Colo(u)r names as human names

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Posted by monster
8/11/2025 6:29 pm 		#1

Continuing my obsession.....

I've noticed Grey (not Gray) is quite a popular name for Gen Z males. (I know/know of 3).   I've seen Blue and Azure.  Colo(u)r names have always been popular for the ladies (Scarlet, Violet, Ebony....)   I think it's trending ....but what color names should never be human names?  (And what would be awesome?)

I can't see Yellow every being a name anyone would want to go by or call their children.  Cream. nope.

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Posted by monster
8/11/2025 6:39 pm 		#2

I'm also not convinced Turquoise would be a good name

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Posted by fargon
8/11/2025 7:07 pm 		#3

Purple would not be a good name.

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Posted by Anon
8/11/2025 7:51 pm 		#4

Henna and Indigo would make a nice couple.

I’ve liked Tawny ever since I saw Julie Ellen Kitaen in the Whitesnake - Here I Go Again music video.

I don’t know about Pink. Is it just the new Black?


 

 
Posted by Anon
8/12/2025 9:10 pm 		#5

Olive sounds drab.

Cyan would likely be called Sky [blue] (the sky isn’t blue, it’s actually cyan with an average reflectance value between 500 and 520 nm); unless, maybe it was paired with a last name like Nahra.

Teal isn’t great, but probably better than Turquoise.

 
Posted by Flint
8/13/2025 5:43 pm 		#6

I guess Amber and Ginger are pretty standard names that we don't think of as a color. 

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Posted by monster
8/13/2025 6:45 pm 		#7

fargon wrote:

Purple would not be a good name.

agreed

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Posted by monster
8/13/2025 6:53 pm 		#8

I've come across Indigos, but never a Henna.   I don't think the latter would make a good name.  I've also come across a Cyan.  Her middle name was Ida.  ok that bit was a lie.  Cyan was in the 11-12 range, so a teenager now.  I know there are other shades of blue I have come across used as names, but just can't remember which right now, beyond the obvious like Sky, Sapphire......

Khaki would not be a great name.  Or Brown. Umber.

I've met a couple of Sages, but always thought of the plant rather than the shade of green

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Posted by fargon
8/14/2025 8:57 am 		#9

Monster said "I've met a couple of Sages, but always thought of the plant rather than the shade of green"
I think that it is more like Sage as a wise person.

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Posted by Flint
8/14/2025 12:42 pm 		#10

I thought SAGE was some weird, opposite thing from BUMP.

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Posted by Anon
8/14/2025 5:02 pm 		#11

Bugs Bunny used to call Elmer Fudd… Maroon.

The euphemism rules that one out.

Sepia sounds like someone C-3PO might go out with.

Chartreuse would be a good name for the 5th Musketeer.

 

 
Posted by monster
8/14/2025 9:29 pm 		#12

fargon wrote:

Monster said "I've met a couple of Sages, but always thought of the plant rather than the shade of green"
I think that it is more like Sage as a wise person.

nah I very much doubt that.  ...also one of them is a brother of one of the Greys.

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Posted by monster
8/14/2025 9:33 pm 		#13

Oh.... I know a Navi too  (female) pronounced Navy.  It's possibly in honor of a relative name Navidad although that is denied

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Posted by monster
8/14/2025 9:36 pm 		#14

Mint would not be a great name.

If you were called Orange, at least the kids in  the playground would struggle to come up with nasty rhymes about you (like Pooey Louis, Hairy Mary, Fat Pat etc

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by monster
8/14/2025 9:38 pm 		#15

Periwinkle would be an unfortunate name, I think -even though I really like the color.

Translucent might work quite well as a name.....

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Posted by Anon
8/15/2025 12:31 am 		#16

Some might work if split into first and middle names.

Peri Winkle ______
Terra Cotta ______

If those don’t work, there’s always Beige (it could become the new Paige). Hello, Beige! 

 
Posted by Happy Monkey
8/15/2025 8:14 am 		#17

Bad ones:  Puce and Mauve

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Posted by fargon
8/15/2025 9:29 am 		#18

Anon wrote:

Some might work if split into first and middle names.
Terra Cotta ______ 

Terra Cotta Bell has quite a ring to it.
 

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Posted by Anon
8/16/2025 10:12 pm 		#19

Fuchsia sounds nice; but, doesn’t look so good in writing.

 
Posted by monster
8/18/2025 10:03 pm 		#20

Sepia .... no

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by monster
8/18/2025 10:08 pm 		#21

Mauve Jenna Sepia Green

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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by monster
8/18/2025 10:11 pm 		#22

I know Jenna isn't a color but she's named after grandma to get free babysitting

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