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Aayaan m Persian
Means "long night" in Persian.

Acheflow f Arthurian Cycle
Variant of Acheflour, which is probably a corruption of Blancheflour (see Blanchefleur) meaning "white flower" in Old French. In the Middle English romance 'Sir Perceval of Galles', Acheflour was the sister of King Arthur and mother of Perceval.

Adham m Arabic, Uzbek
Means "dark, black" in Arabic.

Adipaz f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the name Adi 1 and Paz 2 means "golden jewel" in Hebrew.

Adiyiku f Circassian
Means "having white forearms" in Circassian.

Adwen f Welsh, Cornish
Welsh name, in which the second element is gwen meaning "white, fair, blessed". It was borne by a Cornish saint, considered to be "the Cornish Saint Dwynwen" as a patron of sweethearts... [more]

Aelwen f Welsh
Derived from Welsh ael "brow" and gwen "white; fair; blessed". This name has been used from the early 20th century onwards.

Afraa f Arabic
Means "white" in Arabic.

Aghgyul f Armenian (Rare, Archaic, ?)
According to one online source, this is a rare Armenian name meaning "white rose" from Proto-Turkic *ak "white" and Persian گل (gol) "rose", 'now especially used in villages.'

Aġzibä f Bashkir
From the Bashkir Аҡ (Aǩ) meaning "white, bright, pure" and зибә (zibä) meaning "beautiful".

Ahtem m Crimean Tatar
Derived from Arabic أدهم‎‎ (ādham) meaning "black, dark".

Ahtunowhiho m New World Mythology, Cheyenne
Derived from Cheyenne ȧhtóno'e "under, below" and vé'ho'e "trickster, spider, white man". This is the name of a Cheyenne god who lives under the ground.

Aigeiros f Greek Mythology
Derived from Ancient Greek αἴγειρος (aígeiros) meaning "black poplar". This was the name of one of the eight hamadryad daughters of Oxylos and Hamadryas, associated with the black poplar tree.

Aijuan f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 叆 (ài) meaning "cloudy sky; dark, obscure" and 娟 (juān) meaning "beautiful; graceful".

Aimu f Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection", 逢 (ai) meaning "meeting, tryst, date, rendezvous", 彩 (ai) meaning "colour", 曖 (ai) meaning "dark, not clear", 亜 or 亞 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 以 (i) meaning "by means of, because, in view of, compared with", 衣 (i) meaning "garment, clothes, dressing" or 好 (i) meaning "fond, pleasing, like some" combined with 夢 (mu) meaning "dream"... [more]

Ainakea f Hawaiian, Polynesian
Name of Hawaiian origin, composed by "aina", meaning "land" and "kea", meaning "white", "clear", so the meaning is "white land".

Airelle f French (Rare), English (Rare), Literature
Derived from airelle, the French name for the plant genus Vaccinium. The French derived the name from Portuguese airella, which in turn was derived from Latin atra "dark, black, gloomy".

Airu f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 皑 (ái) meaning "brilliant white" and 如 (rú) meaning "like".

Aiwan f Chinese
From the Chinese 爱 (ài) meaning "love" or 蔼 (ǎi) meaning "lush, affable, friendly" and 婉 (wǎn) meaning "amiable, congenial", 晚 (wǎn) meaning "night, evening" or 菀 (wǎn) meaning "luxuriance of growth".

Aixia f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 叆 (ài) meaning "cloudy sky; dark, obscure" or 瑷 (ài) meaning "fine quality jade" and 霞 (xiá) meaning "rosy clouds".

Aixian f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 叆 (ài) meaning "cloudy sky; dark, obscure" or 瑷 (ài) meaning "fine quality jade" and 娴 (xián) meaning "elegant, refined; skillful" or 纤 (xiān) meaning "fine, delicate, graceful".

Aiya f Japanese
From 愛 (ai) meaning “love, affection”, 藍 (ai) meaning “blue, indigo”, 相 (ai) meaning “mutually, together”, or 哀 (ai) meaning “grief, sorrow”, combined with 夜 (ya) meaning “night”, 映 (ya) meaning “reflect light”, 耶 (ya) (a character used as an interjection), 也 (ya) meaning “to be, also”, 哉 (ya) (a character used as an exclamation), 矢 (ya) meaning “arrow”, 八 (ya) meaning “eight”, or 谷 (ya) meaning “valley”.

Aizhen f Chinese
From the Chinese 叆 (ài) meaning "cloudy sky; dark, obscure" and 珍 (zhēn) meaning "precious, valuable, rare".

Akagündüz m Turkish
From Turkish aka "white" and gündüz "daytime".

Akawel m Berber
Means "the black" in Amazigh.

Akay f & m Turkish
From Turkish ak, meaning "white" and ay, meaning "moon".

Akbermet f Kyrgyz
From Kyrgyz ак (ak) meaning "white" and бермет (bermet) meaning "pearl".

Akbugha m Near Eastern Mythology, Turkic Mythology
Means "white serpent" or "white dragon", derived from Turkic ak meaning "white" combined with Turkic büge or büke meaning "serpent, snake" as well as "dragon" (ultimately from Proto-Turkic böke)... [more]

Akcan m & f Turkish
Means "dear friend" in Turkish. Combination of common Turkish words "ak" meaning "white", and "can" meaning "life".

Akdöl m Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" combined with döl meaning "progeny".

Akerbeltz m Basque Mythology
Literally meaning “Black goat” in Basque, this name belongs to a spirit/deity in Basque mythology. Usually depicted as a billy goat, the spirit was earlier seen as pagan deity of the protection of animals and houses... [more]

Akgul f Kazakh
From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and гүл (gul) meaning "flower".

Akgyz f Turkmen
Means "white coloured girl" in Turkmen, from the name elements ak meaning "white" and kyz meaing "girl".

Akja f Turkmen
Means "light" or "white" in Turkmen, from ak meaning "white".

Akjemal f Turkmen (Rare)
From ak meaning "white" and Arabic and Arabic جمال (jamāl) meaning "beauty".

Akkaya m Turkish
Combination of Turkish ak "white" and kaya "rock".

Akkumis f Kazakh
From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and күміс (kümis) "silver".

Akkutlu f Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and kutlu meaning "happy, blessed".

Aklaq m & f Inuit
Meaning, "black bear."

Akmoor f Kyrgyz
Means "white seal" in Kyrgyz.

Akniet f & m Kazakh
From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and ниет (niet) meaning "intention" (of Arabic origin).

Aknur f Kazakh, Turkmen
From Kazakh ақ (aq) or Turkmen ak meaning "white" and Kazakh нұр (nur) or Turkmen nur meaning "light".

Akparăs m Chuvash
From Turkic ak meaning "white" and parăs meaning "leopard".

Aksaule f Kazakh
From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and сәуле (saule) meaning "ray, sunbeam". This is also the Kazakh word for ageratum, a genus of flowers.

Aksel m Turkish
Derived from Turkish ak "white; clear; pure" and sel "flood; whitewater; torrent".

Aksoltan f Turkmen (Rare)
From Turkmen ak meaning "white" combined with soltan "Sultan".

Aktolkyn f Kazakh
From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and толқын (tolqyn) meaning "wave".

Aktuygun f Kyrgyz
Means "white hawk" in Kyrgyz.

Akumi f Japanese
"The Dark"... [more]

Akuru f & m Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 渥 (aku) meaning "kindness, moisten", 開 (aku) meaning "open, unfold, unseal", 空 (aku) meaning "sky", 曙 (akuru) meaning "dawn, daybreak", 蒼 (a) meaning "blue" or 明 (akuru, a) meaning "bright, light", 玖 (ku) meaning "beautiful black jewel, nine", 空 (ku) meaning "sky" or 来 (ku) meaning "come, due, next, cause, become" combined with 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli", 来 (ru) meaning "come, due, next, cause, become", 流 (ru) meaning "current, a sink, flow, forfeit" or 琉 (ru) meaning "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli"... [more]

Akyıldız f & m Turkish
Derived from the Turkish word ak meaning "white" and yıldız meaning "star".

Akzhan f & m Kazakh
From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and жан (zhan) meaning "soul".

Akzharkyn f Kazakh
From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and жарқын (zharqyn) meaning "light, bright, shining".

Akzhol m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
From Kazakh ақ (aq) or Kyrgyz ак (ak) both meaning "white" and Kazakh and Kyrgyz жол (zhol) meaning "way, road, path".

Akzhurek m & f Kazakh (Rare)
From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and жүрек (zhurek) meaning "heart".

Alabi m & f Yoruba
Means "born of the white cloth, born of purity" in Yoruba, from ala "white cloth, purity" and bí "to give birth, be born".

Alawo f & m Yoruba
Alawo means "white, green" in Yoruba.... [more]

Alb m Medieval Romanian
Derived from Romanian alb "white; (figuratively) clean, pure, immaculate".

Alba f Medieval Romanian
Derived from Romanian albă, the feminine form of the adjective alb "white; (figuratively) clean, pure, immaculate".

Albania f English
From the name of the country in the Balkans, as well as various other places, perhaps ultimately from a pre-Indo-European word *alb meaning "hill" or from the Indo-European root *alb "white" (see Albus).... [more]

Albanix f Literature (Latinized)
Latinized form of Snow White, from Latin alba ("white") and nix ("snow").

Albion m English
From the ancient name of Great Britain, which is said to have been inspired by the White Cliffs of Dover. The word is ultimately of Celtic origin (of which the meaning is not entirely certain), but it is etymologically related to Latin albus "white"... [more]

Alborada f Spanish (Rare)
From alborada meaning "dawn", which in turn comes from Latin albus meaning "white".

Albunea f Roman Mythology
Possibly derived from Latin albus meaning "white". In Roman mythology Albunea was a nymph who dwelt at a sulfuric spring or fountain near the town of Tibur (modern Tivoli)... [more]

Aldïn-caa m Tuvan
Means "golden bow" in Tuvan.

Aldyn m & f Tuvan
Means "gold, golden" in Tuvan.

Aldynay f Tuvan
From Tuvan алдын (aldyn) meaning "golden" and ай (ay) meaning "moon".

Aldyn-kys f Tuvan
Means "golden girl" from Tuvan алдын (aldyn) meaning "gold, golden" and кыс (kys) meaning "girl, daughter".

Aldyn-ool m Tuvan
Means "golden boy" from Tuvan алдын (aldyn) meaning "gold, golden" and оол (ool) meaning "boy, son".

Alek f Eastern African, Dinka
Means "black-and-white cow" in Dinka.... [more]

Alltwen f Welsh
From Welsh allt “wooded hillside” and‎ gwen “white, blessed”. This name may be given in reference to the village in Wales.

Alpheios m Greek Mythology
Derived either from Greek ἀλφή (alphê) meaning "produce, gain, profit" or from Greek ἀλφός (alphos) which meant "whiteness" as well as "white leprosy", a cognate of Albus... [more]

Alphenor m Greek Mythology
The first element of this name is not entirely certain, as there are two possible etymologies for it. The first is that it is derived from the Greek noun ἀλφή (alphe) meaning "produce, gain, profit", which is etymologically related to the Greek verb ἀλφάνω (alphano) meaning "to bring in, to yield, to fetch (a price)".... [more]

Alsvartr m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Derived from the Germanic name elements allr "all, everybody, entire" and svartr "black". This is the name of a giant in Norse Mythology.

Altai m & f Mongolian, Kazakh
From the name of a mountain range that runs through Central and Eastern Asia, itself meaning "golden mountain", related to Turkic altun meaning "gold" (compare Mongolian altan "golden") and dağ meaning "mountain".

Altana f Buryat, Kalmyk
Derived from Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden".

Altanbaatar m Mongolian
Means "golden hero" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and баатар (baatar) meaning "hero".

Altanbagana m & f Mongolian
Means "golden pillar", from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and багана (bagana) meaning "pillar, column"

Altanbayar m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and баяр (bayar) meaning "celebration, joy".

Altanchimeg f Mongolian
Means "gold jewelry" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and чимэг (chimeg) meaning "ornament".

Altanchuluun m & f Mongolian
Means "golden stone" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and чулуун (chuluun) meaning "stone".

Altandöl m Mongolian
Means "golden flame" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and дөл (döl) meaning "flame".

Altandukh m & f Mongolian (Rare)
Means "golden forehead" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and дух (dukh) meaning "forehead, brow".

Altanduulga m & f Mongolian
Means "golden helmet" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and дуулга (duulga) meaning "helmet".

Altangerel m & f Mongolian
Means "golden light" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and гэрэл (gerel) meaning "light".

Altangul f Mongolian (Rare)
Means "golden rose", from Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and Tajik гул (gul) meaning "flower, rose", ultimately from Persian گل (gol).

Altankhishig m & f Mongolian
Means "golden blessing" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and хишиг (khishig) meaning "blessing, favour".

Altankhüü m & f Mongolian
Means "golden son, golden boy" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and хүү (khüü) meaning "boy, son; child".

Altankhuyag m Mongolian
Means "golden armour" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and хуяг (khuyag) meaning "armour".

Altannamar m & f Mongolian
Means "golden autumn" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and намар (namar) meaning "autumn".

Altannar f & m Mongolian
Means "golden sun" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and нар (nar) meaning "sun".

Altannavch f Mongolian
Means "golden leaf" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and навч (navch) meaning "leaf".

Altanpürev m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and пүрэв (pürev) meaning "Thursday" or "Jupiter".

Altansargai f Mongolian
From Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and саргай (sargai) meaning "rose, lily".

Altansolongo f Mongolian
From Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and солонго (solongo) meaning "rainbow".

Altansoyombo m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and соёмбо (soyombo), referring to a traditional symbol of Mongolia.

Altansükh m Mongolian
Means "golden axe" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and сүх (sükh) meaning "axe".

Altansuvd f Mongolian
Means "golden pearl" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and сувд (suvd) meaning "pearl".

Altantogos f & m Mongolian
Means "golden peacock, golden peafowl" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and тогос (togos) meaning "peacock, peafowl"

Altantsatsral f Mongolian
Means "golden light beam" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and цацрал (tsatsral) meaning "radiation, light beam".

Altantsog m & f Mongolian
Means "golden splendour" or "golden embers" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and цог (tsog) meaning "embers, glowing coals" or "splendour, glory".

Altantug m & f Mongolian (Rare)
Means "golden flag" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and туг (tug) meaning "flag, banner, tuft".

Altantülkhüür m & f Mongolian
Means "golden key" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and түлхүүр (tülkhüür) meaning "key".

Altantungalag f Mongolian
From Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and тунгалаг (tungalag) meaning "serenity, clarity" or "clear, unclouded, transparent".

Altantuyaa f Mongolian
Means "golden ray" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and туяа (tuyaa) meaning "ray, beam (of light)".

Altanzayaa f Mongolian
From Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and заяа (zayaa) meaning "future, fate, destiny".

Altanzhargal f & m Mongolian
From Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".

Altanzul f & m Mongolian
Means "tulip" in Mongolian, ultimately from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and зул (zul) meaning "light, lamp, torch".

Altınay f Karachay-Balkar
Means "golden moon" in Karachay-Balkar.

Altınçaç f Karachay-Balkar
Means "golden-haired" in Karachay-Balkar.

Altıncan f Karachay-Balkar
From the Karachay-Balkar алтын (altın) meaning "gold, golden" and Persian جان (jan) meaning "soul".

Altınqız f Karachay-Balkar
Means "golden girl" in Karachay-Balkar.

Altna f Kalmyk
Means "golden" in Kalmyk.

Altynai f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "golden moon" from Kazakh and Kyrgyz алтын (altyn) meaning "gold" and ай (ay) meaning "moon".

Altynbek m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
From Kazakh and Kyrgyz алтын (altyn) meaning "gold, golden" combined with the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".

Altynbike f Tatar
Derived from алтын (altyn) meaning "golden" and бикэ (bike) meaning "princess".

Altynchas m Mari
Means "golden haired", ultimately from Tatar.

Altynshash f Kazakh
Means "golden hair" from Kazakh алтын (altyn) meaning "gold" combined with шаш (shash) meaning "hair".

Amalu m Berber
Means "shadow" in Tamazight.

Amari f Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality" and 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit". ... [more]

Ameria f Japanese
From Japanese 阿 (a) meaning "big mound", 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot", 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine, Asian pear" combined with 阿 (a), again meaning "big mound"... [more]

Ámgerðr f Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse ámr "black, loathsome, dark" and garðr "enclosure, protection". This is the name of a giantess in Norse mythology.

Amiri f Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Amiria f Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" combined with 杏 (a) meaning "apricot". Other kanji combinations are possible... [more]

Amma f Norse Mythology, Old Swedish, Greenlandic
Has several possible meanings. May be a short form of names beginning with Arn- or Am-, derived from Old Swedish amma ("wet nurse"), Old Norse amma ("grandmother") or Old Norse ama ("dark one").... [more]

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

Amranwen f Welsh (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Welsh amrant "eyelid" and gwen "white, fair, blessed". It is also the Welsh name for the medicinal herb known as German chamomile in English.

Amraphel m Biblical, Hebrew
Means "one that speaks of dark things" or "he whose words are dark" in Hebrew, derived from Hebrew amár "to say" and aphél "dark, obscure". In the bible, this was the name of a king of Shinar.

Amubi f Manipuri
Means "black" in Meitei.

Amumacha m & f Manipuri
Derived from the Meitei amu meaning "black, dark" and macha meaning "small, young".

Anacaona f Taíno, Mexican
Means "golden flower" in Taíno, from ana "flower" and caona "gold". This was the name of the cacica (a female cacique, or queen) who ruled the native Taíno (Arawak) people of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola when the conquistadors settled there in 1492... [more]

Anayibe f Indigenous American, American (Hispanic)
Derived from the native South American tribe, the Kogui people. It means "white flower" or "snow flower" in the Kogui language.

Andrezuria f Medieval Basque
Derived from Basque andere meaning "Lady", and Zuria meaning "white".

Aneirwen f Welsh
Alternate form of Aneira, with the Welsh element gwen meaning "white, blessed".

Ángilik f Greenlandic
Means "European Golden Plover" in Greenlandic.

Angweng f Luo
"birthed during the season of white ants (termites, i.e. rainy season)"

Annoethai-yazzeh m Yellowknife
Means "white capot".

Añuget m & f Bandial
Means "the black one" in Bandial.

Aodhfin m Irish (Rare)
Compound name composed of Aodh "fire" and Fionn "white".

Aoku m Japanese
From Japanese 碧 (ao) meaning "blue, green", 藍 (ao) meaning "indigo" or 青 (ao) meaning "blue" combined with 玖 (ku) meaning "beautiful black jewel, nine", 久 (ku) meaning "long time" or 空 (ku) meaning "sky"... [more]

Aotea f Maori
Means "white cloud" in Māori. Aotearoa is the Māori name of New Zealand

Aqbanïu f Bashkir
From the Bashkir aҡ (aq) meaning "white, light, pure" and Persian بانو (banu)# meaning "lady".

Aqbikä f Bashkir
From the Bashkir aҡ (aq) meaning "white, light, pure" and feminine name element бикә (bikä).

Aqbiyçe f Karachay-Balkar
Means "white princess" in Karachay-Balkar.

Aqboün f Karachay-Balkar
Means "white neck" or "white throat" in Karachay-Balkar.

Aqçıq f Karachay-Balkar
Means "white" in Karachay-Balkar.

Aqjan m Kazakh
From the Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" or "pure" and жан (jan) meaning "soul".

Aqkümis f Kazakh
From the Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning “white” or "pure" and күміс (kümis) meaning “silver”.

Aqqız f Karachay-Balkar
Means "white girl" in Karachay-Balkar.

Aqsäskä f Bashkir
Means "white flower" in Bashkir.

Aqtamaq f Karachay-Balkar
Means "white throat" in Karachay-Balkar. This was the name of a character in the love poems of Ismail Semenov.

Aqtutaš f Bashkir
From Bashkir аҡ (aq) meaning "white, bright, pure" and туташ (tutaš) meaning "girl".

Aqyondoð f Bashkir
Means "white star" in Bashkir.

Aqzilya f Kazakh
From ақ (ak) meaning "white" combined with Arabic ضياء (diya) meaning "splendour, glow"

Arany f Hungarian
Directly taken from Hungarian arany "gold; golden".

Aratzuri f Medieval Basque
Derived from aratz, meaning "pure", and zuri, meaning "white".... [more]

Argan m Theatre (Gallicized, Rare)
This name was used by Molière in his play, 'The Imaginary Invalid' (1673) ('Le Malade imaginaire' in French), for the main character. ... [more]

Arges m Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ἀργής (arges) meaning "bright, glancing" or "shining, white" (compare Argos). This was the name of a Cyclops in Greek mythology.

Argileonis f Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek adjective ἀργός (argos) meaning "bright, shining, glistening" as well as "white" (see Argus) combined with the Greek noun λέων (leon) meaning "lion".

Argiotalus m Gaulish
Derived from Proto-Celtic *argyos "white" and *talus "front, forehead".

Ari m & f Maori, Tahitian, Cook Islands Maori
Means "visible" and "the eleventh night of the lunar month" in Māori. Short form of Ariki and Ari'i meaning "chief" in Māori and Tahitian.

Arian m Albanian
Derived from Albanian ar "golden; gold" and jetë "life".

Arianell f Welsh
Derived from Welsh arian "silver" and Middle Welsh gell "yellow" (which apparently also carried the connotations of "shining", ultimately going back to Proto-Celtic *gelwo- "yellow; white", compare Old Irish gel(o) white; fair; shining").... [more]

Ariitea m Tahitian
Means "white king"; a combination of Tahitian ari'i "white" and téa "white, light, pale".

Arina f Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "sub-, second, Asia", 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy, lapis lazuli" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens"... [more]

Arkwi m & f Tocharian
Means "white" in Tocharian.

Arlind m Albanian
Derived from Albanian ar "gold; treasure, gem; golden; precious" and lindje "east; birth" (compare lind) and thus commonly interpreted as "golden birth".

Arlinda f Albanian
Derived from Albanian ar "gold; treasure, gem; golden; precious" and lindje "east; birth" (compare lind) and thus commonly interpreted as "golden birth".

Arta f Albanian
Possibly derived from the name of the city of Arta in southwestern Greece. A city with connections to Albania and Albanians. The name of the city is popularly held to be derived from Albanian artë "golden" (compare ar "gold")

Aruma f Aymara
Means "night" in Aymara.

Aryses m Old Persian (Hellenized)
Greek form of the Old Persian name *Aruša meaning "white".

Ashava f Mordvin
Derived from Erzya ашо (ašo) "white" and ава (ava) "woman".

Ashnaza f Mordvin
Means "blond, light", related to Erzya ашо (ašo) "white".

Asit m Indian, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit असित (asita) meaning "dark, black" or "(black) snake".

Əsmər f Azerbaijani
Means "dark complexioned" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic أسمر (ʿasmar).

Aswad m Arabic
Means "black" in Arabic.

Aswadi m Indonesian, Malay
From Indonesian and Malay aswad meaning "black", ultimately derived from Arabic أسود (aswad).

Ata m Tongan
Means "air" or "shadow" in Tongan.

Ataegina f Celtic Mythology, Old Celtic
The name of a goddess worshiped by the ancient Iberians, Lusitanians, and Celtiberians. Her name possibly comes from the proto-Celtic *atte- and *geno- which together mean "reborn", or else *ad-akwī- meaning "night".

Atalua m Tongan
Means "double shadow" in Tongan.

Atiena f Swahili
Means "guardian of the night" in Swahili.

Atsede f Ge'ez
Means "white" in Ge'ez.

Átuay m & f Bandial
Means "the white one" in Bandial.

Aukena f Polynesian
Name of Polynesian origin, meaning "white water flowing", "clear water flowing". It is the name of an island in Polynesia.

Aureola f Ancient Roman
Roman slave name, a feminine diminutive of Latin aureus "golden" (possibly the feminine form of Aureolus, a derivative of Aureus). Camden (1605) lists Aureola "pretty little golden dame".

Aureus m Late Roman
Means "golden, gilded" in Latin, from aurum "gold" (see Aurea). An aureus was also a gold coin of ancient Rome, equivalent to 25 denarii. This was the name of a Christian saint who was martyred in the 5th century with his sister Saint Justina at the cathedral of Mainz in Germany; they were killed by invading Huns while celebrating Mass.

Auria f Ancient Roman, Medieval Basque, Basque, History
Derived from Latin aurum "gold" and aureus "golden, gilded". Auria was an early consort of Pamplona.

Auric m Popular Culture, Literature
Auric Goldfinger is the antogonist of James Bond in 'Goldfinger' by Ian Flemming. The name derives from Latin #aurum "gold" and maens "golden". Also in the case of French composer Georges Auric (1899-1983), transferred from the surname Auric.

Aurigemma f Medieval Italian
Means "golden gem" in Neapolitan, now mostly found as a surname.

Aurigena m & f Roman Mythology
Means "born of gold", derived from Latin aurum "gold" and -gena "born from, sprung from". This was originally a poetic epithet applied to the legendary hero Perseus (whose father, the god Jupiter, came upon his mother Danaë in the form of a shower of gold)... [more]

Auriol m Medieval Basque
Derived from Latin aurea "golden".

Bạch m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 白 (bạch) meaning "white, pure".

Baige f Chinese
From the Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white, pure" and 鸽 (gē) meaning "pigeon, dove".

Baihua f Chinese
From the Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white, pure, bright" and 花 (huā) meaning "flower".

Bailu f & m Chinese
From the Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white, pure" or 柏 (bǎi) meaning "cypress, cedar" and 鹭 (lù) meaning "heron, egret", 鹿 (lù) meaning "deer" or 禄 (lù) meaning "blessing, happiness".

Baimiao f Chinese
From the Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white, pure" and 淼 (miǎo) meaning "wide expanse of water".

Baixue f & m Chinese
From the Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white, pure, bright" or 柏 (bǎi) meaning "cypress, cedar" and 雪 (xuě) meaning "snow" or 学 (xué) meaning "learning, knowledge".

Baiying f & m Chinese
From the Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white, pure" and 英 (yīng) meaning "hero" or "flower, petal, leaf".

Baiyu f Chinese
From the Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white, pure" and 玉 (yù) meaning "jade".

Baizhu m Chinese
From Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white, pure" and 朮, 术 (zhú) meaning "glutinous millet". Other character combinations can form this name as well.... [more]

Balta f Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian word meaning “white”.

Baltz m Medieval Basque
Derived from Basque baltz "black".

Bangaru m Indian
Translates to "golden" in Telugu. Also used to express "fine", "noble", "beautiful" or "admirable".

Baolang m Chinese
From the Chinese 宝 (bǎo) meaning "treasure; precious, rare" and 琅 (láng) meaning "white carnelian; pure".

Baoli f Chinese
From the Chinese 葆 (bǎo) meaning "reserve, preserve" or 保 (bǎo) meaning "protect, defend" and 丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" or 莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine".

Baoshen m Chinese
From the Chinese 宝 (bǎo) meaning "treasure; precious, rare" and 深 (shēn) meaning "close, dark, deep".

Barayu f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 羽 (ba) meaning "feathers" or 薔薇 (bara) meaning "rose" and 蘭 (ra) meaning "orchid", 歌 (ra) meaning "song, poetry", 夜 (yu) meaning "night; the evening" 佑 (yu) meaning "help, assist"

Bardhok m Albanian
Derived from Albanian bardhok "fair-haired; white; white ram".

Bardhosh m Albanian
Derived from Albanian bardhosh "pallid, pale; blond or gray-haired; white bull, white steer, white ox". The name coincides with that of a village in Kosovo.

Bardhyl m Albanian
From Bardylis, the name of an ancient Illyrian king (reigned from 385 to 358 BC), which is popularly held to mean "white star" from Albanian bardhë "white" and yll "star".

Barrdhubh f Medieval Irish
Means "dark headed, dark haired", from Old Irish barr meaning "top, head" and dub meaning "black".

Basambilu f Tsonga
From the Xitsonga basa meaning "clean, white, pure" and mbilu meaning "heart".

Basani f Tsonga
Means "be clean, be white" in Xitsonga.

Bayaz m & f Tatar
Means "white" in Tatar.

Bejkush m Albanian (Rare)
Derived from Albanian bejkush "white-haired (said of sheep); white ram".

Beleka f Medieval Slavic, Medieval Russian
Derived from the old Slavic word белъ "white".

Belián m Hungarian
Hungarian name derived from Slavic бѣлъ (belu) "white".

Belimir m Croatian
The first element of this name is derived from Proto-Slavic bělъ "white, pale". Also see Běla, which is of the same etymology. The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace".

Belisarius m Greek (Latinized), History
From Greek Βελισάριος (Belisarios), probably of Illyric origin. This was the name of a famed Byzantine general and war hero who served the emperor Justinian. He was possibly of Slavic ancestry which has led to speculation that the name derives from Slavonic Beli-tzar "white prince" (the -sarius element being interpreted as coming from the old Slavic word tsesar or tsesari, which was derived from Caesar, thus giving Belisarius a "princely" connotation), but this etymology has since been discounted as somewhat dubious.

Belislav m Bulgarian
From old Slavic bělъ meaning "white", possibly also idiomatically "good", and slava meaning "glory".

Beltso m Medieval Basque
Of uncertain origin and meaning. One current theory, however, connects this name to Basque beltxo, a diminutive of beltz / baltz "black".

Beltzane f Basque
Derived from the Basque adjective beltz "black; dark" in combination with the feminine name suffix -ne.

Benaël m French, Breton
It might derive from the breton name Gwenael, formed by "gwenn", that means "white", the second part might be "maël", that means "prince", so the meaning is "white prince".

Benying m Chinese
From 本 (běn) meaning "root, origin, source" and 影 (yǐng) meaning "shadow".

Besart m Albanian
Possibly derived from Albanian besë "faith; trust; promise; oath" and artë "golden" (compare ar).

Bessa m Bessania
Bessa is a swedish dog from ikea, fabricated in sweden he is a "Gosig Golden"

Betsalel m Hebrew, Biblical
Means "in the shadow" in Hebrew. In the bible, this is the name of a son of Uri who was one of the architects of the tabernacle, and the name of an Israelite.

Betzalel m Jewish
Means "in God's shadow" in Hebrew.

Beyaz f Turkish
Means "white" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic بياض (bayāḍ).

Beyzanur f Turkish
Turkish name meaning "very white light", combination of Beyza meaning "very white" and Nur meaning "light".

Bezaleel m Hebrew (Anglicized), English (Puritan)
Anglicized form of Hebrew Betsalel, meaning "in the shadow." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Uri who was one of the architects of the tabernacle, and the name of an Israelite.

Bezlea f Baltic Mythology (Latinized)
The name of an alleged Lithuanian goddess of the evening.... [more]

Bhramar m Hindi
Means "black bee, black beetle" in Hindi.

Biana f Literature
Means "fair skinned", "white", or "fair". It was invented for a character in the Keeper of the Lost Cities series, Biana Amberly Vacker, by Shannon Messenger.

Biancabella f Folklore
Combination of Bianca and Italian bella, meaning "white-beautiful" in Italian. This is the name of the title character of the Italian fairy tale Biancabella and the Snake, written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola.

Bingxi f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 冰 (bīng) meaning "ice; ice-cold" and 溪 (xī) meaning "mountain stream, creek", 晰 (xī) meaning "clear, evident; clearly" or 汐 (xī) meaning "night tides".

Biwan f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 碧 (bì) meaning "jade; green, blue" or 璧 (bì) meaning "piece of jade with hole in it"and 婉 (wǎn) meaning "amiable, congenial; restrained" or 纨 (wán) meaning "white silk".

Bixiao f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 碧 (bì) meaning "jade; green, blue" and 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit" or 宵 (xiāo) meaning "night, evening, dark".

Biyou f Chinese
From the Chinese 馝 (bì) meaning "fragrance" and 幽 (yōu) meaning "quiet, secluded, tranquil, dark".

Bjela f Czech (Rare)
Derived from the old Slavic word белъ (belu) meaning "white". Cognate of Běla.

Blå m & f Swedish (Rare)
Means "blue" in Swedish. Ultimately derived from Old Norse blár meaning "blue" but often denoting "dark, black" (compare Bláinn). A few hundred years ago sometimes used as a variant or short form of Blasius.

Blæc m Anglo-Saxon
Old English byname derived from blæc meaning "black, dark". This is a cognate of Old Norse Blakkr.

Blæcmær m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements blæc "black, dark" and mære "famous".

Blæcmann m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements blæc "black" and mann "man".

Blæcstan m Anglo-Saxon
Means "black stone" in Old English, from blæc "black" and stan "stone".

Blæcsunu m Anglo-Saxon, Medieval English
Derived from the Old English elements blæc "black" and sunu "son".

Blæcwine m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements blæc "black, dark" and wine "friend".

Blæcwulf m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Old English blæc "black" and wulf "wolf". This is the source of the place name Blakesley (see Blakesley).

Blæingr m Old Norse
Means "raven", literally "blue-black one", a derivative of Old Norse blár "blue, dark, livid" (the colour used to describe corpses and bruises, e.g. hel-blár "black as death"). This was originally a byname.

Bláey f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements blár "blue; dark; black" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Bláinn m Old Norse
From Old Norse blár meaning "blue, dark, black".

Blakeney f & m English
From Old English blæc meaning "black, dark" or blac meaning "pale" combined with Old English eg meaning "island" or hæg meaning "enclosure".

Blakkr m Old Norse
Old Norse byname meaning "black". It is a cognate of Blæc.

Blanchefleur f Medieval French, Dutch (Rare), Literature, Arthurian Cycle
Means "white flower" in French. It is borne by a number of characters, who reflect purity and idealized beauty, in literature of the High Middle Ages, notably in the romances of Floris and Blanchefleur and Tristan and Iseult.

Blátǫnn m Old Norse
Old Norse byname, combination of blár "blue", "dark", "black" and tǫnn "tooth". Means "blue-tooth".

Blocca m Anglo-Saxon
Meaning unknown, though it might come from Old English blac "pale, shining, white" or blæc "black"... [more]

Bocang m Chinese
From the Chinese 博 (bó) meaning "rich, plentiful" or "play, gamble, win" and 沧 (cāng) meaning "dark blue, dark green".

Bor m & f Mongolian
Means "brown, grey, dark (colour)" in Mongolian.

Borbardha f Albanian (Rare)
Derived from Albanian borë "snow" and bardhë "white".

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

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

Boroo f & m Mongolian
Means "rain" in Mongolian. Alternatively, it could be derived from бор (bor) meaning "brown, grey, dark (colour)".

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

Bo‘taqora f Uzbek
Derived from the Uzbek bo'ta meaning "baby camel", an endearing name for small children, and qora meaning "black, dark".

Brandubh m Irish Mythology
Means "black raven" in Irish. In Irish legend this was a board game played by the heroes and gods. It was also the name of a king of Leinster (whom the 'Annals of Ulster' say died in 604); he was a good friend of Mongán of the Dál nAraidi but coveted Mongán's wife, Dubh Lacha... [more]

Brythonwen f Welsh (Rare)
Combination of Brython and the suffix gwen meaning "white, fair, blessed".

Bulungu f Ganda
Means “white, whiteness” in Luganda.

Buntharik f & m Thai
Means "white lotus" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit पुण्डरीक (pundarika).

Burkit m Kazakh (Rare)
Means "golden eagle" in Kazakh.

Byakuran m Japanese
From Japanese 百 (byaku) meaning "hundred" or 白 (byaku) meaning "white" combined with 蘭 (ran) meaning "orchid". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Byakuren f Japanese
From Japanese 白 (byaku) "white" and 蓮 (ren) "lotus."

Byakuya m Popular Culture
Means "white night" or "arctic night" in Japanese. It is the name of a character in the popular Japanese manga and anime, "Bleach"

Callwen f Medieval Welsh
Derived from call meaning "wise, sensible" and gwen meaning "white, fair, blessed", or cellan meaning "little cell".

Campanella m Literature
From Latin campanella (a smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters), itself deriving from campana, meaning "bell". It appears in "Night on the Galactic Railroad", a classic Japanese fantasy novel by Kenji Miyazawa.

Canidia f Ancient Roman
From the latin adjective canus, meaning "white" or "grey", to describe an older woman with white hair. Canidia is the name of a witch in Ancient Rome, appearing several times in Horace's writing.

Canopus m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Astronomy
The name of the second-brightest star in the night sky. It is possibly derived from Greek Κάνωβος (Kanobos), of uncertain meaning, possibly related to Arabic جَنُوب (janub), meaning "south"... [more]

Catecahassa m Shawnee
Means "black hoof" in Shawnee.

Caweys m Somali
Means "night" in Somali.

Ceanndubhán m Old Irish
Means "black-headed, dark-haired", from Old Irish cenn "head" and dub "black" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Céirín m Old Irish
Derived from Old Irish cíar "dark, black" combined with a diminutive suffix. Compare Ciarán.

Celynwen f Welsh (Rare)
Combination of Welsh celyn "holly" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".

Çengzêr f Kurdish
From Kurdish çeng meaning "leap" or "handful, palm" and zêr meaning "gold, golden".

Cennfinn m Old Irish
Derived from the Proto-Celtic name *Kʷennowindos meaning "white head", from *kʷennom "head" and *windos "white".

Cenwyn m Welsh
From wyn meaning, "blessed" or "white."

Çeşmisiyah f Ottoman Turkish
From Ottoman Turkish ceşm meaning "eye" combined with siyah meaning "black".

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.

Changin m Nivkh
From Nivkh chand meaning "to be white".

Chauhyohuan m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain. May derive from Nahuatl chahuatl "concubine" or chahuati "to be envious, jealous, suspicious", combined with yohua "to become night, to grow dark", or -yoh "made of, full of, with the quality of" and -huan "with, together with".

Chausiki f Swahili
Means "born at night" in Swahili.

Chenghao m Chinese
From the Chinese 成 (chéng) meaning "become; succeed; completed, finished", 承 (chéng) meaning "bear, hold; inherit, receive; succeed", 程 (chéng) meaning "journey" or 晟 (chéng) meaning "clear, bright; splendor, brightness" and 皞 (hào) meaning "bright, brilliant", 浩 (hào) meaning "great, numerous, vast, abundant", 颢 (hào) meaning "luminous, white", 皓 (hào) meaning "bright, luminous, clear", 灏 (hào) meaning "large, vast, grand, expansive" or 豪 (háo) meaning "brave, heroic, chivalrous".

Chenoa f American (Modern), Spanish (Modern, Rare)
From the name of the American town of Chenoa, Illinois. The word Chenoa (or Chenoka) is probably one of many Native American names for the Kentucky River, and it was chosen by the city founder as a reference to his native state of Kentucky... [more]

Chenxuan f & m Chinese
From Chinese 晨 (chén) meaning "morning" or 辰 (chén) meaning "day, time, occasion, morning" combined with 萱 (xuān) meaning "day lily", 璇 (xuán) meaning "beautiful jade", 瑄 (xuān) meaning "ornamental piece of jade", 絢 (xuàn) meaning "adorned, decorated", 玄 (xuán) meaning "deep, profound, mysterious, dark, black", 轩 (xuān) meaning "tall, high, lofty, pavilion", or 选 (xuǎn) meaning "choose, pick, select"... [more]

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'.

Cheusi m Swahili
Means "black" in Swahili.

Chhaya f Indian
Means "shadow" or "shade" in Sanskrit. Chhaya is the Hindu personification of the goddess of a shadow.

Chibinkhe m Tumbuka
Means "the dark (coloured) one" in Tumbuka.

Chiejina m & f Igbo
Means "let the night not come" in Igbo.

Chihaku m Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" or 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom" combined with 伯 (haku) meaning "eldest brother" or 白 (haku) meaning "white (colour)". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Chinqora m Uzbek
Derived from chin meaning "real, true" and qora meaning "black, dark".

Chipahuac f Nahuatl
Means "clear, white, pure" in Nahuatl.