Color Names
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WHITE COLOR NAMES:

• UNISEX:

  1. AILBHE: Irish unisex name, possibly from Gaelic albho, meaning "white." In Irish legend, Ailbhe was the name of a female warrior of the Fianna.

  2. WHITNEY: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from the name of various place names derived from the Middle English phrase atten whiten ey, meaning "by the white island." 

  3. WYNNE: Welsh unisex name meaning "blessed, fair, white."

• MALE:

  1. AILPEIN: Gaelic name, possibly meaning "white."

  2. ÁKOS: Hungarian name meaning "white falcon."

  3. ALBY: English masculine form of Irish unisex Ailbhe, possibly meaning "white."

  4. ALPIN: Scottish form of Gaelic Ailpein, possibly meaning "white." 

  5. ALPINE: Either an English variant of Scottish Alpin, possibly meaning "white," or derived from the word alpine, meaning "of the Swiss Alps."

  6. ALVA: Variant of Latin Alvah, meaning "white."

  7. ALVAH: Latin biblical name of a leader of the family of Esau, meaning "white." In Hebrew it is a transposed form of the word avla, meaning "sin." 

  8. AODHFIN: Irish name meaning "white fire." 
  9. AODHFIONN: Variant of Irish Aodhfin, meaning "white fire."

  10. ARJUN: Abbreviated form of Hindi Arjuna, meaning "white."

  11. ARJUNA: Hindi myth name of a son of Indra, meaning "white."

  12. BAI: Chinese name meaning "white."

  13. BARDHYL: Albanian name meaning "white star."
  14. BELA (Béla): Hungarian name meaning "white." 
  15. BELBOG: Variant of Slavic Belobog, meaning "white god." 
  16. BELOBOG: "White god." Slavic myth name of a god of light and sun, the counterpart of Crnobog ("black god"), the cursed god of darkness. The name is composed of the elements byelo "white" and bog "god."
  17. BELUN: Variant of Slavic Belobog, meaning "white god." 
  18. BEYLA: Variant of Yiddish Baila, meaning "white."
  19. BIALBOG: Variant of Slavic Belobog, meaning "white god." 
  20. BIELOBOG: Variant of Slavic Belobog, meaning "white god." 
  21. BILAGAANA: Native American Navajo name meaning "white person."
  22. BLAKE: "Black" or "white." This name has two etymologies: one is from Old English blćc "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.
  23. BYELOBOG: Variant of Slavic Belobog, meaning "white god." 
  24. BYLUN: Variant of Slavic Belobog, meaning "white god." 
  25. CLINT: Nickname for English Clinton, meaning "fair" or " white." 
  26. CLINTON: "Little fair/white one." English abbreviated form of the Irish surname McClinton, itself from Mac Giolla Fhionntáin, "son of the servant of Fintán." 

  27. DHAVAL: Hindi name meaning "pure, white."

  28. FINDLAECH: Irish variant of Gaelic Fionnlagh, meaning "fair/white warrior."

  29. FINDLAY: Scottish surname transferred to forename use, itself a form of Irish Findlaech, meaning "fair/white warrior."

  30. FINGAL: Scottish variant of Gaelic Fionnghall, meaning "white stranger."
  31. FINGALL: Variant of Scottish Fingal, meaning "white stranger."
  32. FINIAN: Variant of Irish Finnen, meaning "little fair/white one."
  33. FINLAY: Variant of Scottish Finley, meaning "fair/white warrior."
  34. FINLEY: Variant of Scottish Findlay, meaning "fair/white warrior."
  35. FINN: Variant of Irish Fionn, meaning "fair, white."
  36. FINNEN (Finnén): "Little fair/white one." Irish name, composed of the elements finn "fair/white" and a diminutive suffix.
  37. FINNIAN: Variant of Irish Finian, meaning "little fair/white one."
  38. FINTAN (Fintán): Variant of Fionntan, meaning "little fair/white one."
  39. FION: Variant of Irish Fionn, meaning "fair/white."
  40. FIONN: Myth name of an Irish hero, Finn MacCool, who became all-knowing after eating a magic salmon. The name was derived from the word fionn, meaning "fair/white."
  41. FIONNAGAN (Fionnágan): Double diminutive of Irish Fionn, meaning "little fair/white one."
  42. FIONNGHALL: "Fair/white stranger." Gaelic name composed of the elements fionn "fair, white" and gall "stranger."
  43. FIONNLAGH: "Fair/white warrior." Gaelic name composed of the elements fionn "fair, white" and laoch "hero, warrior."
  44. FIONNTAN (Fionntán): Diminutive form of Irish Fionn, meaning "little fair/white one." 
  45. GAVIN: Scottish form of Norman French Gawain, meaning "white hawk."
  46. GAWAIN: Arthurian legend name of a Knight of the Round Table. It is the Norman French form of Welsh Gwalchgwyn, meaning "white hawk." 

  47. GWALCHGWYN: "White hawk." Old Welsh name composed of the elements gwalch "hawk" and gwyn "white."

  48. GWYN: Welsh name meaning "fair, holy, white."

  49. HOTAH: Native American Sioux name meaning "white."

  50. KACHADA: Native American Hopi name meaning "white man."

  51. KOHKAHYCUMEST: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "white crow or white antelope."

  52. LABAN: Biblical name of the father of Rachel and Leah, from the Hebrew word lavan, meaning "white."

  53. LACHTNA: Irish Gaelic name meaning "milk-colored."

  54. LEUCETIUS: Gallo-Roman myth name of a god of thunder, meaning "white light." 

  55. MATOSKAH: Native American Sioux name meaning "white bear."

  56. PAHANA: Native American Hopi name meaning "lost white brother."

  57. QOCHATA: Native American Hopi name meaning "white man."

  58. SKAH: Native American Sioux name meaning "white."

  59. TIT: Russian form of Roman Titus, meaning "white clay, white earth." 

  60. TITO: Italian and Spanish form of Roman Titus, meaning "white clay, white earth." 
  61. TITOS: Greek form of Roman Titus, which was derived from the word Titan, itself from Greek titauos, meaning "white clay, white earth."
  62. TITUS: Roman biblical name of a companion of Paul. It is the Latin form of Greek Titos, meaning "white clay, white earth." 
  63. TYTUS: Polish form of Roman Titus, meaning "white clay, white earth." 

  64. VOISTITOEVITZ: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "white cow."

  65. VOISTTITOEVETZ: Variant of Cheyenne Voistitoevitz, meaning "white cow."
  66. VOKIVOCUMMAST: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "white antelope."

  67. WAMBLEESKA: Native American Sioux name meaning "white eagle."

  68. WANAGEESKA: Native American Sioux name meaning "white spirit."

  69. WHITAKER: "White field." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from various place names composed of the Old English elements hwit "white" and ćcer "cultivated land." 
  70. WOKAIHWOKOMAS: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "white antelope."
  71. WYN: Variant of Welsh Wynn, meaning "blessed, fair, white."
  72. WYNN: Masculine variant of unisex Wynne, meaning "blessed, fair, white."
  73. XUEQIN: Chinese name meaning "snow-white celery."
  74. ZURI: Basque name meaning "white."

• FEMALE:

  1. ACHEFLOUR: Arthurian legend name of King Arthur's sister, meaning "white flower." 

  2. AERONWEN: Welsh compound name consisting of Aeron "carnage, slaughter," and gwen "white."

  3. BAILA: Yiddish name meaning "white." 

  4. BAYLA: Variant of Yiddish Baila, meaning "white."

  5. BEYLA: Variant of Yiddish Baila, meaning "white."
  6. BEYLKE: Pet form of Yiddish Baila, meaning "white."
  7. BIANCA: Italian equivalent of Blanche, meaning "white." 
  8. BIANKA: Hungarian form of Blanche, meaning "white."
  9. BLANCA: Spanish form of English/French Blanche, meaning "white."
  10. BLANCH: English variant of French Blanche, meaning "white."
  11. BLANCHE: English and French name meaning "white." 
  12. BLANCHEFLOR: Variant of French Blancheflour, meaning "white flower."
  13. BLANCHEFLOUR: "White flower." Arthurian legend name from French Flores and Blancheflour, a popular romantic poem from the Middle Ages. She was Tristan's mother, known as the "white flower" of the House of Cornwall. She was the daughter of King Felix, sister of King Mark of Cornwall, mother of Sir Tristan, and wife to Rivalen, Lord of Armenye. She died giving birth to her son.
  14. BLANCHEFLEUR: Middle English form of French Blancheflour, meaning "white flower."
  15. BLANKA: Czech and Polish form of English/French Blanche, meaning "white."
  16. BLODWEN: Welsh name meaning "white flower." 

  17. BRANCA: Galician and Portuguese form of Blanche, meaning "white."

  18. CANDIDA: English name derived from Latin word candida, meaning "clear and white," like pure quartz rather than the whiteness of milk. George Bernard Shaw used this name for his 1895 play of the same name.

  19. EIRWEN: "Snow white." Welsh name composed of the elements eira "snow" and (g)wen "fair, holy, white."

  20. FENELLA: English and Scottish form of Irish/Gaelic Fionnghuala, meaning "white shoulder." 
  21. FINELLA: English and Scottish form of Irish/Gaelic Fionnghuala, meaning "white shoulder."
  22. FINNGUALA: Variant of Irish/Gaelic Fionnghuala, meaning "white shoulder."
  23. FINOLA: English and Scottish form of Irish/Gaelic Fionnghuala, meaning "white shoulder."
  24. FIONNAGHUALA: Variant of Irish/Gaelic Fionnghuala, meaning "white shoulder."
  25. FIONNGHUALA: "White shoulder." Irish/Gaelic myth name of one of the children of Lir who were turned into swans for 900 years. The name is composed of the elements fionn "fair, white" and guala "shoulder."
  26. FIONNUALA: Variant of Irish/Gaelic Fionnghuala, meaning "white shoulder."
  27. FIONOLA: English and Scottish variant of Irish/Gaelic Fionnghuala, meaning "white shoulder."
  28. GAENOR: Variant of English Gaynor, meaning "white and soft."

  29. GAURI: Hindi myth name of the wife of Shiva, meaning "white."

  30. GAVINA: Feminine form of Scottish Gavin, meaning "white hawk."

  31. GAYNOR: Medieval English form of French Guinevere, meaning "white and soft."

  32. GENERYS: Medieval Welsh name, probably meaning "white lady." 

  33. GENEVA: English pet form of Genevieve, possibly meaning "white race."
  34. GENEVIČVE: French name of Celtic origin, possibly meaning "white race."
  35. GENEVIEVE: English form of French Genevičve, possibly meaning "white race."
  36. GENEVRA: Variant of Italian Ginevra, possibly meaning "white race."
  37. GENNA: English pet form of Genevieve, possibly meaning "white race."
  38. GENNIE: Variant of English Genny, possibly meaning "white race."
  39. GENNY: English pet form of Genevieve, possibly meaning "white race."
  40. GENOVEFA: German form of Genevieve, possibly meaning "white race." 
  41. GENOVEFFA: Italian form of Genevieve, possibly meaning "white race."
  42. GENOVEVA: Spanish form of Genevieve, possibly meaning "white race."
  43. GENOWEFA: Polish form of Genevieve, possibly meaning "white race."

  44. GINEVRA: Italian form of French Genevičve, possibly meaning "white race."

  45. GOWRI: Variant of Hindi Gauri, meaning "white."

  46. GUENDOLEN: Variant of Welsh Gwendolen, meaning "white ring."

  47. GUINEVERE: French form of Welsh Gwenhwyvar, meaning "white and smooth." Arthurian legend name of the wife of King Arthur. 

  48. GWENDA: "Fair and good." Welsh name composed of the elements gwen "fair, holy, white" and da "good."

  49. GWENDOLEN: "White ring." Welsh name composed of the elements gwen "fair, holy, white" and dolen "bow, ring." Myth name of King Locrine's wife.
  50. GWENDOLINE: Variant of Welsh Gwendolen, meaning "white ring."
  51. GWENDOLYN: Variant of Welsh Gwendolen, meaning "white ring."

  52. GWENEVERE: Variant of French Guinevere, meaning "white and smooth."

  53. GWENHWYVAR: "White and smooth." Original Welsh form of French Guinevere, possibly composed of the elements gwen "fair, holy, white" and hwyfar "smooth, soft." 

  54. GWYNEIRA: "White as snow." Welsh name composed of the elements gwyn "fair, holy, white" and eira "snow."

  55. HAUKEA: Hawaiian name composed of the elements hau "snow" and kea "white," meaning "snow white."

  56. JEN: Nickname for English Jennifer, meaning "white and smooth."
  57. JENA: Variant of English Gena "well born" and a pet form of Jennifer, meaning "white and smooth."
  58. JENAE: Pet form of English Jennifer, meaning "white and smooth."
  59. JENELLE: Elaborated form of English Jen, meaning "white and smooth."
  60. JENESSA: Elaborated form of English Jen, meaning "white and smooth."
  61. JENI: Variant of English Jenny, meaning "white and smooth."
  62. JENIFER: Variant of English Jennifer, meaning "white and smooth."
  63. JENN: Variant of English Jen, meaning "white and smooth."
  64. JENNA: Latin form of English Jenny, meaning "white and smooth."
  65. JENNI: Variant of English Jenny, meaning "white and smooth."
  66. JENNICA: Elaborated form of English Jenn, meaning "white and smooth."
  67. JENNIE: Variant of English Jenny, meaning "white and smooth."
  68. JENNIFER: English form of French Guinevere, meaning "white and smooth."
  69. JENNY: Pet form of English Jennifer, meaning "white and smooth."
  70. LIVNA: Hebrew name meaning "white."
  71. LIVNAT: Variant of Hebrew Livna, meaning "white."

  72. MISAE: Native American Osage name meaning "white sun."

  73. MOSWEN: Egyptian name meaning "white."

  74. NERYS: "Lady." Modern Welsh name, probably derived from the latter part of medieval Generys "white lady."

  75. NEVA: Nickname for Geneva, possibly meaning "white race."

  76. NUALA: Nickname for Irish/Gaelic Fionnuala, meaning "white shoulder."

  77. PTAYSANWEE: Native American Sioux name meaning "white buffalo."

  78. RIM: Arabic name meaning "white antelope."

  79. ROSALBA: "White rose." Italian name composed of the elements rosa "rose" and alba "white."
  80. ROSALVA: Variant of Italian Rosalba, meaning "white rose."

  81. SACNITE: Mayan name meaning "white flower."

  82. TUYET: Vietnamese name meaning "snow white."

  83. VEVA: Pet form of French Genevičve, possibly meaning "white race."

  84. ZURINE (Zurińe): Feminine form of Basque Zuri, meaning "white."

YELLOW COLOR NAMES:

• MALE:

  1. BLAAN (Bláán): "Little yellow one." Scottish/Gaelic name composed of the word blá "yellow" and a diminutive suffix.
  2. BLAIN: "Little yellow one." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the old Scottish/Gaelic personal name Bláán.
  3. BLAINE: Variant of English Blain, meaning "little yellow one."
  4. BOYD: Scottish surname transferred to forename use, meaning "yellow," as in yellow-haired.

  5. CONWAY: "Yellow hound/wolf." Irish surname transferred to forename use, itself from Gaelic Ó Conbhuide "descendant of Cú Bhuidhe." 

  6. CU BHUIDHE (Cú Bhuidhe): "Yellow hound/wolf." Irish/Gaelic name derived from the elements cú "hound/wolf" and buidhe "yellow."

  7. FLAVIAN: Abbreviated form of Roman Flavius, meaning "yellow hair."
  8. FLÁVIO: Portuguese form of Roman Flavius, meaning "yellow hair."
  9. FLAVIO: Italian and Spanish form of Roman Flavius, meaning "yellow hair."
  10. FLAVIU: Romanian form of Roman Flavius, meaning "yellow hair."
  11. FLAVIUS: Roman Latin name meaning "yellow hair."
  12. FULVIO: Italian form of Roman Fulvius, meaning "yellow."

  13. FULVIUS: Roman name derived from the Latin element fulvus, meaning "yellow."

  14. HE: Chinese name meaning "Yellow river."

  15. HESUTU: Native American Miwok name meaning "yellow jacket nest rising out of the ground."

  16. HORI: Basque name meaning "yellow."

  17. MUATA: Native American Miwok name meaning "yellow jackets inside a nest."

  18. PISTAMBAR: "Yellow garment." Hindi name composed of the Sanskrit elements pita "yellow" and ambara "garment."

  19. SIKYAHONAW: Native American Hopi name meaning "yellow bear."
  20. SIKYATAVO: Native American Hopi name meaning "yellow rabbit."
  21. XANTHIPPOS: "Yellow horse." Greek name composed of the elements xanthos "yellow" and hippos "horse." 
  22. XANTHOS: Greek myth name of several characters and creatures, meaning "yellow." 
  23. XANTHUS: Variant of Greek Xanthos, meaning "yellow." 
  24. ZARATHUSTRA: "One who owns golden/yellow camels." Persian name composed of the elements zaray "old" and ustra "camel." 
  25. ZOROASTER: Greek form of Persian Zarathustra, meaning "one who owns golden/yellow camels."

• FEMALE:

  1. AMBER: English jewelry and color name of Arabic derivation, meaning simply "amber."

  2. AMBRA: Italian form of English Amber, meaning "amber."

  3. AMBRE: French form of English Amber, meaning "amber."

  4. FLÁVIA: Portuguese form of Roman Latin Flavia, meaning "yellow hair."
  5. FLAVIA: Feminine form of Roman Latin Flavius, meaning "yellow hair."
  6. FLAVIE: French form of Roman Latin Flavia, meaning "yellow hair."

  7. TOPAZ: English gem name meaning simply "topaz," the birthstone for the month of November. Pliny says that the topaz was named for an island where the yellow stone was mined, either in the Red Sea or the Arabian Sea. The word derives from Latin topazus, from Greek topazos/topazion, which is of obscure origin, though some linguists think there may be a connection with the Sanskrit word tapas, meaning "heat; fire."

  8. XANTHE: Greek name derived from the word xanthos, meaning "yellow."

  9. XANTHIA: Elaborated form of Greek Xanthe, meaning "yellow."

  10. XANTHIPPE: Feminine form of Greek Xanthippos, meaning "yellow horse."

MISC. COLOR NAMES:

• UNISEX:

  1. RUSTY: Originally a nickname for someone with "rust-colored hair."

• MALE:

  1. AMITOLA: Native American Sioux name meaning "rainbow." This name comes from a legend that says that the first colorful picture was painted on the clouds by a young Indian chief named Amitola.

  2. SWARAN: "Good color." Hindi name composed of the Sanskrit elements su "good" and varna "color."

• FEMALE:

  1. AYA: Japanese name meaning "colorful" or "woven silk."

  2. AYAKA: Japanese name meaning "colorful flower/fragrant/summer."

  3. AYANO: Japanese name meaning "of color/silk."

  4. CARNATION: English name derived from the flower name, itself from French carnation, meaning "complexion," from Italian carnagione, meaning "flesh-colored." 

  5. KINEVART: Armenian name meaning "wine-colored rose."

  6. KOLOUR: English variant of the word "color" used as a name.

  7. SWARNA: Feminine form of Hindi Swaran, meaning "good color."

  8. XIAOWEN: Chinese unisex name meaning "morning cloud coloring" for girls and "filial and civil" for boys.

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