Girl 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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25 names with this meaning (including unisex names).

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 · girlFionaFair, whiteScottish Gaelic · girlFionnabhairFair phantomIrish · girlFionnualaWhite shoulderIrish · girlGwenWhite, fair, blessedWelsh · girlGwenllianFair linenWelsh · girlKenzieFair, handsomeScottish Gaelic · unisexMuireannSea-born, sea-whiteIrish · girlNualaFair shoulderIrish · girlOlwenWhite footprintWelsh · girlOrnaPale 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.