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Names meaning red, blue, white and other colours
Colour names: white in Blanche and Gwen, dark in Melanie, scarlet in Scarlet, and many more shades. 236 names so far, each with its own page, story and name art.
Adamo
“man; of the red earth”
Hebrew, via Italian
Aeronwen
“white or blessed Aeron”
Welsh
Ailbhe
may mean “white”
Irish
Ailbín
may mean “perhaps white”
Irish
Akgül
“white rose”
Turkish
Ákos
may mean “white falcon”
Hungarian
Alba
“dawn; white”
Latin
Albane
“white; from Alba”
Latin, via French
Albin
“white”
Latin
Albina
“white, bright”
Latin
Albinas
“white”
Latin, via Lithuanian
Albino
“white”
Latin, via Portuguese and Italian
Albio
“white”
Latin, via Italian
Alsu
“scarlet water”
Turkic
Aoi
may mean “hollyhock; or blue”
Japanese
Arjun
“bright, white, shining”
Sanskrit
Barbaros
“foreign, red-beard”
Greek, via Turkish
Bardh
“white”
Albanian
Beryl
“sea-green gemstone”
Greek
Beyza
“white”
Arabic, via Turkish
Bianca
“white”
Italian
Bianka
“white”
Italian, via Hungarian and German
Blaeke
may mean “dark or pale”
Old English
Blake
“black; or pale”
Old English
Blakeley
“dark clearing”
Old English
Blakely
“dark clearing”
Old English
Blanca
“white, pure”
Germanic, via Spanish
Blanch
“white”
French
Blanche
“white”
French
Blanka
“white”
Germanic, via Polish, Czech and Slovak
Blayke
may mean “dark or pale”
Old English
Blerta
“green”
Albanian
Blodwen
“white flower”
Welsh
Bora
“purple”
Korean
Borbardha
“snow-white”
Albanian
Boyd
“yellow-haired”
Scottish Gaelic
Branca
“white”
Germanic, via Portuguese
Brandubh
“black raven”
Old Irish
Branwen
“white raven”
Welsh
Bronson
“son of Brown”
English
Bronwen
“white breast, blessed heart”
Welsh
Bronwyn
“white breast”
Welsh
Bruna
“brown”
Germanic, via Italian
Bruno
“brown”
Germanic
Caerwyn
“white fort”
Welsh
Caesar
may mean “hairy; or blue-eyed”
Latin
Candid
“white, pure”
Latin, via German
Candida
“white, pure”
Latin
Candido
“white, pure”
Latin
Candidus
“white, pure”
Latin
Cesar
may mean “hairy; or blue-eyed”
Latin, via Spanish
Chloe
“young green shoot”
Greek
Chloeigh
“green shoot”
Greek, via English
Chloey
“green shoot”
Greek, via English
Ciara
“little dark one”
Irish
Ciaran
“little dark one”
Irish
Cloe
“green shoot”
Greek
Cole
“coal-black”
English
Donn
may mean “brown, or lord”
Irish
Donnacha
may mean “brown warrior; or strong chief”
Irish
Donncha
may mean “brown-haired warrior”
Irish
Donnchadh
may mean “brown warrior; or strong chief”
Irish and Scottish Gaelic
Donovan
may mean “dark brown”
Irish
Doogie
“dark stream”
Gaelic
Dorcha
“dark”
Irish
Doug
“dark water”
Scottish Gaelic, via English
Dougal
“dark stranger”
Scottish Gaelic
Dougie
“dark stream”
Gaelic
Douglas
“dark stream”
Scottish Gaelic
Dritbardh
“white light”
Albanian
Duane
may mean “dark”
Irish
Dubhán
“little dark one”
Irish
Dubhghall
“dark stranger”
Gaelic
Dubhghus
may mean “dark vigour”
Irish
Dufgus
may mean “dark vigour”
Gaelic, via Old Norse
Dùghall
“dark stranger”
Gaelic
Duncan
“dark warrior”
Scottish Gaelic
Dunnchadh
may mean “brown warrior”
Irish
Dunstan
“dark stone”
Old English
Duwayne
may mean “dark”
Irish
Dwane
may mean “dark”
Irish
Dwayne
“little dark one”
Irish
Eirwen
“snow white”
Welsh
Eirwyn
“snow white”
Welsh
Emerald
“green gemstone”
Greek, via Latin and French
Fatbardh
“white fortune”
Albanian
Feardorcha
“dark man”
Irish
Fenella
“white shoulder”
Gaelic
Finn
may mean “fair, white; or a Finn”
Irish, also Old Norse
Finnian
“fair, white”
Irish
Fiona
“fair, white”
Scottish Gaelic
Fionn
“fair, white”
Irish
Fionnuala
“white shoulder”
Irish
Floyd
“grey”
Welsh
Fulvio
“tawny, yellowish-brown”
Latin, via Italian
Garnet
“pomegranate-red gemstone”
Latin, via French
Gavin
may mean “white hawk”
Welsh, via Scottish
Gaynor
may mean “fair, white”
Welsh, via English
Gethin
“dark, swarthy”
Welsh
Ginevra
may mean “white phantom”
Welsh, via Italian
Glaucia
“gleaming blue-grey”
Greek, via Latin
Glauco
“bluish grey”
Greek, via Portuguese and Italian
Glesni
may mean “blueness, green freshness”
Welsh
Gormshuil
“blue-eyed”
Gaelic
Griselda
may mean “grey battle”
Germanic
Guendolen
may mean “white ring”
Welsh
Guenièvre
may mean “white phantom”
Welsh, via French
Guinevere
may mean “fair, white”
Welsh, via French and English
Gwen
“white, fair, blessed”
Welsh
Gwenaëlle
“white and generous”
Breton
Gwendolen
“white ring”
Welsh
Gwendolin
may mean “white ring”
Welsh
Gwendolyn
may mean “white ring”
Welsh
Gwennie
“white, fair”
Welsh, via English
Gwenny
“white, fair”
Welsh, via English
Gwyn
“white, fair, blessed”
Welsh
Gwyneira
“white snow”
Welsh
Gwynne
“white, fair”
Welsh
Hina
may mean “sun / vegetable greens”
Japanese and Urdu
Hong
may mean “red; or great”
Chinese and Vietnamese
Humaira
“rosy-cheeked”
Arabic
Ianthe
“violet flower”
Greek
Ibolya
“violet”
Hungarian
Indigo
“indigo, deep blue”
Greek, via English
Iola
may mean “violet”
Greek
Iolanthe
“violet flower”
Greek
Ione
may mean “violet”
Greek
Jenifer
may mean “fair, white”
Welsh, via Cornish
Jenn
may mean “fair, white”
Welsh, via English
Jennifer
may mean “fair, white”
Welsh, via Cornish and English
Jet
“jet black stone”
Greek, via French
Jett
“jet black”
English
Jolanta
may mean “violet”
Latin, via Polish
Kahurangi
“treasured; sky blue”
Māori
Kali
may mean “black, time”
Sanskrit and Greek
Keira
“little dark one”
Irish
Khloe
“green shoot”
Greek, via English
Khloeigh
may mean “green shoot”
Greek
Kiara
may mean “little dark one”
Irish and Italian
Kiera
“dark-haired”
Irish
Kieran
“little dark one”
Irish
Kieron
“little dark one”
Irish, via English
Kloeigh
may mean “green shoot”
Greek
Kloey
may mean “green shoot”
Greek
Krish
“dark”
Sanskrit, via English
Krishna
“dark, black”
Sanskrit
Kyran
“little dark one”
Irish
Laban
“white”
Hebrew
Labano
“white”
Hebrew, via Italian
Livia
may mean “blue; or envious”
Latin
Ljubica
“love; violet”
Slavic
Lloyd
“grey”
Welsh
Loyd
“grey”
Welsh, via English
Maïwenn
may mean “as Mai + gwenn, white or blessed”
Breton
Manushaqe
“violet”
Albanian
Maurice
“Moor, dark-skinned”
Latin, via French
Mauricette
“Moor, dark-skinned”
Latin, via French
Maurici
“Moor, dark-skinned”
Latin, via Catalan
Mauricio
“Moorish, dark-skinned”
Latin, via Spanish
Mauricius
“Moor, dark-skinned”
Latin
Maurizio
“Moorish, dark-skinned”
Latin, via Italian
Mauro
“Moor, dark”
Latin, via Italian and Spanish
Melani
“dark”
Greek
Melania
“dark”
Greek, via Latin
Melanie
“dark, black”
Greek, via French
Melany
“dark”
Greek, via English
Melonie
“dark”
Greek, via English
Melony
“dark”
Greek, via English
Morena
“dark-haired”
Spanish
Moritz
“Moor, dark-skinned”
Latin, via German
Morris
“Moor, dark”
Latin, via English
Muireann
may mean “sea-white”
Irish
Neel
“blue”
Sanskrit
Nila
may mean “blue”
Sanskrit and Tamil
Nilofer
“water lily, blue lotus”
Persian, from Sanskrit
Nolwenn
may mean “of uncertain meaning; second part gwenn, white or blessed”
Breton
Nuala
“white shoulder”
Irish
Odhrán
“little pale green one”
Irish
Olwen
“white footprint”
Welsh
Olwyn
“white footprint”
Welsh
Oran
“little pale green one”
Irish
Orri
“black grouse”
Old Norse, via Icelandic
Orvokki
“violet”
Finnish
Phoenix
“dark red; the phoenix bird”
Greek
Phyu
“white, pure”
Burmese
Porfirio
“purple”
Greek, via Spanish and Italian
Rajiv
“blue lotus”
Sanskrit
Reem
“white gazelle”
Arabic
Rohit
“red”
Sanskrit
Rory
“red king”
Irish
Rowan
may mean “little red one”
Irish
Rowen
may mean “little red one”
Irish
Roy
may mean “red, or king”
Scottish Gaelic and French
Ruadhán
“little red one”
Irish
Ruairi
“red king”
Irish
Ruby
“ruby, red gem”
English, from Latin
Rufino
“red-haired”
Latin, via Portuguese
Rufo
“red-haired”
Latin, via Spanish and Italian
Rufus
“red-haired”
Latin
Rumyana
“rosy, ruddy”
Slavic
Russell
“little red-haired one”
French, via English
Sapphire
“blue gemstone”
Hebrew, via Greek
Sarıaslan
“yellow lion”
Turkish
Scarlet
“scarlet”
English
Scarlett
“scarlet red”
English
Shahlo
“dark-eyed beauty”
Persian, via Uzbek
Shyam
“dark”
Sanskrit
Shyamal
“dark, dusky”
Sanskrit
Siavash
“possessor of black horses”
Avestan, via Persian
Sienna
“from Siena; reddish-brown”
Italian
Sinikka
may mean “blue”
Finnish
Sorrel
“sorrel plant; reddish-brown”
Old French
Sullivan
may mean “dark-eyed”
Irish, via English
Sunil
“deep blue”
Sanskrit
Svarthöfði
“black head”
Old Norse
Tawny
“tawny, pale orange-brown”
English
Thanh
may mean “pure; or blue-green”
Vietnamese
Thủy
may mean “water; or jade green”
Vietnamese
Viola
“violet”
Latin
Violante
may mean “violet”
Latin, via Italian, Spanish and Portuguese
Violet
“violet flower”
English, from Latin
Violeta
“violet”
Latin, via Spanish and Romanian
Violetta
“little violet”
Latin, via Italian
Violette
“little violet”
Latin, via French
Viridiana
“green”
Latin, via Spanish
Vjollca
“violet”
Albanian
Wioleta
“violet”
Latin, via Polish
Wioletta
“violet”
Latin, via Polish
Xanthe
“golden, yellow”
Greek
Yllbardhë
“white star”
Albanian
Yllkuq
“red star”
Albanian
Yllkuqe
“red star”
Albanian
Yolanda
may mean “violet (traditional); origin uncertain”
Germanic or Greek, via Spanish
Yolande
may mean “violet”
Latin, via French
Yuna
may mean “depends on kanji; e.g. gentle and greens”
Japanese and Korean
Zelda
“grey battle”
Germanic