This soulful musical name was introduced to the lexicon by Glee actor Darren Criss, who named his daughter Bluesy Belle in 2022. It's a saucy choice that owes something to Beyoncé's Blue, and something to the retro nickname Susie. For the daughter of a musician, Bluesy is a rare yet accessible name.

A cute yet plucky choice that refers to the seven colors of the rainbow, Nanako would make a special choice for a rainbow baby. It was one of the most popular names in Japan in during the late 1990s and is notably borne by actress and model Nanako Matsushima and singer Nanako Takushi, along with the character Nanako Dojima, from the video game Persona 4.

A beautiful rare choice, derived from Latin aurum "gold".

A yellowish chemical compound that produces fluorescent dyes ranging from bright yellow to hot pink to flaming red -- but as a name sounds glaringly sci-fi.

Compound color name with a tranquil aura.

Blaque is a clever -- or should we say qlever -- spelling variation of either the androgynous surname-name Blake, as in Gossip Girl Lively, or Black, as in the color name. Either way, we prefer the original. Blaque -- an acronym for believing life achieving quest unity everything -- was also a late 90s R & B group and some people may choose the name Blaque to symbolize those qualities.

Flanna is an uncommon name for a red-haired girl, not as familiar -- or some would say, as pretty -- as its nickname, Flannery.

Especially used in India and Sri Lanka, Swarna is today considered to mean "gold", although it is more accurately a contraction of the Sanskrit phrase for "beautiful color". Sri Lankan actress Swarna Mallawarachchi, the "Golden star of Sinhalese cinema", is the most notable bearer of this name.

A fresh nature name — Bluet is a dainty, low-growing plant with small, light blue flowers — that feels like a mix of jazzy word-name Blue and trendy surname Truett.

A common name in India, where aside from the literal meaning of "gold", Hema is said to symbolize a beautiful, radiant woman.

A name with a nice balance of soft and sharp sounds, Elvan is a unisex Turkish choice, meaning "colors", or sometimes "colorful hands". Appealing to those who may enjoy Evren, the name also relates to a Cornish saint, a type of rock found in Devon and Cornwall, and to a Cornish word meaning "spark".

The singer known as Pink (born Alecia) brought this hue onto the name-possibility palette, especially as a middle choice. Could Pink be the next Blue?

Unusual and beautiful blue green color and name possibility, a la Cerulean.

A beautiful name from Hindu legend borne by a princess who became the wife of Krishna.

Pronounced SHAM-ee, this color and word name is soft and appealing.

With the popularity of Isabella, you might think of Isabelline as a further elaboration -- though it would be the definition of gilding the lily. But Isabelline is also a color, an amorphous pale yellow-gray-cream most often seen in horses' coats or birds' plumage.

A lovely shade of blue-green that calls to mind the ocean. Seagreen could make a cool middle name for the child of someone who loves the color.

A pretty color name little used outside Turkey.

Taken from two slavic root words (Zlato meaning gold and Žara meaning morning glow), this unusual name is catching the attention of parents in both Bulgaria and Russia.