The Ultimate Color Name List - truly extensive!

  1. Noir
    • Ocean
      • Origin:

        English, nature name
      • Meaning:

        "ocean"
      • Description:

        Nature names like Ocean and River are flowing back into favor, especially with nature lovers and green-oriented parents.
    • Olive
      • Origin:

        English, from Latin, nature name
      • Meaning:

        "olive tree"
      • Description:

        Though greatly overshadowed by the trendy Olivia, Olive has a quiet, subtle appeal of its own -- and is now enjoying a remarkable comeback. Olive is one of only four girl names starting with O on the US Top 1000. Cool couple Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen chose it for their daughter, reviving the name to stylishness, and now Drew Barrymore has a little Olive too, as has country singer Jake Owen.
    • Olivine
      • Origin:

        Latin
      • Meaning:

        "olive"
      • Description:

        A gem named for its green hue.
    • Onyx
      • Origin:

        Word name
      • Meaning:

        "gem stone; claw, nail"
      • Description:

        Unlike Pearl and Ruby and more like Jasper, this gem name works well as a boys name. With its strong final X, it feels similar to Alex, Phoenix, Jax, and Rex, while the shiny black quality of the stone feels reminiscent of Orion. Chosen by musician Iggy Azalea for her son in 2020, it has accelerated up the charts and now sits just outside the Top 300.
    • Orange
      • Origin:

        Fruit and color name
      • Description:

        No babies of any gender were named Orange in the US in the most recent year counted. But that doesn't mean, in this era of anything-goes baby names, that it couldn't happen.
    • Orchid
      • Origin:

        From Greek
      • Meaning:

        "orchid flower"
      • Description:

        Orchid is a hothouse bloom that has not been plucked by many modern baby namers — yet. In the language of flowers, orchids symbolize love, beauty, and sophistication.
    • Ochre
      • Octarine
        • Peach
          • Origin:

            Fruit name
          • Description:

            Peach is one of those names that, a generation ago, would have been placed in the wacky celebrity baby name category. But now with the proliferation of word, nature, and yes, food names, Peach sounds adorably baby-ready.
        • Pearl
          • Origin:

            Latin gem name
          • Meaning:

            "pearl"
          • Description:

            Pearl, like Ruby, has begun to be polished up for a new generation of fashionable children after a century of jewelry box storage. The birthstone for the month of June, Pearl could also make a fresher middle name alternative to the overused Rose. Cool couple Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson named their daughter Pearl Minnie, followed by Jack Osbourne, and several celebs have put it in the middle spot, as in Busy Philipps's Cricket Pearl, Jake Owen's Olive Pearl and Caleb Followill's Dixie Pearl .
        • Phyllida
          • Origin:

            Greek variation of Phyllis
          • Meaning:

            "green bough"
          • Description:

            Phyllida, a "Masterpiece Theatre"-style appellation, seems far fresher and more unusual than Phyllis. It's green-related meaning makes it one of the prime names that mean new beginnings.
        • Pine
          • Origin:

            Nature name
          • Description:

            Worthy sibling for Oak, Elm, Juniper, and Spruce.
        • Pink
          • Origin:

            Color name
          • Description:

            The singer known as Pink (born Alecia) brought this hue onto the name-possibility palette, especially as a middle choice. Could Pink be the next Blue?
        • Pinkie
          • Origin:

            Diminutive of color name Pink
          • Meaning:

            "pink"
          • Description:

            Aside from the singer, there aren't many people around named Pink or Pinkie or Pinky -- zero, in fact.
        • Papaya
          • Pastel
            • Peridot
              • Periwinkle
                • Persimmon