Names That Mean White

Often written in English as Cooweescoowee — a place name in Oklahoma.

Tonwen is another name for Gwen, the mother of Saint Cybi and sister of Non (who was the mother of St David, patron saint of Wales). An unusual -wen ending option.

Snowy name with an exclamatory first syllable.

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

Cool Cherokee color name.

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.

Variation of Gwendolyn.

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.

An Edwardian coinage from the Welsh word for gold, plus the suffix -wen.

Fionn is the Irish form of the name modernized as Finn, but popular in this form in Ireland, where it's in the boys' Top 20. A couple dozen baby boys in the US were named Fionn last year and no baby girls, though there were girls named Finn, Fionna, and Fionnuala, so Fionn may be thought of as a variation or short form of those names.

Although the female version Bianca has long been accepted as a name outside Italy, maybe it's time to consider this boy color name.

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.

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

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’.

Sweet Kazakh name also spelled Aqerke.

More commonly a male given name, but Esarosa is used for girls as well and it is no wonder why — this name has lots of potential and nickname options galore.

Projects a feeling of openness and candor.

A retro nickname for the ancient Irish saint's name Fintan, still heard on occasion in Ireland and the UK. English actress Finty Williams is the most notable bearer.

An elf maiden in Tolkien's legendarium who was lost at sea, and became the subject of the Song of Nimrodel, sung by Legolas by the river of the same name.