Names That Mean White

The Old Norse Finnr or Finnur may resemble the Irish Finn or Fionn but is a name referring to a Finn or Laplander, the original meaning of which is wanderer.

Unusual and attractive entry to the growing Irish name canon.

Quintessentially, stylelessly preppy.

If you're actually considering this as a name for your child, you must have had a glass too many. But it's an awesome name for a white cat.

A name from Irish mythology. Finegas was an elderly druid who taught the hero Finn McCool. From the Old Irish fionn + éices ‘scholar’, ‘sage’, ‘seer’ and ‘poet’.

A common choice for baby boys in Slovenia. Bine is identical in sound to the Yiddish feminine name Bina.

An important name in Irish myth, belonging to a beautiful giantess who was both mother and wife of Brian Boru. It is usually Anglicized as the phonetic Bevin, but also as Vivian.

The famous Battle of the Boyne, in Ireland, vanquished the Catholic king.

Owls are very important to the Cherokee people — folklore associates them with warfare.

A pretty Hindi floral name.

Like Alwen, but with an extra feminine frill.

Variation of Gwendolyn.

A unisex name used in the Comanche Native American culture.

A literary name used in the Keeper of the Lost Cities series by Shannon Messenger. Could also be a short form of Bibiana or a spin on stylish names like Tiana and Liana.

Fionnula is one of many spelling variations of this lovely Irish name for girls, underused in the US: Only 10 baby girls were given the name in 2016. Other variations include Fionnuala and Fenella. Fionnula was a legendary princess who was turned into a swan via a curse by her stepmother Aoife.

French saintly name, used for both boys and girls. Although not common in France, it has been used in small numbers for boys in the 2010s and 2020s. Candide, in its sense as the French word for "naive", was the title character of a satirical novel by Voltaire.

This Celtic saint's name is the most offbeat Jen name of all.

Marwa literally means "white stone," but is the name of a mountain in Mecca, making it an important name among Muslims. It's also another name for marjoram.

Derived from the ancient English name Albin, Elburn is a rarely-heard surname name that has the ever-so-loved "El-" beginning.