Names and hair color?

General Name Discussion
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I’ve seen threads for names corresponding to colors, temperatures… among other things, but never for hair color. (and texture/consistency) Are there names that make you picture, say, a curly-haired redhead, straight-haired blonde, wavy-haired brunette… and so on? Here are a few I have:

[name]Pamela[/name] - curly coarse black hair
[name]Priscilla[/name] - wavy brown
[name]Emily[/name] - wavy hair, no particular color
[name]Charlotte[/name] - brown hair, either straight or wavy
[name]Gina[/name] - wavy dark brown
[name]Courtney[/name] - straight tawny blonde with light blonde highlights

[name]Angelo[/name], [name]Vincent[/name] - straight black
[name]Carter[/name] - straight “buttered popcorn” blonde
[name]Arnold[/name] - straight light blonde
[name]Edgar[/name] - platinum blonde, no particular consistency
[name]Kyle[/name] - straight “Irish setter” red

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Dark Brunettes / [name]Black[/name]:
[name]Adriana[/name]
[name]Melanie[/name]
[name]Melody[/name] (also medium brown)
[name]Gia[/name]
[name]Briar[/name]
[name]Jasmine[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Leila[/name] & Co.

Brunettes lighter than espresso but darker than a sandy:
[name]Alessandra[/name]
[name]Katerina[/name]
[name]Cato[/name]
[name]Elena[/name]
[name]Briar[/name]
[name]Carmen[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]/[name]Vittoria[/name]
[name]Hailey[/name]

[name]Sandy[/name] Blondes to lighter blonde:
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Finn[/name]
[name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Liliana[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Candice[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Vittoria[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]/[name]Aurore[/name]
[name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Misha[/name] (boy)
[name]Holly[/name]
[name]Leigh[/name]

[name]Red[/name]-heads:
[name]Kaitlyn[/name]
[name]Seraphina/Seraphine[/name] (mostly [name]Seraphine[/name], [name]Seraphina[/name]'s more of a strawberry blondey red.)
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I think I’ve actually seen a thread about names corresponding with image of complexion/hair color, etc. Not recently, though–I think it was back when I first joined Nameberry, which is drawing close to two years now. :slight_smile:

I see most of my girls’ names as either a pastel pink ([name]Isabelle[/name], [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Liliana[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Eleni[/name], etc.) or a lovely lavender ([name]Arianne[/name], [name]Violet[/name], [name]Rachel[/name], etc.), or as varying between the two (mainly [name]Hannah[/name]). I’ve noticed that the names I see as “lavender names” I usually associate with having the same complexion as a little girl I know–Caucasian, with tan skin, bright, dark blue eyes, a gorgeous head of wavy dark brown hair, an easy smile. I see [name]Rachel[/name] this way, and sometimes [name]Violet[/name] and [name]Arianne[/name]. Sometimes I see [name]Violet[/name] and [name]Arianne[/name] as bright-blue eyed, blond-haired cuties, though, and, almost without exception, the “pink names” are always blond and blue-eyed.

I’m less sure for my boys–for some reason, I see [name]Caleb[/name] as a “pink” name, too, and I see him as blond-haired and blue-eyed. I don’t get a lot of images for my boys’ list, though, so that’s really the only one I can see. I find it hard to imagine an [name]Everett[/name], an [name]Asher[/name], a [name]Grayson[/name], a [name]Brody[/name], an [name]Avery[/name], a [name]Bailey[/name], a [name]Spencer[/name]. I do see [name]Jack[/name] with darker hair and a light complexion, though.

Interesting post!

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This is an interesting thread. I think this should vary from person to person, depending on personal experience…but…based on my personal experience:

[name]Victoria[/name]- dark brown straight hair
[name]Karen[/name] - short blond bob
[name]Edith[/name] - bleach blond, thin, straight hair
[name]Tara[/name] - tight-knit medium brown curls
Kaily - straight blond
[name]Nora[/name] - straight dark brown
[name]Kimberly[/name] - straight dark brown
[name]Madelyn[/name] - short blond wavy hair
[name]Rebecca[/name] - wavy dark brown hair

[name]Daniel[/name] - straight black hair
[name]Sean[/name]- curly red hair, billions of freckles
[name]Devin[/name], [name]Eric[/name] - curly black hair

When it comes to my own children, I actually eliminated names that I thought would not work for their hair color. I know, that sounds ridiculous! But I just could not picture names like [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Greer[/name], or [name]Sophia[/name] on my dark haired half-native American little girl or [name]Blake[/name], [name]Elliot[/name], or [name]Patrick[/name] on my boy.

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Blonds:
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Bianca[/name]
[name]Lily[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name]

Brunettes:
[name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]/[name]Alec[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]

[name]Red[/name]-heads:
[name]Victoria[/name]

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Funny I’d picture [name]Pamela[/name] as being either a blonde or redhead with wavy hair and [name]Courtney[/name] I’d picture as having dark brunette hair. [name]Emily[/name] I’d picture as having straight black hair.

[name]Lucy[/name] I’d picture as either a redhead or brunette.

[name]Eric[/name] I’d picture as a blond.

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Blondes:
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Tara[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Haley[/name]

Brunettes:
[name]June[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]

Redheads:
[name]Mackenzie[/name]
[name]Jean[/name]
[name]Harlow[/name]
[name]Rose[/name] (my sister, she’s a redhead)

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[name]Eric[/name]: [name]Brown[/name] hair, any texture
[name]Isaac[/name]: Curly red hair
[name]Simon[/name]: Straight/wavy black
[name]Ryan[/name]: Straight brown
[name]Marcus[/name]: Wavy brown/Wavy dark blonde
[name]Lily[/name]: Wavy blonde
[name]Kate[/name]: Curly blonde
[name]Caitlin[/name]: Straight medium/dark brown
Harlowe: Wavy auburn

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Oh, I definitely think about names this way! In fact, I’ve been going over my lists recently because a lot of my favourites I imagine as brunettes when I’m fairly sure our children will be blonde, which seems somehow wrong.

Blondes:
Verity (I imagine she’d have short blonde curls)
Rosa/Rosalie (but oddly I imagine Rose/Rosemary as brunette)
Lydia
Clemency
Serena (straight and long)
Adelaide (more of a darker/sandy blonde)
Henry
Frederick
Ivan
Flynn

Redhead:
Celia
Cassandra

Brunette:
Anna/Annora (the nn Annie seems especially dark-haired to me)
Juliet
Audrey (sleek and straight)
Constance
June
Hazel
Mary (very dark brown, almost black)
Josephine (very short and curly)
Hugh
Theodore
Otto
Arthur
John
Simon

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My name is [name]Cecilia[/name] ([name]Cece[/name]) and my hair is light brown, long & wavy

Blonde:
[name]Julianne[/name] ([name]Julianna[/name] is a brunette though)
[name]Ella[/name]
[name]Yvette[/name] (short & curly)
[name]Emma[/name] (long & straight)
[name]Evelyn[/name] (short)
[name]Althea[/name] (long & a little darker)

[name]Brunette[/name]:
[name]Alida[/name] (long & sleek)
[name]Corinne[/name] (dark, short & really curly)
[name]Claire[/name] (a little lighter)
[name]Belle[/name] (long & wavy)
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] (long & curly)

[name]Red[/name]
[name]Joan[/name] (curly & short)
[name]Natosha[/name] (long & really curly)
[name]Olivia[/name] (long, sleek & a little more brown)
[name]Erin[/name] (long & wavy)
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Thea[/name] ([name]TAY[/name]-a) long & wavy

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For me, it’s mostly girl names that I associate certain hair colors with. Here are the main ones…

Blonde’s:
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Landry[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Tess[/name]
[name]Corinne[/name]
[name]Belle[/name]/[name]Bella[/name]
[name]Isabella[/name]
[name]Erin[/name]

[name]Brunette[/name]'s:
[name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Leah[/name]
[name]Hailey[/name]
[name]Kate[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]

Redhead’s
[name]Caitlin[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Sadie[/name]
[name]Audra[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]

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Well certain ones do and others don’t, it usually is based on what the name means or a certain character/person,

Like for red heads:
[name]Ginger[/name]
[name]Ariel[/name]
[name]Merida[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]/[name]Anne[/name]/[name]Annie[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]

black hair:
[name]Ciara[/name]
[name]Cole[/name]
[name]Devlin[/name]
[name]Ursula[/name]
[name]Jasmine[/name]
[name]Holly[/name]

brown hair:
[name]Flynn[/name]
[name]Belle[/name]
[name]Burnet[/name]
[name]Tawny[/name]
[name]Fawn[/name]

blondes:
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Brittney[/name]
[name]Daisy[/name]
[name]Apollo[/name]
[name]Helios[/name]

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[name]Sibyl[/name] and [name]Sibilla[/name] are redhead names for me. [name]Ofelia[/name]/[name]Ophelia[/name] too, but they also work for a brunette.

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[name]Arianne[/name]: [name]Long[/name] wavy black hair, or a bright ginger.
[name]Rory[/name]: Very ginger hair with pale skin.
[name]Ireland[/name]: A brunette with long wavy hair that goes down to her lower back, with natural blondey bits here and there.
[name]Bette[/name]: ^^
[name]Lennon[/name]: [name]Long[/name] dirty blonde hair, with a slight wave.

~[name]Jasmine[/name]

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Blondes:
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Mellicent[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Finn[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]

Brunettes:
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Kathrine[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Bennett[/name], [name]Benjamin[/name] (Bens)
[name]August[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]

Redheads
[name]Octavia[/name]
[name]Madeline[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Aria[/name]
[name]Quinton[/name], [name]Quincy[/name]
[name]Flynn[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Cormac[/name]