The Secret Meanings of Color Names
Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular.
But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love?
Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older and more resonant than the names themselves. Drawing from The Book of Symbols, here are the primary symbolic meanings, good and bad, behind colors and the names that embody them.
Red
The primary associations and symbolism, positive and negative, to the color red, plus top and unique names that mean red.
Positive
Life
Energy
Blood
Warmth
Negative
War
Anger
Danger
Top Names with Red Meanings
Jasper
Poppy
Rose
Ruby
Scarlett
Unique Names with Red Meanings
Roone
Rumo
Akako
Flanna
Admon
Blue
Top and unique names that mean blue, along with the dominant symbolism both positive and negative attached to the color blue.
Positive
Eternity
High quality
Spirituality
Heaven
Negative
Cold
Melancholy
Despair
Top Names with Blue Meanings
Iris
River
Celeste
Maya
Talia
Unique Names with Blue Meanings
Fairuza
Neel
Sema
Sini
Lulani
Yellow, Orange, and Gold
The most positive and negative meanings associated with the colors yellow, orange, and gold, plus top and unique names with meanings related to those colors.
Positive
Wealth
Sun
Harvest
Negative
Aging
Cowardice
Caution or Warning
Top Names with Yellow, Gold, or Orange Meanings
Aurelia
Otis
Elio
Cyrus
Marigold
Unique Names with Yellow, Gold, or Orange Meanings
Navena
Yari
Zareen
Himari
Paziah
Green
Green is one of the colors with the most universal symbols. Compared with other color-related names, there may be the most names that mean green.
Positive
Renewal
Hope
Creativity
Nature
Negative
Envy or Jealousy
Illness
Immaturity
Top Names with Green Meanings
Silas
Esme
Oliver
Chloe
Forest
Unique Names with Green Meanings
Sirkka
Veridian
Tauriel
Irati
Phyllon
Purple
Names that mean purple are in style right now, and the color purple also carries rich associations and ancient symbols.
Positive
Royalty
Wealth
Perfect union of opposites
Negative
Extravagance
Death
Top Names with Purple Meanings
Violet
Lavender
Ione
Lilac
Amethyst
Unique Names with Purple Meanings
Hyacinth
Iolanthe
Plum
Fuchsia
Porfirio