Names That Mean White

  1. Finella
    • Origin:

      Scottish variation of Finola
    • Meaning:

      "white shoulder"
    • Description:

      Finella and cousin Fenella, which are found most often in Scotland, would make pleasing imports.
  2. Fionn
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "fair or white"
    • Description:

      Fionn is the Irish form of the name modernized as Finn, but popular in this form in Ireland, where it's in the boys' Top 20. A couple dozen baby boys in the US were named Fionn last year and no baby girls, though there were girls named Finn, Fionna, and Fionnuala, so Fionn may be thought of as a variation or short form of those names.
  3. Finula
    • Origin:

      Irish Gaelic
    • Meaning:

      "white shoulders"
    • Description:

      This phonetic spelling of the Gaelic Fionnuala (which also has many spelling variations) is sometimes rendered as Finola or Finella.
  4. Minver
    • Origin:

      Cornish
    • Meaning:

      "white phantom"
    • Description:

      Cornish form of Guinevere. Saint Minver was one of the many holy daughters of King Brychan. Also found as Miniver, Menvra, Menfre and more.
  5. Eurwen
    • Origin:

      Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "white gold"
    • Description:

      An Edwardian coinage from the Welsh word for gold, plus the suffix -wen.
  6. Rosalva
    • Origin:

      Spanish
    • Meaning:

      "white rose"
    • Description:

      Variant of Rosalba
  7. Wowreena
    • Origin:

      Pashto
    • Meaning:

      "white snow"
    • Description:

      Snowy name with an exclamatory first syllable.
  8. Oyibo
    • Origin:

      Urhobo
    • Meaning:

      "white"
  9. Laksha
    • Origin:

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "white rose"
    • Description:

      A pretty Hindi floral name.