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Ahram f Korean
Means "ripe chestnut" or "ripe acorn" in Korean.

Allaq m Greenlandic
Means "brown bear" in Greenlandic.

Ámr m Old Norse
Means "black, loathsome, reddish brown, dark" in Old Norse.

Avellana f English (Rare)
Derived from Latin avellana "hazel", literally "from Avella". Alternatively, it could be a transferred use of the Spanish surname Avellana.

Babhru m & f Indian
Indian unisex name also written as Babhrú (बभ्रु), masculine and sometimes feminine, or Babhrū (बभ्रू), which is purely feminine, meaning "reddish-brown, tawny".

Boraqchin f Medieval Mongolian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Mongolian борогчин (borogchin) meaning "(female) bird" or "brown skin (of female animals)". This was the name of a 13th-century Alchi Tatar woman and the senior wife of Mongol ruler Batu Khan (c... [more]

Borchuluun m & f Mongolian
Means "brown stone, grey stone" in Mongolian, from бор (bor) meaning "brown, grey, dark" and чулуун (chuluun) meaning "stone"

Borena f Alanic, Georgian (Rare)
This name is best known for being the name of Borena of Alania (11th century AD), an Alan princess who went on to become queen of Georgia after marrying the widowed king Bagrat IV of Georgia. It is because of her that the Georgians became acquainted with the name Borena; she brought the name to Georgia... [more]

Borkhüü m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian бор (bor) meaning "brown, grey, dark" and хүү (khüü) meaning "boy, son; child".

Bortolgoi f & m Mongolian
Means "brown headed" or "grey headed" in Mongolian, from бор (bor) meaning "grey, brown, dark" and толгой (tolgoi) meaning "head".

Braun m German
Transferred from the surname "Braun", which means "brown."

Brauna f German
Feminine form of "Braun", which means "brown" in German.

Bräunle f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Late medieval Yiddish name derived from German braun "brown" and Bräune "brownness", it is a cognate of Breindel. This name was recorded in early 16th-century Frankfurt, Germany.

Bruin m Dutch (Rare), English (Rare, ?), Folklore
Dutch form of Bruno. It coincides with the Dutch word for "brown". This was also the name of the bear in medieval fables of Reynard the Fox.

Brun m Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Derived from Middle French brun "brown (the color)" (ultimately from Old French brun “polished, shiny, brown”), and denoting a man with brown hair.

Brunetta f Judeo-French, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Derived from Middle French brune, the feminine form of the adjective brun, "brown (the color)" (ultimately from Old French brun “polished, shiny, brown”), and denoting a woman with brown hair.

Brunfrid m Germanic
Derived from Old High German brunja "breastplate, cuirass" or brûn "brown" combined with Old High German fridu "peace."

Brunhard m Germanic
Derived from Old High German brunja "breastplate, cuirass" or brûn "brown" combined with Gothic hardus (hart in Old High German) "brave, hardy."

Brunhyse m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements brun meaning "brown" and hyse meaning "youth warrior" (also found in Godhyse).

Brunissende f Medieval French
Medieval French form of a Germanic name, in which the second element is swind meaning "strong". The first element may be brun "armour, protection" or brunna "brown".

Brunlocc m Anglo-Saxon
Late Old English name meaning "brown lock (of hair)", composed of the elements brun "brown" and locc "hair, curl" (probably originally a byname).

Brunmær m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements brun "brown" and mære "famous".

Brúnmaðr m Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic name elements brúnn "brown, shining" and maðr "man".

Brúnn m Old Norse
Means "brown; shining". Related to German Bruno.

Brunomund m Germanic
Derived from Old High German brunja "breastplate, cuirass" or brûn "brown" combined with Old High German mund "protection."

Brunor m Arthurian Romance
Likely derived from the Germanic element brunna "armour, protection" or brun "brown". This is the name of several characters in Arthurian tales, including the father of Sir Galehaut and the Knight of the Ill-Fitting Coat.

Brunrad m Germanic
Derived from Old High German brunja "breastplate, cuirass" or brûn "brown" combined with Old High German rât "counsel."

Brunric m Germanic
Derived from Old High German brunja "breastplate, cuirass" or brûn "brown" combined with rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic rîg or rix and Gothic reiks, which all mean "king, ruler."

Brunstein m Germanic
Derived from Old High German brunja "breastplate, cuirass" or brûn "brown" combined with Old High German stain "stone."

Brunsunu m Anglo-Saxon
Late Old English name composed of the elements brun "brown" and sunu "son".

Brunulf m Germanic
Derived from Old High German brunja "breastplate, cuirass" or brûn "brown" combined with Gothic vulfs "wolf."

Brunward m Germanic
Derived from Old High German brunja "breastplate, cuirass" or brûn "brown" combined with Old High German wart "guard."

Chakuriya f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 茶 (cha) meaning tea, combined with 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut", and 夜 (ya, yoru) meaning "night" or 屋 (ya) meaning "shop". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.

Chestnut m English (American)
From the English word "chestnut" referring to "a tree or shrub of the genus Castanea; the nut or wood of said tree; and a dark, reddish-brown color". From the Middle English chasteine, from the Old French chastaigne, from the Latin castanea, from the Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastaneia) 'chestnut'.

Collen m Medieval Welsh, History (Ecclesiastical)
Derived from Middle Welsh collen "hazel", ultimately from Old Welsh coll. Collen was a 7th-century monk who gave his name to Llangollen.

Daxenaghwe f Caucasian Mythology
Derived from Circassian дахэ (dāxă) meaning "beautiful, pretty" and нагъуэ (năġ°ă) meaning "brown-eyed". Daxenaghwe is a minor character in the Circassian Nart sagas.

Debrun m Louisiana Creole
Meaning, "of brown."

Dindrane f Arthurian Romance
Of uncertain origin, probably from Welsh Danbrann which was possibly derived from Middle Welsh dawn "gift" or dwn "brown, dark" and bran "raven". Dindrane is historically the sister of Perceval, one of King Arthur's knights... [more]

Donn m Irish, Old Irish
Derived from Old Irish donn "brown", a byname for someone with brown hair, or from donn "chief, prince, noble".

Duibhuidhir m Old Irish
Derived from Old Irish dub "black" and odar "dun-coloured, greyish brown, tan". Alternately, the second element could be eidhir "sense, wisdom".

Duinnín m Medieval Irish
Diminutive of the word donn "brown"

Dunning m Medieval English, Anglo-Saxon
Possibly derived from Old English dunn meaning "brown, dark", or the personal name Dunna, combined with the name-forming suffix ing.

Dunnius m Gaulish
Derived from Gaulish dunno- "brown".

Dunnonia f Gaulish
Derived from Gaulish dunno- "brown".

Dunweald m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements dunn "dark, brown" or dun "hill, mountain" and weald "powerful, mighty" or "authority, ruler".

Dunwine m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Old English dunn "dark, brown" and wine "friend". Alternatively, the first element could be dun "hill, mountain".

Elanur f Turkish (Modern)
Combination of Turkish ela meaning "hazel (colour)" and Arabic نور (nur) meaning "light".

Eorpweald m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements eorp "dark, dusky; brown" and weald "powerful, mighty" or "authority, leader". This name was borne by Eorpwald of East Anglia, who succeeded his father Rædwald as King of the East Angles.

Erpo m German (Rare, Archaic)
The name derives from a Germanic root (Old Norse jarpr) meaning "dark brown".

Erpr m Old Norse
Variant of Jarpr, an Old Norse by-name meaning "brown".

Ertan m Turkish
Means dawn in Turkish. A compound form of "er"- early and "tan"-dawn in Turkish

Esmer f Kurdish
Means "brown" in Kurdish.

Esmercan f Kurdish
From esmer meaning "brown" and can meaning "soul".

Esmira f Azerbaijani
Derived from Arabic أَسْمَر (ʾasmar) meaning "dark-skinned, brown, brunette".

Eun-yul f & m Korean
Combination of an eun hanja, like 恩 meaning "favour, grace" or 銀 meaning "silver," and a yul hanja, such as 聿 meaning "(writing) brush" or 栗 meaning "chestnut (tree)."

Fauve f French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Derived from French fauve. As a noun, fauve means "tawny-coloured animal" and, by extension, " big cat (such as a lion or lynx); beast, wild animal (especially fierce, aggressive, or predatory)"... [more]

Gala f Croatian
Derived from the world gala, an old Croatian adjective meaning "black, brown".

Gesztenye f Hungarian
Means "chestnut" in Hungarian.

Gourmaelon m Medieval Breton, History
According to the Celtic linguist Joseph Loth, this name would mean "the one with the brown eyebrows" or "the prince, the chief". This was the name of the Count of Cornouaille and de facto ruler of Brittany from 907 – c. 914.

Hamamelis f German (Modern, Rare)
Hamamelis is the botanical name of a shrub known as "Witch-hazel" or "winterbloom".... [more]

Hanja f Swahili
Swahili feminine name meaning "brown".

Hasala f Medieval German
Probably a hypochoristic form of names containing the name element hadu "battle, combat". In Old High German, the word hasala means "hazel", but I don't think that this is the etymology of the name.

Hazelnut m English (American, Rare)
Comes from the English word hazelnut meaning "a round brown hard-shelled nut that is the edible fruit of the hazel".

Heri m Indonesian
Derived from Sanskrit हरि (hari) meaning "yellow, tawny", and by extension, "monkey, horse, lion".

Hotah m Sioux
Means "grey" or "brown" in Sioux.

Huitztecol m Nahuatl
Means "dark brown; whitish" in Nahuatl.

Jarpr m Old Norse
Originally a by-name meaning "brown" in Old Norse. Later also found as a proper given name.

Kadru f Hinduism
Means "tawny, reddish-brown" in Sanskrit. In Hindu mythology Kadru is the wife of Kashyapa and the mother of the nagas, a race of divine half-human, half-serpent beings.

Kai f & m Navajo
Means "willow" or "hazel" in Navajo.

Kajoĸ m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "the brown one" (in West Greenland) or Greenlandic name meaning "the yellow one" (in North Greenland).

Kajuínaĸ m Greenlandic
Means "the solely brown one" in Greenlandic.

Karya f Greek Mythology
Derived from Ancient Greek καρύα "hazel, hazel tree, hazel bush", ultimately from Ancient Greek κάρυον "nut". In Greek Mythology, Karya is attributed to the hamadryads, one of those nymphs who live in trees and are closely linked to the fate of the tree... [more]

Kaštonas m Lithuanian (Rare)
Derived from the Lithuanian noun kaštonas meaning "(horse-)chestnut, conker".

Keherafrid f Persian
Parsi feminine name meaning "chestnut coloured".

Khaliun f Mongolian
Means "dun, creamy (colour), brown" in Mongolian.

Khaokong m Thai
Meaning "brown rice" in Thai

Khürenbaatar m Mongolian
From the Mongolian хүрэн (khüren) meaning "brown" and баатар (baatar) meaning "hero".

Kuriko f Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" or 久 (ku) meaning "long ago" and 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well... [more]

Kuypa Nayra f Aymara
Means "chestnut-colour eyes" in Aymara.

Kÿreñ m Shor
Means "brown" in Shor.

Lazdona f Baltic Mythology
The name of an alleged Lithuanian goddess of hazels and hazelnuts.... [more]

Lezah f English
Not very common, only given to sixteen people in the U.S. from 1880 to 2022 (according to SSA), Lezah is the name "Hazel" backwards. It is also a variant of Lisa.

Lizi f Chinese
From Chinese 李 (lǐ) meaning "plum", 莉 (lì) meaning "jasmine", 栗 (lì) meaning "chestnut", or 麗 (lì) meaning "pretty, beautiful, belle" combined with 子 (zǐ) meaning "child". Other character combinations can form this name as well.

Malek m Dinka
Means "brown bull" in Dinka.

Mikuri f & m Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese 実栗 (mikuri) the Japanese word for the simplestem bur-reed or branched bur-reed also known as Sparganium erectum, which comes from combining 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, real" with 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut"... [more]

Naghwe f Circassian
Circassian feminine name meaning "brown eyed".

Noisette f Obscure (Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname, or taken from the French word noisette "hazel nut".

Nyo m & f Burmese
Means "brown" in Burmese.

Nyui m & f Burmese
Means "brown" in Burmese.

Odar m Irish
Means "dark, grey-brown" in Irish.

Örbrún f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse ǫr "arrow" (also compare Ǫrvar) and brún "eyebrow" or brúnn "brown".

Phryne f History, Literature
Ancient Greek nickname meaning "toad", literally "the brown animal". Phryne was a 4th-century BC hetaira or courtesan, famed for her beauty, whose stage name - like those of many hetairai - was based on a physical feature; she was called that either because of a dark complexion (*phrynos being cognate with brown) or because of a "snub nose" (phrynē "a kind of toad")... [more]

Phrynichos m Ancient Greek
The first element of this name is derived from the Greek noun φρύνη (phryne) meaning "toad" (see Phryne). Also compare Greek φρῦνος (phrynos), which can mean "toad" as well as "brown"... [more]

Qolansäs f Bashkir
From Bashkir ҡолан (qolan) meaning "light brown" and сәс (säs) meaning "hair".

Qo'ng'iroy f Uzbek
Derived from qo'ng'ir which can mean "brown", "reddish brown", "dark grey" or "great crested grebe" and oy meaning "moon".

Qongqor m Medieval Mongolian
Means "chestnut (horse colour)" in Middle Mongolian.

Qumral f Azerbaijani
Means "reddish-yellow, light-brown; chestnut-coloured" in Azerbaijani.

Ravahere f Tahitian
Means "brown love" from Tahitian rava meaning "brown" and here meaning "love".

Ravanui f Tahitian
Means "great brown (brunette)"; from Tahitian rava meaning "brown, dark, black" and nui meaning "great, immense".

Riamu f & m Japanese
From Japanese 俐 (ri) meaning "clever", 利 (ri) meaning "profit, advantage, benefit", 李 (ri) meaning "plum", 栗 (ri) meaning "chestnut", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear", 流 (ria) meaning "current, a sink, flow, forfeit", 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic", 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy, lapis lazuli", 莉 (ri) meaning "pear" or 陸 (ri) meaning "land", 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" or 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection" combined with 夢 (mu) meaning "dream", 武 (mu) meaning "warrior, military, chivalry, arms" or 舞 (mu) meaning "dance"... [more]

Ritsue f Japanese
From 立 (ritsu) meaning "erect, stand, set up, rise", 栗 (ritsu) meaning "chestnut" or 律 (ritsu) meaning "law, ratio", and 恵 (e) meaning "favor, blessing, grace, kindness", 枝 (e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb", or 江 (e) meaning "inlet, bay, creek".

Ritsuhito m Japanese
From 律 (ritsu) meaning "law, ratio" or 栗 (ritsu) meaning "chestnut", and 人 (hito) meaning "person" or 史 (hito) meaning "history, chronicle".

Ritsuka f & m Japanese
From 立 (ritsu) meaning "erect, rise, set up, stand", 栗 (ritsu) meaning "chestnut", or 律 (ritsu) meaning "law, ratio", and 加 (ka) meaning "add, include, join", 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, excellent, good", or 香 (ka) meaning "incense, smell, perfume".

Ritsuna f Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (ritsu) meaning "a chestnut tree" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sharga m & f Mongolian
Means "tawny, yellowish" in Mongolian.

Sólbrún f Icelandic (Rare), Faroese (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse sól "sun" and brún "eyebrow" or brúnn "brown", perhaps inspired by Sólrún and Kolbrún.

Talshyn f Kazakh
Means "chestnut tree" in Kazakh.

Wakuri f Japanese (Rare)
This name can be used as 和久利, 和久里 or 和栗 with 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften", 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" and 栗 (ritsu, ri, kuri, ononoku) meaning "chestnut."... [more]

Xuthus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Ξοῦθος (Xouthos), possibly derived from ξουθός (xouthos) meaning "brown-yellow, tawny" or ξανθός (xanthos) "yellow, yellow-haired", or from στρουθός (strouthos) "sparrow"... [more]