Friday, April 29, 2016

Hidden Colors

Gray-names seem to be trending right now--Grey/Grey, Grady, & Grayden for boys, and Grayson for both, with "Gray" potential from girls' Grace names as well. It got me wondering--what other color nickname-names can we find? Hmm....

"Red":
  • Alfred
  • Frederick
  • Jared/Yered
  • MeredithMaredudd (mah-RED-ith [hard th, like in "the"], Welsh)
  • Redford [English surname]
  • Redmond

  • Mared (MAH-red, Welsh)
  • Meredith
  • Mildred
  • Vered (veh-RED, Hebrew)
  • Winifred

"Blue"
  • [no boys' names]

  • Abelu, Abeluna (AH-bel-oo, ah-beh-LOO-nah, [archaic] Scandinavian) 
  • Bleuenn (bleu-EN, Breton, French)
  • Bluma (BLOO-mah, Yiddish)

"Teal"
  • Tilo (TEE-loh, German)

  • Bertille (behr-TEEL, French)
  • Mathilde (mah-TEELD, French)
  • Tehila (teh-hee-LAH, Hebrew)
  • Tialda (tee-AHL-dah, Frisian)
  • Tilia (TEEL-yah, Scandinavian)

"Green"
  • Guerino (gwehr-EE-noh, Italian)
  • Peregrine, Pellegrino (pel-eh-GREEN-oh)

  • [no girls' names]

"Jet"
  • Jarrett
  • Jethro

  • JacquettaJacquette
  • Jeanette
  • Josette
  • Juliet

"Gold"/"Goldie"
  • [no boys' names]

  • Golda
  • Marigold

And even more "Gray"!
  • Graeme (GRAY-em, English, Scottish)
  • Gratian (GRAY-shen, Anglicized Latin)
  • Grayer [English surname]
  • Grégoire (gray-GWAHR, French) [and Gregory, too, if your accent allows :) ]

  • Igraine (ee-GRAYN, Arthurian mythology)
  • Margrete (mahr-GREH-teh, Norwegian)