Color Names
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BLACK COLOR NAMES:

• UNISEX:

  1. BRAITH: Welsh unisex name derived from the word brith, meaning "diversely-colored," especially black and white or red and white. 
          Note: According to a 1967 etymological dictionary of Welsh, brych and brith are not the same but have often been confused. Brych means "pied, spotted, speckled," while brith means "diversely-colored," especially black and white or red and white. 

  2. YAYAUHQUI: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "black smoking mirror."

• FEMALE:

  1. CEARA: English variant of Irish Ciara, meaning "little black one."
  2. CEARRA: English variant of Irish Ciara, meaning "little black one."
  3. CIARA: Feminine form of Irish Ciaran, meaning "little black one."
  4. DAIYU: Chinese name meaning "black jade."

  5. DUANA: English feminine form of Duane, meaning "dark, black."

  6. EBONY: "Ebony wood." English name derived from the name of the valuable black wood called ebony, itself ultimately of Egyptian origin, from Latin ebenius, from Greek ebenos, from ancient Egyptian hbny.

  7. HUIDAI: Chinese name meaning "wise dai (eyebrow blackener)."

  8. JETTA: Feminine form of English Jett, meaning "coal black."

  9. KALI: Hindi myth name of the wife of Shiva, meaning "the black one" and "devourer of time."

  10. KANIKA: Egyptian name meaning "black."

  11. KEARA: English variant of Irish Ciara, meaning "little black one."

  12. KEIRA: Variant of English Keara, meaning "little black one." 

  13. KIARA: English variant of Irish Ciara, meaning "little black one."

  14. KIARRA: Variant of English Kiara, meaning "little black one."

  15. KIERA: Variant of English Kiara, meaning "little black one."
  16. KIERRA: Variant of English Kiara, meaning "little black one."
  17. MALANDRA: Modern English creation, possibly a blend of the names Malinda "black/dark serpent" and Sandra "defender of mankind."
  18. MALINDA: Variant of Melinda, a modern name blending two other names, possibly meaning "black/dark serpent."
  19. MELAINA: Greek name derived from the word, melaina, meaning "black, dark." 
  20. MELANIA: Latin form of Greek Melaina, meaning "black, dark."
  21. MÉLANIE: French form of Latin Melania, meaning "black, dark." 
  22. MELANIE: English form of French Mélanie, meaning "black, dark." 
  23. MELANY: Variant of Melanie, meaning "black, dark."

  24. MELINDA: Modern creation, possibly a blend of Melanie "black, dark," and Linda "serpent," yielding "black/dark serpent."

  25. MELLONY: Variant of Melanie, meaning "black, dark." 

  26. MINDY: Pet form of Melinda, possibly meaning "black/dark serpent." 

  27. SABLE: English name derived from the vocabulary word, meaning "black," as a heraldic color. It is sometimes confused with the mammal of the same name but which has brown fur, not black, and which has a different origin.

  28. SEVOUG: Armenian name meaning "black."

  29. SHYAMA: Feminine form of Hindi Shyam, meaning "black, blue."
  30. SHYAMALA: Feminine form of Hindi Shyamal, meaning "black, blue."

• MALE:

  1. ADHAM: Arabic name meaning "black."

  2. BLAKE: "Black" or "white." This name has two etymologies: one is from Old English blæc "black" and the other is from Old English blāc "white." It was first a nickname given to a person having unusually dark or light hair or skin, then it became a surname, and then a popular male forename.

  3. CARRAN: "Little black one." Derives ultimately from the Irish surname Mac Ciarain, meaning "son of Ciaran."

  4. CATAHECASSA: Native American Shawnee name meaning "black hoof."

  5. CHERNOBOG: Variant of Slavic Crnobog, meaning "black god."

  6. CIAR: Old Gaelic name derived from the word ciar, meaning "black."
  7. CIARAN: "Little black one." Irish name composed of the Gaelic word ciar "black" and a diminutive suffix.
  8. CIARDHA: Gaelic name derived from the word ciar, meaning "black, dark."

  9. COLBERT: English surname transferred to forename use, itself of Germanic origin, composed of the elements col, probably meaning "black, coal" (cf. Old Norse kol "black, coal"), and berht "bright, famous." 

  10. COLBY: "Coal settlement." English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old Norse elements kol "black, coal" and býr "settlement."
  11. COLA: Old English byname derived from the element col "charcoal," hence, "coal-black, swarthy."
  12. COLE: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the byname Cola, meaning "coal-black, swarthy." This name is sometimes used as a nickname for Nicholas, meaning "victory of the people."
  13. CRNOBOG: "Black god." Slavic myth name of a god of evil and darkness, the counterpart of Belobog ("white god"), the god of the sun and light, derived from cherno "black" and bog "god."
  14. DAVIN: "Little black one." Irish surname transferred to forename use, itself from Gaelic Ó Duibhín "descendant of Duibhín." 
  15. DEWAYNE: English elaborated form of Dwayne, meaning "dark, black."

  16. DONNDUBHAN (Donndubhán): "Little black/dark one." Old Gaelic name composed of the elements donn "brown," dubh "dark, black," and the diminutive suffix -án.

  17. DONOVAN: "Little dark/black one." Irish surname transferred to forename use, itself from Gaelic Ó Donndubháin, meaning "descendant of Donndubhán." 

  18. DOUG: English nickname for Douglas, meaning "black stream."

  19. DOUGIE: English pet form of Douglas, meaning "black stream."

  20. DOUGLAS: "Black stream." Scottish surname transferred to forename use, derived from a place name composed of the Gaelic elements dubh "black" and glas "stream."

  21. DUANE: English/Irish form of Gaelic Dubhán, originally a byname which was the diminutive of Gaelic dubh, meaning "dark, black."

  22. DUBHGHLAS (Dùbhghlas): Gaelic form of Scottish Douglas, meaning "black/dark stream."

  23. DUFF: Nickname for Scottish Duffy, meaning "black peace."
  24. DUFFY: "Black peace." Scottish surname transferred to forename use, itself from Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe "son of Duibhshíth."
  25. DUIBHIN (Duibhín): Gaelic nickname meaning "little black one."
  26. DUIBHSHITH (Duibhshíth): "Black peace." Old Gaelic name composed of the elements dubh "black" and sith "peace."
  27. DWANE: English variant of Dwayne, meaning "dark, black."
  28. DWAYNE: Variant of English/Irish Duane, meaning "dark, black."

  29. JETT: English name derived from the word jet, meaning "coal black."

  30. KEMOSIRI: Egyptian name meaning "black Osiris."

  31. KIARAN: English form of Irish Ciaran, meaning "little black one."

  32. KIERAN: Variant of English Kiaran, meaning "little black one."
  33. KIERON: Variant of English Kiaran, meaning "little black one."
  34. KISHAN: Modern form of Hindi Krishna, meaning "the black/blue."
  35. KISHEN: Variant of Hindi Kishan, meaning "the black/blue."

  36. KISTNA: Variant of Hindi Krishna, meaning "the black/blue."

  37. KOLE: Variant of English Cole, meaning "coal-black, swarthy."

  38. KOLI: Old Norse nickname for a dark-complexioned person, derived from the element kol, meaning "black, coal."

  39. KRISHNA: Hindi myth name of an incarnation of Vishnu, meaning "the black/blue."

  40. KRSNA: Original form of Hindi Krishna, meaning "the black/blue."

  41. KYRAN: Variant of English Kieran, meaning "little black one."

  42. NERO: Roman name, possibly meaning "black."

  43. NIGELLUS: Latin form of Norman French Nihel "champion," but sometimes used as a diminutive form of the word niger "black," thus "little black one."

  44. PIRAN: Proto-Celtic form of Irish Ciaran, meaning "little black one."

  45. RAMAKRISHNA: Hindi compound name composed of the names Rama "pleasing" and Krishna "the black/blue."

  46. SEVAG: Armenian name meaning "black-eyed."

  47. SHYAM: Hindi myth name of Krishna, derived from the Sanskrit element syama, meaning "black, blue."

  48. SHYAMAL: Variant of Hindi Shyam, meaning "black, blue."

  49. SIAVUSH: Persian name meaning "possesses black stallions."

  50. SUCKI: Native American Algonquin name meaning "black."

  51. TLILPOTONQUI: Nahuatl name meaning "feathered in black."

  52. TUCSON: Modern English name derived from the name of the city in Arizona, itself the Spanish form of O'odham Cuk Son, meaning "black base."

  53. ZERNEBOG: Variant of Slavic Crnobog, meaning "black god."

BLUE COLOR NAMES:

• UNISEX:

  1. INDIGO: English unisex name, derived from vocabulary word, itself ultimately from Greek indikon, meaning "blue dye from India." 

• MALE:

  1. HINTO: Native American Dakota name meaning "blue."

  2. KHAJAG: Armenian name meaning "blue-eyed."

  3. KISHAN: Modern form of Hindi Krishna, meaning "the black/blue."

  4. KISHEN: Variant of Hindi Kishan, meaning "the black/blue."

  5. KISTNA: Variant of Hindi Krishna, meaning "the black/blue."

  6. KRISHNA: Hindi myth name of an incarnation of Vishnu, meaning "the black/blue."

  7. KRSNA: Original form of Hindi Krishna, meaning "the black/blue."

  8. MATLALIHUITL: Nahuatl name meaning "blue-green feather."

  9. RAMAKRISHNA: Hindi compound name composed of the names Rama "pleasing" and Krishna "the black/blue."

  10. SHYAM: Hindi myth name of Krishna, derived from the Sanskrit element syama, meaning "black, blue."
  11. SHYAMAL: Variant of Hindi Shyam, meaning "black, blue."

  12. SUNIL: "Very dark blue." Hindi name composed of the Sanskrit elements su "very" and nila "dark blue."

  13. URDIN: Basque name meaning "blue."

  14. YAHTO: Native American Sioux name meaning "blue."

• FEMALE:

  1. AOI: Japanese name meaning "blue."

  2. AZURA: Variant of the English color name Azure, meaning "sky blue."

  3. AZURE: English color name meaning "sky blue."

  4. AZZURRA: Italian form of English color name Azure, meaning "sky blue."

  5. CYAN: English name derived from the vocabulary word, itself from Greek kyanos, meaning "dark blue enamel" and "lapis lazuli." The color cyan is also sometimes called blue-green, electric blue, and turquoise. 

  6. CYANEA: Greek name meaning either "sky blue" or "bluish green."

  7. KALTRINA: Albanian name meaning "blue girl."

  8. NEELA: Hindi name meaning "blue."

  9. NILA: Hindi name meaning "dark blue."

  10. QING: Chinese name meaning "dark blue." 

  11. SHAOQING: Chinese name meaning "young blue."

  12. SHYAMA: Feminine form of Hindi Shyam, meaning "black, blue."
  13. SHYAMALA: Feminine form of Hindi Shyamal, meaning "black, blue."

  14. SINI: Finnish name meaning "blue."

  15. SINIKKA: Elaborated form of Finnish Sini, meaning "blue."

  16. TEAL: English name derived from the vocabulary word for a type of "duck" or "blue-green color."
  17. TEALE: Variant of English Teal, meaning either "duck" or "blue-green color."

  18. URDIEN (Urdiñe): Variant of Basque Urdina, meaning "blue."

  19. URDINA: Feminine form of Basque Urdin, meaning "blue."

  20. XIAOQING: Chinese name meaning "little blue."

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