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BROWN COLOR NAMES:

• MALE:

  1. 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.
  2. BRODERICK: Welsh surname transferred to forename use, derived from the personal name Rhydderch, meaning "reddish-brown." 
  3. BRUIN: Dutch form of German Bruno, meaning "brown."
  4. BRUNO: German name derived from the word braun, meaning "brown." 
  5. BRUNS: Variant form of German Bruno, meaning "brown."
  6. DENIS: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Donnchadh, meaning "brown warrior." Compare with another form of Denis.
  7. DINIS: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Donnchadh, meaning "brown warrior." Compare with another form of Dinis.
  8. DONAGHY: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Donnchadh, meaning "brown warrior."
  9. DONN: Irish Gaelic name meaning "brown." In mythology, this is the name of a king of the underworld.
  10. DONNE: Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Donn, meaning "brown."
  11. DONNACHAIDH: Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Donnchadh, meaning "brown warrior."
  12. DONNCHADH: Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements donn "brown" and cath "battle, war," hence "brown warrior."
  13. DONNDUBHÁN: Old Gaelic name composed of the elements donn "brown," and dubh "dark, black," and the diminutive suffix -án, hence "little dark brown one."
  14. DONOGH: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Donnchadh, meaning "brown warrior."
  15. DONOUGH: Variant spelling of English Donogh, meaning "brown warrior."
  16. DONOVAN: Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donndubháin, "descendant of Donndubhán," hence "little dark brown one."
  17. DUNCAN: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Donnchadh, meaning "brown warrior."
  18. DUNKY: Pet form of English Duncan, meaning "brown warrior."
  19. DUNN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Duinn "descendant of Donn," hence "brown." Compare with another form of Dunn.
  20. EACHANN: Scottish Gaelic name composed of the elements each "horse" and donn "brown," hence "brown horse." Hector is an Anglicized form.
  21. HECTOR: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Eachann, meaning "brown horse." Compare with another form of Hector.
  22. KAPIL: Short form of Hindi Kapila, meaning "reddish-brown."
  23. KAPILA (कपिल): Hindi name of a Vedic sage described as an incarnation of Vishnu, meaning "reddish-brown."
  24. RHYDDERCH: Welsh name, originally a byname, meaning "reddish-brown."
  25. RODERICK:Anglicized form of Old Welsh Rhydderch, meaning "reddish-brown." Compare with other forms of Roderick.

• FEMALE:

  1. BRINA (בְּרַיינָא): Yiddish name meaning "brown."

  2. BRUNA: Feminine form of German Bruno, meaning "brown." 

  3. HAZE: Short form of Old English Hazel, meaning "reddish-brown" or "hazel tree."
  4. HAZEL: Old English name meaning "reddish-brown" or "hazel tree." The tree was so-named for the hazel color of its ripe hazel-nuts.
  5. TAHNEE: Variant spelling of English Tawny, meaning "light brown, tawny."
  6. TAWNEE: Variant spelling of English Tawny, meaning "light brown, tawny."
  7. TAWNIE: Variant spelling of English Tawny, meaning "light brown, tawny."
  8. TAWNY: English name derived from the vocabulary word, meaning "light brown, tawny."

  9. TOUKHTZAM: Armenian name meaning "brunette; brown-haired."

GOLD COLOR NAMES:

• UNISEX:

  1. KIN (欽): Japanese unisex name meaning "gold."

  2. VANNA:  Cambodian Khmer unisex name meaning "golden." Compare with another form of Vanna.

• MALE:

  1. ALTAN (Алтан): Mongolian name meaning "gold."

  2. ARDIT (Ардит): Albanian name meaning "golden day."

  3. ARIAN: Variant spelling of Albanian Arjan, meaning "golden life." Compare with another form of Arian.

  4. ARJAN: Albanian name meaning "golden life." Compare with another form of Arjan. 

  5. ARLIND: Albanian name meaning "gold."

  6. ARMEND: Albanian name meaning "golden mind."

  7. AUREL: German and Romanian form of Roman Latin Aurelius, meaning "golden."

  8. AURÈLE: French form of Roman Latin Aurelius, meaning "golden."

  9. AURELIANO: Spanish form of Roman Latin Aurelianus, meaning "golden."

  10. AURELIANUS: From Roman Latin Aurelius, meaning "golden."

  11. AURELIEN: French form of Roman Latin Aurelianus, meaning "golden."

  12. AURELIO: Italian and Spanish form of Roman Latin Aurelius, meaning "golden."

  13. AURELIUS: Roman name derived from Latin aureus, meaning "golden."

  14. AURELIUSZ: Polish form of Roman Latin Aurelius, meaning "golden."

  15. AURIEL: Latin name meaning "gold" or "golden."

  16. BESART: Albanian name meaning "golden oath."

  17. CHRYSANTHOS (Χρύσανθος): Greek name composed of the elements chrysos "gold" and anthemon "a flower," hence "golden flower."
  18. CHRYSANTHUS: Latin form of Greek Chrysanthos, meaning "golden flower."
  19. CHRYSAOR: Latin form of Greek Khrysaor, meaning "golden sword." In mythology, this is the name of a son of Poseidon and the Gorgon Medusa. He is usually described as a giant, but sometimes as a winged boar, just as his twin brother Pegasus is described as a winged horse.
  20. CHRYSES: Latin form of Greek Khryses, meaning "golden." In mythology, this is the name of a priest of Apollo.

  21. EURIG: Welsh name derived from the element aur, meaning "gold."

  22. GILFORD: English surname transferred to forename use, derived from a variant of the surname Guilford, composed of Old English gylde "golden" and ford "ford," hence "golden river crossing."

  23. GIOLLADHE: Irish name meaning "golden." 

  24. GOGIL: Variant spelling of Russian Gogol, meaning "golden-eyed duck."
  25. GOGOL (Го́голь): Russian name meaning "golden-eyed duck."
  26. GOLDA: Old English name meaning "gold." Compare with feminine Golda.
  27. GUGAL: Variant spelling of Russian Gogol, meaning "golden-eyed duck."

  28. JINHAI: Chinese name meaning "golden sea."

  29. JINJING: Chinese name meaning "gold mirror."

  30. KHRYSAOR (Χρυσάωρ): Greek name meaning "golden sword." In mythology, this is the name of a son of Poseidon and the Gorgon Medusa. He is usually described as a giant, but sometimes as a winged boar, just as his twin brother Pegasus is described as a winged horse.

  31. KHRYSES (Χρύσης): Greek myth name of a priest of Apollo, derived from the word khrysos, meaning "golden."

  32. OERIC: Anglo-Saxon name, possibly meaning "golden." 

  33. OFER: Variant spelling of English Ofir, meaning "gold" or "reducing to ashes."

  34. OFIR: Variant spelling of English Ophir, meaning "gold" or "reducing to ashes."

  35. OPHER: Variant spelling of English Ophir, meaning "gold" or "reducing to ashes."

  36. OPHIR: Anglicized form of Hebrew Owphiyr, meaning "gold" or "reducing to ashes." In the bible, this is the name for gold and its characteristics, the name of a land or city, and the name of the eleventh son of Joktan.

  37. ORAL: Swiss form of Roman Latin Aurelius, meaning "golden."

  38. OREL: Swiss form of Roman Latin Aurelius, meaning "golden." Compare with another form of Orel.

  39. ORVAL: Variant spelling of English Orville, probably meaning "golden city."

  40. ORVILLE: English literary name created by Fanny Burney, author of the 1778 novel Evelina, probably intended to mean "golden city."

  41. OWPHIYR (ריפִוֹא, רפִוֹא, ריפִאׄ): Hebrew name meaning "gold" or "reducing to ashes." In the bible, this is the name for gold and its characteristics, the name of a land or city, and the name of the eleventh son of Joktan.

  42. REZAR: Albanian name composed of the elements rreze "ray," and ar "gold," hence "golden ray."
  43. REZART: Variant spelling of Albanian Rezar, meaning "golden ray."

  44. UPAZ (אוּפָּז): Hebrew name meaning "gold."

  45. URRE: Basque name meaning "gold."

  46. ZLATAN (Serbian: Златан): Croatian and Serbian name meaning "gold." 
  47. ZLATKO: Croatian pet form of Croatian/Serbian Zlatan, meaning "gold."

• FEMALE:

  1. ARANKA: Hungarian form of Latin Aurelia, meaning "golden."
  2. ARDITA: Feminine form of Albanian Ardit, meaning "golden day."
  3. ARIANA: Feminine form of Albanian Arian, meaning "golden life." Compare with another form of Ariana.
  4. ARJANA: Feminine form of Albanian Arjan, meaning "golden life."
  5. ARLINDA: Feminine form of Albanian Arlind, meaning "gold."
  6. ARTA: Albanian name, possibly from the Greek city name, meaning "golden."
  7. AURELIA: Feminine form of Roman Latin Aurelius, meaning "golden."
  8. AURÉLIE: Feminine form of French Aurèle, meaning "golden."
  9. AURNIA: Irish name meaning "golden lady."
  10. CHRYSANTA: Latin form of Greek Chrysanthe, meaning "golden flower."
  11. CHRYSANTHE (Χρυσάνθη): Feminine form of Greek Chrysanthos, meaning "golden flower."
  12. CHRYSEIS: Latin form of Greek Khryseis, meaning "golden." In mythology, this is the name of a Trojan girl mentioned briefly in Homer's Iliad.
  13. CHRYSSA: English pet form of Latin Chrysanta, meaning "golden flower."
  14. CRESSIDA: From the English literary name found in various retellings of the Trojan War, based on the Greek name Khryseis, from khrysos, meaning "gold."
  15. EARTA: Albanian name meaning "the golden one."
  16. EURWEN: Welsh name composed of the elements aur "gold" and (g)wen "fair, holy, white."
  17. GOLDA (גּוֹלְדָה): Yiddish name meaning "golden." Compare with masculine Golda.
  18. GOLDE: 
      1. Feminine form of Old English Golda, meaning "gold."
      2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Golda, meaning "golden."
  19. GOLDIE: Pet form of Yiddish Golda, meaning "golden." Compare with another form of Goldie.
  20. KHRYSEIS (Χρύσηίς): Greek name derived from the word khrysos, meaning "golden." In mythology, this is the name of a Trojan girl mentioned briefly in Homer's Iliad.
  21. KIM: Vietnamese name meaning "golden." Compare with a strictly feminine form of Kim and masculine Kim.
  22. KIM CUC: Vietnamese name meaning "golden chrysanthemum."
  23. KIM-LY: Vietnamese name meaning "golden lion."
  24. MAI ( 舞): Vietnamese name meaning "golden flower." Compare with another form of Mai.
  25. MARIGOLD: English name derived from the flower name, composed of the name Mary "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion" and the word "gold."
  26. NUBIA: From the African country name, itself possibly from the Egyptian word nbw, meaning "gold."
  27. NUBIT: Variant of Egyptian Nubiti, meaning "golden lady."
  28. NUBITI: Egyptian name meaning "golden lady."
  29. ORABEL: English name derived from Italian Orabella, meaning "golden beautiful."
  30. ORABELA: Esperanto form of Italian Orabella, meaning "golden beautiful."
  31. ORABELLA: Italian name meaning "golden beautiful."
  32. ORABELLE: French form of Italian Orabella, meaning "golden beautiful."
  33. ORALEE (אוֹרָה-לִי): Variant spelling of English Oralie, meaning "golden." Compare with another form of Oralee.
  34. ORALIE: English form of French Aurélie, meaning "golden."
  35. ÓRFHLAITH: Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements ór "gold" and flaith "princess," hence "gold-princess."
  36. ORIANA: Latin name first found in the medieval romance Amadis of Gaul, as the name of the king's daughter who married the Gaulish knight Amadis, possibly from the medieval Latin word oroana, meaning "golden." 
  37. ORIANE: French from of Latin Oriana, possibly meaning "golden."
  38. ORIANNE: Variant spelling of French Oriane, possibly meaning "golden."
  39. ORLA: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Órfhlaith, meaning "gold-princess."
  40. ORLAGH: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Órfhlaith, meaning "gold-princess."
  41. ÓRLAITH: Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Órfhlaith, meaning "gold-princess."
  42. PETA: Native American Blackfoot name meaning "golden eagle." Compare with another form of Peta.
  43. REZARTA: Feminine form of Albanian Rezart, meaning "golden ray."
  44. RUKMINI (रुक्मिणी): Hindi legend name of a lover of Krishna, meaning "adorned with gold."
  45. SONAL (सोनल): Hindi name meaning "golden."
  46. URREA: Feminine form of Basque Urre, meaning "gold."
  47. VOSGEDZAM: Armenian name meaning "golden hair."
  48. VOSGETEL: Armenian name meaning "golden thread."
  49. VOSGI: Armenian name meaning "gold."
  50. VOSHKIE: Armenian name meaning "golden."
  51. WORKNESH: African Amharic name meaning "you are like gold."
  52. ZAREEN: Persian name meaning "golden."
  53. ZLATA (Yiddish: זְלַאטָא): 
      1. Croatian feminine form of Croatian/Serbian Zlatan, meaning "gold."
      2. Yiddish form of Polish Złota, meaning "golden."
  54. ZLATE (זְלַאטֶע): Variant form of Yiddish Zlata, meaning "golden."
  55. ZŁOTA: Polish name meaning "golden." In mythology, Złota Baba ("golden woman") is the name of a goddess of oracles who grants visions in gold." 

GRAY COLOR NAMES:

• MALE:

  1. BRENIN LLWYD: Welsh myth name of a being believed to inhabit the mountains of Snowdonia, composed of the names Brenin "king" and Llwyd "gray-haired," hence "grey-haired king."
  2. FLOYD: Variant form of Welsh Lloyd, meaning "gray-haired."
  3. GLAUCIA: Roman name derived from the Latin word glaucus, meaning "bluish-gray."
  4. GLAUCIO: Portuguese form of Roman Latin Glaucia, meaning "bluish-gray."
  5. GRANE: German name meaning "grey-colored." In Germanic legend, this is the name of Siegfrid's swift horse. 

  6. GRAY: English surname transferred to forename use, from a byname for someone having gray hair or a beard, from Old English græg, meaning "grey."

  7. GREY: Variant spelling of English Gray, meaning "grey."

  8. LLOYD: Welsh surname transferred to forename use, derived from Celtic Llwyd, meaning "gray-haired." 

  9. LLWYD: Celtic byname for a "gray-haired" man, derived from the word llwyd, meaning "gray."

  10. LOYD: Variant spelling of Welsh Lloyd, meaning "gray-haired." 

  11. MASICHUVIO: Native American Hopi name meaning "gray deer."

• FEMALE:

  1. GLAUCIA: Feminine form of Portuguese Glaucio, meaning "bluish-gray." Compare with masculine Glaucia.
  2. GRISELDA: Germanic name composed of the elements gris "grey" and hild "battle," hence "grey battle maid."
  3. GRIZEL: Scottish form of German Griselda, meaning "grey battle maid."
  4. LÍADÁIN: Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Líadan, meaning "grey lady."
  5. LIADAN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Líadan, meaning "grey lady."
  6. LÍADAN: Irish Gaelic name derived from the word liath "grey," hence "grey lady." In legend, this is the name of a poetess.
  7. ZELDA (זֶעלְדֶע): Short form of German Griselda, meaning "gray battle maid." Compare with another form of Zelda.

GREEN COLOR NAMES:

• MALE:

  1. ABELIO: Variant spelling of Celtic Abellio, meaning "green growing one."
  2. ABELIONNI: Variant form of Celtic Abellio, meaning "green growing one."
  3. ABELLIO: Celtic name of a god of apple trees, meaning "green growing one." 
  4. ARVIN: Possibly a variant spelling of English Irvin, meaning "fresh water" or "green water."
  5. BLERIM: Albanian name meaning "verdure; greenery."
  6. IRVIN: Variant spelling of English Irvine, meaning "fresh water" or "green water."
  7. IRVINE: Scottish surname transferred to English forename use, from the Celtic name of a river, composed of the Welsh elements ir/yr "fresh, green" and afon "water," hence "fresh water" or "green water."
  8. IRVING: Scottish surname transferred to English forename use, composed of the Welsh elements ir/yr "fresh, green" and afon "water," hence "fresh water" or "green water."
  9. LEGOLAS: Tolkien character name meaning "green leaves" in the Sindarin language created by the author.
  10. MATLAL: Nahuatl name meaning "dark green; or net."
  11. MATLALIHUITL: Nahuatl name meaning "blue-green feather."
  12. ODHRÁN: Irish Gaelic name composed of the word odhar "dun; pale green; sallow" and a diminutive suffix, hence "little sallow one."
  13. UAITHNE: Irish name meaning "green."

• FEMALE:

  1. BERYL: English gem name meaning "beryl," from Greek beryllos, a word applied to all green gemstones. 
  2. BLERINA: Variant form of Albanian Blerta, meaning "green." 
  3. BLERTA: Albanian name derived from the word blertë, meaning "green."
  4. CHLOÉ: French form of Latin Chloe, meaning "green shoot."
  5. CHLOĒ (Χλόη): Greek name meaning "green shoot." In mythology, this is a surname of the goddess Demeter. In the New Testament bible, this name is mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:11. Also spelled Khloe.
  6. CHLOE: Latin form of Greek Chloē, meaning "green shoot." In mythology, this is a surname of the goddess Demeter. In the New Testament bible, this name is mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:11.
  7. CHLORIS: Latin form of Greek Khloris, meaning "green buds." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of flowers and vegetation.
  8. CYAN: English name derived from the vocabulary word, from Greek kyanos, meaning "dark blue" and "lapis lazuli." The color cyan is also sometimes called blue-green, electric blue, and turquoise. 
  9. EMERALD: English name derived from the name of the precious green gemstone, the birthstone of May, from Greek smaragdos, meaning "green gem." The emerald was once believed to have the power to protect chastity, ward off evil spirits, cure dysentery, epilepsy, and help poor eyesight. 
  10. KHLOE (Χλόη): Variant spelling of Greek Chloē, meaning "green shoot." In mythology, this is a surname of the goddess Demeter. 
  11. KHLORIS (Χλωρίς): Greek name, meaning "green buds." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of flowers and vegetation.
  12. LLINOS: Welsh name meaning "greenfinch (bird)."

  13. MIDORI (緑): Japanese name meaning "green, verdant."

  14. TALE: Egyptian name meaning "green."

  15. TEAL: English name derived from the vocabulary word, meaning "blue-green" or "teal duck."
  16. TEALE: Variant spelling of English Teal, meaning "blue-green" or "teal duck."

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