Names Categorized "cold" - Behind the Name

Amihan f Filipino, Tagalog
Means "north wind, winter storm" in Tagalog.

Aputsiaq m Indigenous American, Greenlandic
Means "snowflake" in Greenlandic.

Audra 1 f Lithuanian
Means "storm" in Lithuanian.

Autumn f English
From the name of the season, ultimately from Latin autumnus. This name has been in general use since the 1960s.

Ayaz m Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu
From Turkish and Azerbaijani ayaz meaning "frost" or "dry and cold air". This was the name of a slave and later companion of the 11th-century sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.

Bora 2 f Albanian
Derived from Albanian borë meaning "snow".

Chione f Greek Mythology
From Greek χιών (chion) meaning "snow". In Greek mythology this is the name of a daughter of the north wind Boreas. Another figure by this name is the daughter of the naiad Callirrhoe who was transformed into a snow cloud.

Crystal f English
From the English word crystal for the clear, colourless glass, sometimes cut into the shape of a gemstone. The English word derives ultimately from Greek κρύσταλλος (krystallos) meaning "ice". It has been in use as a given name since the 19th century.

Edurne f Basque
Means "snow" in Basque, from edur, a variant of elur "snow". It is an equivalent of Nieves, proposed by the writer Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque saints names.

Eira 1 f Welsh
Means "snow" in Welsh. This is a recently created name.

Fjolla f Albanian
From Albanian fjollë meaning "fine snow".

Frediano m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of the Roman name Frigidianus, which was derived from Latin frigidus "cold". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish bishop who made a pilgrimage to Rome and settled as a hermit on Mount Pisano.

Frigidianus m Late Roman
Original Latin form of Frediano.

Fuyuko f Japanese
From Japanese 冬 (fuyu) meaning "winter" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other combinations of kanji.

Gwyneira f Welsh
Means "white snow" from the Welsh element gwyn meaning "white, blessed" combined with eira meaning "snow". This is a recently created Welsh name.

Helve f Estonian
Means "flake, snowflake" in Estonian.

IJsbrand m Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements is "ice" and brant "fire, torch, sword".

Isa 3 m Germanic
Short form of Germanic names beginning with the element is meaning "ice" (Proto-Germanic *īsą).

Isbrand m Germanic
Old German form of IJsbrand.

Ishild f Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic name, a hypothetical early form of Iseult.

Isolde f German, Arthurian Romance
German form of Iseult, appearing in the 13th-century German poem Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg. In 1865 the German composer Richard Wagner debuted his popular opera Tristan und Isolde and also used the name for his first daughter.

Izotz m Basque
Means "ice" in Basque.

Jalə f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Zhaleh.

Jale f Turkish
Turkish form of Zhaleh.

Jaleh f Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian ژاله (see Zhaleh).

Jökull m Icelandic
Means "glacier, ice" in Icelandic.

Kaniehtiio f Indigenous American, Mohawk
Means "she is good snow" in Mohawk, from ka- "she", óniehte "snow" and the suffix -iio "good".

Kåre m Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
From the Old Norse name Kári meaning "curly, curved".

Kawisenhawe f Indigenous American, Mohawk
Means "she holds the ice" in Mohawk, from ka- "she", ówise "ice" and -hawe "hold, have".

Keanu m & f Hawaiian
Means "the cool breeze" from Hawaiian ke, a definite article, and anu "coolness". This name is now associated with Canadian actor Keanu Reeves (1964-).

Kirsi f Finnish
Finnish form of Christina, or a short form of Kirsikka. It also means "frost" in Finnish.

Lumi f Finnish
Means "snow" in Finnish.

Ma'ome m Indigenous American, Cheyenne
Means "ice" in Cheyenne.

María Nieves f Spanish
Combination of María and Nieves.

Miyuki f Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness" or 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Nairobi f African American (Modern)
From the name of the capital city of Kenya, derived from Maasai enkare nyrobi meaning "cold water".

Nieves f Spanish
Means "snows" in Spanish, derived from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de las Nieves meaning "Our Lady of the Snows".

Pyry m Finnish
Means "snowstorm, blizzard" in Finnish.

Rin f & m Japanese
From Japanese 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.

Sarmīte f Latvian
From Latvian sarma meaning "frost".

Snædís f Icelandic
Means "snow goddess", derived from the Old Norse elements snær "snow" and dís "goddess".

Snow f English (Rare)
From the English word, derived from Old English snāw.

Stribog m Slavic Mythology
Possibly means "flowing god" in Slavic. Stribog was the Slavic god of the wind, cold, ice and frost.

Talvi f Estonian
Derived from Estonian talv meaning "winter".

Talvikki f Finnish (Rare)
Derived from Finnish talvi meaning "winter". This is also the Finnish word for the wintergreen plant (genus Pyrola).

Tushar m Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Means "cold, frost, snow" in Sanskrit.

Urmas m Estonian
Possibly from the dialectal Estonian word urm meaning "frost" or "catkin".

Vetle m Norwegian
Norwegian form of the Old Norse name Vetrliði meaning "winter traveller", and by extension "bear cub".

Winter f English (Modern)
From the English word for the season, derived from Old English winter.

Wynter f English (Modern)
Variant of Winter.

Xue f & m Chinese
From Chinese 雪 (xuě) meaning "snow" or 学 (xué) meaning "study, learning, school", besides other characters pronounced similarly.

Ysbrand m Dutch (Rare)
Variant of IJsbrand.

Yuki f & m Japanese
From Japanese 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness" or 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow". It can also come from 由 (yu) meaning "reason, cause" combined with 貴 (ki) meaning "valuable" or 紀 (ki) meaning "chronicle". Other kanji or kanji combinations are also possible.

Zhaleh f Persian
Means "dew" or "hoarfrost" in Persian.

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