another name for the minerals hemimorphite and smithsonite. Also refers to calamine brass, a zinc and copper alloy that resembles gold.
Calamint - Aromatic plants in the Calamintha genus of the mint family.
Calamite - A fossil plant from the Carboniferous period. Major component of coal used as fuel.
Calanthe - A genus of orchids. Used as a female English given name.
Calardan - Sindarin word meaning “lampwright”.
Calarust - Quenyan prefix meaning “polished copper”.
Calathea - A genus of tropical American plants.
Calathus - Alternate name for kalathos; a type of Greek woven basket shaped like a top hat.
Calavenë: Quenyan word for the Sun; lit. “light-vessel”, “light-dish”.
Calbayog - A city in the Philippines.
Calbhach - A male Irish given name; means “bald”.
Calcaneo - A prefix referring to the calcaneus, the heel bone.
Calcifer - The name of the fire demon from the book Howl’s Moving Castle.
Calcific - An adjective referring to making or converting into chalk or lime (chemical compound).
Calciner - Something or someone that converts material into calx (whatever that is).
Calcrete - Alternate name for caliche, a geological deposit consisting of sand or clay impregnated with crystalline salts.
Calcspar - Alternate name for calcite, calcium carbonate.
Calctufa - Tufa, a variety of limestone (a rock made of calcium compounds).
Calctuff - See calctufa.
Calculus - Mathematical calculations using differentiation or integration. Also a kidney stone or similar deposit in an organ. Also another form of tartar, the hard stuff that the plaque residue on your teeth turns into after too long.
Calcutta - Alternate name of Kolkata, a major city in India.
CalderĂłn - de la Barca; surname of a Spanish author.
Caldwell - A surname.
Calebite - A member of the tribe of Caleb, an important figure in Jewish history.
Calembel - In Tolkien’s Legendarium, the chief town of the province of Lamedon in Gondor.
Calendar - A chart of the days, weeks, and months of a year. Also a system of timekeeping. Also a chronological list, e.g. a calendar of events.
Calender - (no this is not a misprint) A machine in which material is smoothed by rolling between rotating cylinders. Also a machine for impregnating fabric with rubber.
Calenhad - Sindarin name meaning “green-hump”. The name of one of the seven beacon-hills between Gondor and Rohan.
Calexico - A town in Southern California.
Calfskin - The skin or hide of a calf, typ. juvenile cattle.
Calfuray - Female Native American given name. Means “violet (flower)” in Mapuche.
Caliceal - Of or relating to a calix, a cup or cup-shaped thing.
Calicoed - Dressed in calico, a plain cotton cloth with a pattern on one side.
Caliduct - A pipe or duct for conveying a heating medium, e.g. hot air or steam.
Caliente - Spanish word meaning “hot”.
Califate - Alternate spelling of caliphate, the rank or jurisdiction of a caliph. A caliph is an Islamic spiritual leader.
Califont - A New Zealand term for a gas water heater.
Caligula - Male Roman given name. Means “little boot” in Latin. Re. the eponymous sadistic Roman emperor.
Calimere - The name of a cape on the southeastern coast of India.
Caliondo - Alternate spelling of Calion. In Tolkien’s Legendarium, Tar-Calion was the Quenyan name of Ar-Pharazon “the Golden”, the last and most prideful king of Numenor.
Calipash - The part of a turtle next to the upper shield. Considered a delicacy.
Calisaya - The medicinal bark of the tree Cinchona calisaya.
Calixtus - Male Roman given name. Variant of Callistus, meaning “most beautiful” . Three popes have had this name.
Callable - Capable of being called. Subject to payment or redemption on demand, e.g. a loan.
Callahan - Male English given name. Anglicized form of the Irish Ceallachán, meaning “bright-headed” or possibly “war”, “strife”, or “church”.
Callaloo - A Caribbean dish; a thick soup of crabmeat, greens, and various seasonings.
Callaway - A place name. Also a surname. Also the name of a popular golf equipment producer.
Callback - To recall or call back. Also a summoning of workers back to work, or a performer to return for another audition.
Calleigh - Female English given name. Variant of Callie, a nickname corresponding with multiple names.
Calliper - Alternate spelling of caliper, an instrument with two hinged legs used to precisely measure small distances.
Callista - Female Italian given name. Feminine form of Callistus. See Calixtus.
Callisto - Unisex given name of Italian or Greek origin. Italian: variant of Callistus; see Calixtus. Greek: variant of Kallisto, meaning “most beautiful”. In Greek mythology, a nymph paramour of Zeus, turned into a she-bear by Hera and set in the sky as the Ursa Major (Great Bear; Big Dipper) constellation. The name of a moon of Jupiter.
Callosal - Of or relating to the corpus callosum, the part of the brain connecting the two halves together.
Calloway - An English surname. Re. Cab Calloway, a jazz singer most famous for the song “Minnie the Moocher”.
Calmacil - Quenyan name meaning “light-sword” or “lamp-sword”. Name of the 18th king of Numenor and a king of Gondor.
Calmatan - Quenyan noun meaning “lampwright”.
Calmette - French surname. Re. Albert Leon Charles Calmette, a bacteriologist who developed a tuberculosis vaccine.
Calogera - Female Italian given name. Feminine form of Calogero.
Calogero - Male Italian given name, meaning “beautiful elder”. There was a 5th-century saint with this name.
Caloocan - A city in the Philippines.
Calorize - To alloy a steel by impregnation with aluminum.
Calotype - An early photographic process. Also refers to a print made via this process.
Calutron - A device for separating isotopes by atomic mass.
Calvados - A department (county?) in NW France. Also a type of apple brandy made in Normandy.
Calvaria - The top part of the skull.
Calycine - Pertaining to or resembling a calyx, the outermost, cup-like part of a flower.
Calyptra - In botany, a hood or hoodlike part; a root cap.
Calzaghe - A surname. Re. Joe Calzaghe, a Welsh boxer.
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