Cool Colours

Rare, with a gleaming, golden image.

Though unrelated, this would probably be taken as a fanciful spelling of Patsy.

Interesting on paper, though most people would confuse it with the word peruse.

This ancient saint's name was borne by the infamous midcentury playboy, Porfirio Rubirosa.

Ancient martyr name that sounds totally modern, but perhaps too close to rumor.

Both rhythmic and serene, Serenella is one of the Italian names for girls virtually unknown in the US but definitely usable. An unusual route to Ella as a short form?

Sienna has been a Top 100 choice in England & Wales since 2005, the year after Sienna Miller's acting breakthrough in the hit movies Alfie and Layer Cake. In the US, it also got a big boost in the early noughties, before dropping slightly then rebounding to reach an all-time high in 2022.

A fragrant herbal and color name that could make a sensitive, distinctive choice.

This name of both a grayish-greenish-blue color and a kind of wild duck can be used for both boys and girls.

A creative choice, suggesting the Venetian Renaissance painter (born Tiziano), and the brownish orange red hue that was featured on his palette. But try explaining to the boys in seventh grade that it's pronounced tee-shun.

As a name, Topaz is sophisticated and sultry; as a golden gem, it's said to have healing and energizing properties and also to bring good luck-- and being the birthstone for November it's one of the perfect names for November babies, with that final 'z' giving it some extra sizzle.

Conjures up the rich brown colors of raw and burnt umber, but it may be too close to girls' Amber.

This vivid reddish orange color name is an undiscovered possibility -- kind of a female equivalent of Cerulean for boys.

Unusual and beautiful blue green color and name possibility, a la Cerulean.

Viridiana is a frillier version of the medieval name Viridis, meaning green. Viridiana briefly made it into the top 1000 in the US in the 1990s.

A yellowish chemical compound that produces fluorescent dyes ranging from bright yellow to hot pink to flaming red -- but as a name sounds glaringly sci-fi.

The more dignified and attractive Hebrew equivalent of Golda or Goldie.

A Czech surname derived from the word for "green", which has a certain spark.

Both a first and last name, Zorina has a pretty, ballerina-like quality.