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Names that mean the color of something, such as the sky or smoke.
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THE COLOR ORANGE:
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FEMALE:
- ALANI:
Hawaiian name meaning "orange tree."
- CAM: Vietnamese name meaning
"orange." Compare with another form of Cam.
- SIENA:
Variant spelling of English Sienna, meaning "reddish-orange."
- SIENNA: English name derived from the
vocabulary word sienna, meaning "reddish-orange."
- SOM:
Thai name meaning "orange (the fruit)."
THE COLOR PINK:
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FEMALE:
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HÙONG: Vietnamese name meaning "pink" or "rose."
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PEMBE:
Turkish name meaning "pink."
THE COLOR PURPLE:
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MALE:
- PORFIRIO:
Italian and Spanish form of Greek Porphyrios,
meaning "purple."
- PORPHYRIOS
(Πορφύριος): Greek name derived from the word porphyra, meaning
"purple."
- PORPHYRIUS:
Latin form of Greek Porphyrios, meaning
"purple."
- PORPHYRY:
Short form of Latin Porphyrius, meaning
"purple."
- ZEDONG
(润芝): Chinese name,
perhaps meaning "moisten-purple mushroom." The purple mushroom is
said to symbolize nobility.
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FEMALE:
- CALFURAY:
Native American Mapuche flower name meaning "violet."
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IANTHA: Latin form of Greek Ianthe, meaning
"violet flower."
- IANTHE
(Ιάνθη): Greek
name meaning "violet flower." In mythology, this is the name of an ocean nymph.
- IANTHINA:
Elaborated form of Latin Iantha, meaning "violet flower."
- IBOLYA:
Hungarian equivalent of Latin Viola,
meaning "violet color" or "violet flower."
- IOKASTE
(Ἰοκάστη): Greek
name, possibly meaning
"violet tinted (clouds)." In mythology, this is the
name of the mother and wife of Oedipus.
Jocasta
is the Latin form.
- IOLA:
Latin form of Greek Iole, meaning "violet."
- IOLANTA
(Иоланта): Russian form of Greek Iolanthe, meaning "violet
flower." This is the name of an opera by Pyotr
Tchaikovsky, based on the Danish
play "King René's Daughter," by
Henrik Hertz. The first
performance took place in St. Petersburg in 1892.
- IOLANTHE
(Ιολανθη): Greek name, apparently coined by Gilbert and Sullivan for their play of the
same name first produced in London on November 25, 1882, composed of the Greek
elements iole "violet" and anthos
"flower," hence "violet flower."
- IOLE
(Ιόλη): Greek name
derived from the word iole,
meaning "violet." In mythology, this is the name of a woman loved by
Herakles.
- JOCASTA:
Latin form of Greek Iokaste/Jocaste,
possibly meaning "violet
tinted (clouds)." In mythology, this is the name of the mother and wife of Oedipus.
- JOCASTE
(Ἰοκάστη):
Variant spelling of Greek Iokaste,
possibly meaning
"violet tinted (clouds)." In mythology, this is the
name of the mother and wife of Oedipus.
- JOLA:
Pet form of Hungarian Jolán, meaning "violet
flower."
- JOLÁN: Hungarian form of
English Yolanda,
meaning "violet flower."
- JOLANA:
Czech and Slovene form of English Yolanda,
meaning "violet flower."
- JOLANDA:
Italian form of English Yolanda,
meaning "violet flower."
- JOLÁNKA:
Pet form of Hungarian Jolán,
meaning "violet flower."
- JOLANTA:
Polish form of Greek Iolanthe,
meaning "violet flower."
- JOLENTA:
Variant spelling of Polish Jolanta, meaning
"violet flower."
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MANISHAG:
Armenian name meaning
"violet flower."
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LAVENDER:
English color and flower name derived from the vocabulary word, from
Anglo-Saxon lavendre, from Late Latin lavendula which may
ultimately derive from lividus, meaning "bluish, livid."
Since 1840, the word has had the meaning "pale purple."
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LJUBICA
(Љубица): Serbian name meaning "violet flower."
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VI:
Short form of English Violet, meaning
"violet color" and "violet flower."
- VIOLA: Latin name
meaning "violet color" or "violet flower."
- VIOLCA:
Probably a Romani form of Latin Viola,
meaning "violet color" or "violet flower."
- VIOLET: English name
derived from the vocabulary word, from Latin viola, meaning "violet color" or "violet flower."
- VIOLETA
(Bulgarian:
Виолета):
- Bulgarian and Romanian form of Latin Viola,
meaning "violet color" or "violet flower."
- Spanish diminutive form of Latin Viola,
meaning "violet color" or "violet flower."
- VIOLETTA:
Italian diminutive form of Latin Viola,
meaning "violet color" or "violet flower."
- VIOLETTE:
French diminutive form of Latin Viola,
meaning "violet color" or "violet flower."
- VIOLLCA:
Variant spelling of Romani Violca, probably meaning
"violet color" or "violet flower."
- WIOLA:
Pet form of Polish Wioletta, meaning "violet
color" or "violet flower."
- WIOLETTA: Polish
form of Latin Viola, meaning
"violet color" or "violet flower."
- YOLANDA: English
form of French Yolande, meaning "violet
flower."
- YOLANDE:
Old French form of Greek Iolanthe,
meaning "violet flower."
- YOLONDA:
Variant spelling of English Yolanda, meaning "violet
flower."
THE COLOR RED:
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GENDER-NEUTRAL:
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BRAITH:
Welsh gender-neutral name derived from the word brith, meaning
"diversely-colored," especially black and white or red and white.
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PHOENIX:
Latin form of Greek Phoinix, meaning
"crimson." In mythology, this is the name of an immortal bird who
would rise from its own ashes after being consumed by fire every 500 years.
The name has been adopted into English use as a gender-neutral name.
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SHANI
(שָׁנִי): Hebrew gender-neutral name meaning "crimson red." Compare with
strictly masculine Shani.
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MALE:
AATAMI:
Finnish form of Hebrew Adam, meaning
"earth" or "red."
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AATOS:
Pet form of Finnish Aatami,
meaning
"earth" or "red."
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AATTO:
Pet form of Finnish Aatami,
meaning
"earth" or "red."
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ÁDÁM:
Hungarian form of Hebrew Adam,
meaning "earth" or "red."
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ADAM
(Greek:
Ἀδάμ, Hebrew:
אָדָם):
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Greek
form of Hebrew Adam, meaning
"the red earth."
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Hebrew name meaning "earth" or
"red." In the bible, this is the name
of the first man created by God, the husband of Eve.
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ADAMO:
Italian form of Hebrew
Adam,
meaning "earth" or "red."
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ADAMOS (Ἄδαμος):
Greek form of Hebrew Adam according to
Josephus, meaning "the red
earth."
ADÁN:
Spanish form of Hebrew
Adam, meaning
"earth" or "red."
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ADÃO: Portuguese form of Hebrew
Adam, meaning "earth" or "red."
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ADDAM:
English variant spelling of Hebrew Adam,
meaning "earth" or "red."
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ADDIE: Pet form of
Hebrew Adam, meaning
"earth" or "red." Compare
with another form of Addie.
- ADEM:
Turkish form of Hebrew Adam, meaning
"earth" or "red."
- ÁDHAMH: Irish form
of Hebrew Adam, meaning
"earth" or "red."
- ADNET:
Medieval French form of Hebrew Adam, meaning
"earth" or "red." It is now a
surname.
- ADNOT:
Medieval French form of Hebrew Adam, meaning
"earth" or "red." It is now a
surname.
- AKAMU:
Hawaiian form of Hebrew
Adam,
meaning "earth" or "red."
ARUN
(अरुण): Hindi name meaning "redness of
the rising sun." In mythology, this is the name of the
charioteer of the rising sun. He is said to be a
cripple having no thighs.
ARUNA
(अरुणा):
Alternate name for Hindi Arun, the charioteer of the
sun, meaning "redness of the rising
sun."
ATAM: Armenian form
of Hebrew Adam, meaning
"red earth."
- BAYARD:
Old French name derived from the word baie, meaning "reddish brown" or "bright bay color."
In medieval romances, this was the name of a magic horse from the legends of the chansons de geste
("Songs of Heroic Deeds") which was
given to Renaud by Charlemagne. It belonged to the
four sons of Aymon, and had the ability to grow larger
or smaller as one or more riders mounted it.
According to tradition, one of its foot-prints may still
be seen in the forest of Soignes, and another on a rock
near Dinant.
- BRODERICK:
Welsh surname transferred to forename use, derived from the personal name Rhydderch,
meaning "reddish-brown."
- CLANCY:
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhlannchaidh, "son of
Flannchadh,"
hence "red warrior."
- CLANCEY:
Variant spelling of English Clancy, meaning
"red warrior."
- EADE:
Middle English pet form of Hebrew Adam,
meaning "earth" or "red."
- EDOM
(אֶדוֹם): Hebrew
name meaning "red." In the bible, this is the
name of an ancient kingdom, and a name applied to Esau
and his descendants.
- FLANN:
Traditional Irish name derived from Gaelic Floin, meaning "red,
ruddy."
- FLANNABHRA:
Irish Gaelic name meaning "red eyebrows."
- FLANNÁN: Diminutive form of Irish
Gaelic Flann,
meaning "little red one."
- FLANNCHADH:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements Flann
"red, ruddy" and cath "battle, war," hence
"red warrior."
- FLANNERY:
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Flannabhra
"descendant of Flannabhra," hence
"red eyebrows."
- FLANNGHAL:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements Flann
"red, ruddy" and gal "valor," hence "red valor."
- FLOIN:
Old Gaelic byname meaning "red, ruddy."
- FLYNN:
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Floinn, meaning "descendant of Flann,"
hence "red, ruddy."
- GILROY:
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
Mac Giolla Ruaidh, "son of the Ruadh,"
hence "red."
- GORRI:
Basque name meaning "red."
- IDOUMA
(Ιδουμα):
Greek name derived from Idoumaia, the Greek form of
Latin Idumæa, the biblical name of a land south-east of Palestine, meaning "red."
- IDUMA:
Latin form of Greek Idouma, meaning "red."
- KAMAL
(कमल): Hindi name meaning "red."
Compare with another form of Kamal.
- KAPIL:
Short form of Hindi Kapila, meaning
"reddish-brown."
- KAPILA
(कपिल): Hindi name of a Vedic sage described as an incarnation of Vishnu,
meaning "reddish-brown."
- LOOTAH:
Native American Sioux name meaning "red."
- MILTIADES
(Μιλτιάδης): Old Greek name derived from the word miltos, meaning "red
earth."
- OGALEESHA:
Native American Sioux name meaning "wears a red shirt."
- PHOINIX
(Φοῖνιξ):
Greek name derived from the word phoinix, meaning "crimson." In mythology, this is the name of an immortal bird who
would rise from its own ashes after being consumed by fire every 500 years.
- RADCLIFF:
English surname transferred to forename use,
from the name of various places composed of the Old English elements read
"red" and clif "cliff, slope, riverbank," hence
"red cliff."
- RADCLYFFE:
Variant spelling of English Radcliff, meaning
"red cliff."
- RADLEY:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the name of a place composed of the Old English elements read
"red" and leah "clearing, meadow," hence
"red meadow."
- RALEIGH:
English surname transferred to forename use, from the name of a place in Devon composed of the Old English elements read
"red" and leah "clearing, meadow," hence
"red meadow."
- READ:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from an Old English
byname, Red, meaning "red-headed or ruddy-complexioned."
- RED:
Old English byname transferred to forename use,
derived from the word read ("red"), hence "red-headed;
ruddy complexioned."
- REDD:
Variant spelling of English Red, meaning "red-headed;
ruddy complexioned."
- REED:
Variant spelling of English Read, meaning "red-headed;
ruddy complexioned."
- REID:
Variant spelling of
English Read,
meaning "red-headed; ruddy complexioned."
- RHYDDERCH: Welsh
name, originally a byname, meaning "reddish-brown."
- RODDY:
Pet form of English Roderick, meaning "famous
power," "red king," or "reddish-brown." Also used
as a pet form of many other names beginning with Rod-.
- RODERICK:
Compare with another form of Roderick.
- Anglicized form of Old Welsh Rhydderch,
meaning "reddish-brown."
- Scottish Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Ruaidhrí, meaning "red king."
- ROHAN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Ruadhán,
meaning "little red one." Compare with another form of Rohan.
- RORIE:
Variant spelling of English Rory, meaning "red king."
- RORY:
- Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ruairí,
meaning "red king."
- Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Ruaraidh,
meaning "red king."
- ROUSEL:
Old French byname for a red-head, composed of the word rous
"red," and a diminutive suffix, hence "little red one."
- ROWAN:
Irish surname transferred to forename use, derived from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ruadhán,
meaning "little red
one." Compare with feminine Rowan.
- ROY: Scottish Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ruadh, meaning "red."
Compare with other forms of Roy.
- RUADH:
Old Irish byname derived from Gaelic ruadh, meaning "red."
- RUADHÁN:
Diminutive form of Irish Gaelic Ruadh ("red"),
hence "little red."
- RUAIDHRÍ:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the Celtic
elements ruadh "red" and rí
from ríogh "king," hence
"red king."
- RUAIDRÍ:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Ruaidhrí, meaning "red king."
- RUAIRÍ:
Variant spelling of Irish Ruaidhrí, meaning
"red king."
- RUAIRI:
Scottish equivalent of Irish Ruairí, meaning "red
king."
- RUAIRIDH:
Scottish equivalent of Irish Gaelic Ruaidhrí,
meaning "red king."
- RUARAIDH:
Variant spelling of Scottish Ruairidh, meaning "red king."
- RUARIDH:
Variant spelling of Scottish Ruairidh,
meaning "red king."
- RUDYARD:
English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "red paddock"
or "red yard."
- RUFINO:
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Roman Latin Rufinus,
meaning "red-haired."
- RUFINUS:
Roman derivative of Latin Rufus, meaning
"red-haired."
- RUFUS:
Latin name meaning "red-haired."
- RUSS:
Short form of English Russell,
meaning "little red one."
- RUSSEL:
Variant spelling of
English Russell, meaning "little red
one."
- RUSSELL:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Old French
byname Rousel, meaning "little red one."
- RUSTY:
Byname for someone with "rust-colored hair," derived from the
English vocabulary word rust.
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SHIVA
(शिव): Hindi myth name of one of the
Trimurti, meaning "the destroyer." Śiva means
"auspicious" and is an epithet of several deities. In Tamil, śiva
means "red." The other two Trimurti are Brahma
"the creator" and Vishnu
"the preserver."
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WAPASHA:
Native American Dakota name meaning
"red leaf."
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FEMALE:
- ADAMINA: Scottish
feminine form of Hebrew Adam, meaning
"earth" or "red."
- ADAMINE:
Scandinavian feminine form of Hebrew Adam, meaning
"earth" or "red."
- ADAMINNA:
Variant spelling of Scottish Adamina,
meaning "earth" or "red."
- AKANE
(茜): Japanese name meaning "brilliant red."
- BURGUNDY:
English name derived from the wine name, from the name of a place in France
which got its name from Latin Burgundiones, literally meaning
"highlanders." May also sometimes be given as a color name.
- GORRIA:
Feminine form of Basque Gorri,
meaning "red."
- HAZE:
Short form of Old English Hazel, meaning "reddish-brown" or "hazel
tree."
- HAZEL:
Old English name meaning "reddish-brown" or "hazel
tree." The tree was so-named
for the hazel color of its ripe hazel-nuts.
- KAMALA
(कमला): Feminine form of Hindi
Kamal, meaning
"red."
- MEOQUANEE:
Native American Cheyenne name meaning "wears red."
- RUBY:
English name derived from the name of the precious stone, from Latin ruber,
meaning "red." This is the birthstone for July. Compare with
masculine Ruby.
- RUBYE:
Variant spelling of English Ruby,
meaning "red" or "ruby."
- RUFINA:
Feminine form of Roman Rufinus,
meaning "red-haired."
- SANUYE:
Native American Miwok name meaning "red cloud at sundown."
- SCARLET: English color name meaning
"scarlet red." Compare with another form of Scarlet.
- SCARLETT:
English occupational surname for a "dyer" or "seller of
fabrics," transferred to forename use, derived from Old French escarlate,
meaning "scarlet cloth."
- SHIHONG
(士弘): Chinese name meaning "the world is red."
- SIENA:
Variant spelling of English Sienna, meaning "reddish-orange."
- SIENNA: English name derived from the
vocabulary word sienna, meaning "reddish-orange."
- TALUTAH:
Native American Sioux name meaning "blood-red."
- XIAO-HONG
(晓红): Chinese name meaning "red
dawn."
- YEGHNIG: Armenian name meaning "hind; red deer."
THE COLOR SILVER:
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GENDER-NEUTRAL:
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SILVER:
English gender-neutral name meaning "silver," which may refer to either
the precious metal or the color.
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MALE:
ANARGYROS
(Ανάργυρος):
Greek name adopted from the
term anargyros, meaning "not silver," an epithet given to
physician saints such as Kosmas and Damian, who refused payment
for their services. Such saints are known in English as the Holy Unmercenaries.
ARGYRIS
(Αργυρις): Variant
spelling of Greek Argyros, meaning
"silvery."
ARGYROS
(Αργυρός):
Greek name
derived from the word argyros, meaning
"silvery."
NUADA:
Irish name, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *sneudh,
meaning "fog." In mythology, this is the name of a king of the Tuatha Dé
Danann,
best remembered by the name Airgetlám ("silver
arm/hand"), an epithet bestowed on him after his hand or arm was cut off by
a Fir Bolg
warrior in the first Battle of Magh Tuiredh.
ZILAR:
Basque name meaning "silver."
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FEMALE:
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ARIANRHOD:
Modern form of Welsh Aranrhod
("huge/round/humped wheel"), but having a different origin and
meaning, composed
of the Welsh elements arian "silver" and rhod
"wheel," hence "silver wheel."
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FIDDA
(فضّة): Arabic name meaning "silver."
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FIZZA
(فضّة): Variant spelling of Arabic Fidda, meaning "silver."
- GINA: Japanese name meaning
"silvery." Compare with other forms of Gina.
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LUJAYN
(لجين): Arabic name meaning "silver."
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SIMIN
(سیمین): Persian name meaning "silvery."
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SOOLEAWA:
Native American Algonquin name meaning "silver."
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SREBRENKA:
Serbian name meaning "silver."
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