White Snow And Icy Names

If you're looking for an unusual alternative to all those Rose names, Rhoswen might be a good choice. This name has the soft sounds we've come to love from the Welsh language but is still not as familiar as Bronwen and Rhiannon.

Riko is a hugely popular name for baby girls in contemporary Japan, and one that easily translates to the West.

Nature girl played by Audrey Hepburn in "Green Mansions," it now has an old-style bohemian feel.

One of many Spanish elaborations of Rosa.

Variant of Rosalba

A rare and beautiful member of the "Rose" family of names, Rosenwyn is a modern Cornish compound name meaning "white rose" or "fair rose". There is a popular Cornish folk song titled An Rosen Wyn, which may have inspired its use as a name.

A fabled storybook name via the heroine of Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe (1819), which featured a heroine called Rowena of Hargottstanstede, and also a Harry Potter name, as Rowena Ravenclaw, founder of one of the Hogwarts houses.. Rowena has some old-fashioned charm, though most modern parents seem to prefer Rowen. Pronunciation, however, is NOT like Rowen with an a at the end, but with a long e and an emphasis on the middle syllable. She was on the popularity list until 1963, several years in the Top 500.

Variation of Rowena.

Derived from the Latvian word for frost.

Rare Latvian name with ties to winter weather.

Currently a grandma name in Latvia, where Sarmīte peaked in 1960.

Cute, wintery Korean name that could cross borders.

One of the many Inuit words for snow.

Chilly choice for a winter-born daughter.

If you encounter this name in the real world, it may be written using kanji that mean "bright person," "happy person," "blessed person," or other related meanings. However, in the anime series My Hero Academia, character Shoto Todoroki's name is written in kanji that mean "burn" and "freeze," referencing his powers.

Frosty unisex choice.

Icy gender-neutral option.