Names meaning fair, white or pale

In Irish and Welsh, "fair" and "white" mean beautiful as well as pale, so names such as Fionn and Gwen are as much about beauty and radiance as about colouring.

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33 names with this meaning.

AilbheWhite, bright; debatedIrish · unisexBoannWhite cowIrish · girlBranwenFair ravenWelsh · girlBronwenWhite breast, fairWelsh · girlBébhinnFair ladyIrish · girlBébinnFair womanIrish · girlBéibhinnFair womanIrish · girlCaoilfhionnSlender and fairIrish · girlCeridwenPossibly 'fair poetry'Welsh · girlEiraSnowWelsh · girlEirlysSnowdropWelsh · girlEseldFair to look uponCornish · girlEurwenGolden and fairWelsh · girlFinbarFair-headedIrish · boyFinbarrFair headIrish · boyFinnianFairIrish · boyFintanWhite ancient, fairIrish · boyFionaFair, whiteScottish Gaelic · girlFionnFair, white, brightIrish · boyFionnabhairFair phantomIrish · girlFionnualaWhite shoulderIrish · girlFionnánLittle fair oneIrish · boyGwenWhite, fair, blessedWelsh · girlGwenllianFair linenWelsh · girlKenzieFair, handsomeScottish Gaelic · unisexMuireannSea-born, sea-whiteIrish · girlNualaFair shoulderIrish · girlOdhránLittle pale green oneIrish · boyOlwenWhite footprintWelsh · girlOranLittle pale one, sallowIrish · boyOrnaPale greenIrish · girlTeganFair, prettyWelsh · girlWennaBlessed, fairCornish · girl

Name meanings are drawn from Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish and other sources. Where scholars disagree we say so on each name page.