names with colorful meanings

  1. Vanille
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "vanilla"
    • Description:

      While Vanilla might be too bland, the French version is more flavorful.
  2. Violet
    • Origin:

      English from Latin
    • Meaning:

      "purple"
    • Description:

      Violet is soft and sweet, yet with a vivacious edge. Today, Violet is the top flower name for girls, outranking Lily and Iris in the Top 100, and the second most popular color name for girls after Scarlett.
  3. Viridian
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "blue green color"
    • Description:

      Unusual and beautiful blue green color and name possibility, a la Cerulean.
  4. Viridienne
    • Origin:

      Latin via French
    • Meaning:

      "green"
    • Description:

      This French version of Viridiana and Viridis lacks the charm of similar and more familiar French names like Vivienne and Adrienne.
  5. Viridis
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "green"
    • Description:

      Viridis is a medieval Italian name which is also the Latin word for green. This name is a beautiful option for parents looking for an unusual name that conveys freshness, youth, springtime and nature.
  6. Wisteria
    • Origin:

      Flower name, from English surname
    • Meaning:

      "Wister's flower"
    • Description:

      A frilly southern-accented flower name yet to be planted on many birth certificates. In the language of flowers, the wisteria is a symbol of devotion. It is named for American horticulturalist John Caspar Wister.
  7. Xanthe
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "golden, yellow"
    • Description:

      X marks the spot in names these days, usually at the middles or ends of names, but here is one that puts it squarely up front.
  8. Zarina
    • Origin:

      Persian
    • Meaning:

      "a golden vessel"
    • Description:

      Derived from Persian zarin "golden", Zarina is a strong and sparkling name used in multiple languages, including Kazakh, Urdu and Malay. It was the name of an ancient Scythian queen, and also sounds very close to the Russian tsarina or czarina – the pre-revolutionary term for an empress of Russia.
  9. Zelena
    • Origin:

      Greek variation of Selena
    • Description:

      See SELENA.
  10. Zelenka
    • Origin:

      Czech
    • Meaning:

      "green"
    • Description:

      A Czech surname derived from the word for "green", which has a certain spark.
  11. Zinc
    • Origin:

      Color or mineral name
    • Description:

      Extreme cool possibilities in either of these modern categories, like a postmodern Linc.
  12. Zora
    • Origin:

      Serbo-Croatian
    • Meaning:

      "dawn"
    • Description:

      Zora is a meaningful literary heroine name honoring Zora Neale Hurston, an important black writer and leader of the Harlem Renaissance.