Color names
By rachel98208
Updated Thu Jan 12 2023
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- Sienna
Origin:
Italian color nameMeaning:
"orange red"Description:
Sienna has been a Top 100 choice in England & Wales since 2005, the year after Sienna Miller's acting breakthrough in the hit movies Alfie and Layer Cake. In the US, it also got a big boost in the early noughties, before dropping slightly then rebounding to reach an all-time high in 2022.
- Elena
Origin:
Spanish, Italian, German, Greek variation of HelenMeaning:
"bright, shining light"Description:
Elena is at its most popular point ever in the US, thanks to its cross-cultural appeal and the overall popularity of El- names. It's more international than Ellen or Eleanor, but still accessible.
- Viridian
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"blue green color"Description:
Unusual and beautiful blue green color and name possibility, a la Cerulean.
- Celadon
Origin:
Color nameMeaning:
"grayish green"Description:
Like Cerulean, one of the new and unusual color names -- it's a soft grayish green -- suitable for a boy.
- Vermilion
Origin:
Color nameDescription:
This vivid reddish orange color name is an undiscovered possibility -- kind of a female equivalent of Cerulean for boys.
- Cyane
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bright blue enamel"Description:
Cyane is a mythological Sicilian nymph who lived in a pool and whose name is an intriguing twist on the color name trend.
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