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Albu Romanian
From Romanian alb meaning "white".

Alvarado Spanish
From a Spanish place name, possibly derived from Spanish alba "white".

Aoki Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Aoyama Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Arany Hungarian
Means "golden" in Hungarian. A famous bearer of the name was Hungarian poet János Arany (1817-1882).

Barna Hungarian
Means "brown" in Hungarian.

Bianchi Italian
From Italian bianco meaning "white", originally given to a person who was white-haired or extremely pale.

Black English
Means either "black" (from Old English blæc) or "pale" (from Old English blac). It could refer to a person with a pale or a dark complexion, or a person who worked with black dye.

Blackman English
From a nickname, a variant of Black.

Blackwood English, Scottish
From an English place name meaning "black wood".

Blake English
Variant of Black. A famous bearer was the poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827).

Blakesley English
From the name of a town in Northamptonshire, itself meaning "Blæcwulf's meadow" in Old English. Blæcwulf is a byname meaning "black wolf".

Blanc French
Means "white" in French. The name referred to a person who was pale, or whose hair was blond.

Blanco Spanish
Means "white" in Spanish. The name most likely referred to a person who was pale or had blond hair.

Blau German
Means "blue" in German, most likely used to refer to a person who wore blue clothes.

Blue English
From a nickname for a person with blue eyes or blue clothing.

Bowie Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Buidheach, derived from buidhe meaning "yellow". A famous bearer was the American pioneer James Bowie (1796-1836), for whom the bowie knife is named. The British musician David Bowie (1947-2016), born David Robert Jones, took his stage name from the American pioneer (and the knife).

Bronson English
Patronymic form of Brown.

Brown English
Originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin. A notable bearer is Charlie Brown from the Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz.

Brownlow English
From Old English brun meaning "brown" and hlaw meaning "mound, small hill". The name was probably given to a family living on a small hill covered with bracken.

Brun German
From Middle High German brun meaning "brown". It was originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin.

Brunet French
From a diminutive of French brun meaning "brown".

Bruno Italian
Means "brown" in Italian, a nickname for a person with brown hair or brown clothes.

Cano Spanish
Means "white-haired, old" in Spanish, from Latin canus.

Carbone Italian
From a nickname for a person with dark features, from Italian carbone meaning "coal".

Carey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciardha meaning "descendant of Ciardha".

Černý Czech
Means "black" in Czech.

Červeny Czech
Means "red" in Czech.

Charbonneau French
Derived from a diminutive form of French charbon "charcoal", a nickname for a person with black hair or a dark complexion.

Chu Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 朱 (see Zhu).

Cole English
From a medieval short form of Nicholas or from the byname Cola.

Corcoran Irish
From Irish Ó Corcráin meaning "descendant of Corcrán", a given name derived from the Gaelic word corcair "purple".

Couch Cornish
From Cornish cough "red", indicating the original bearer had red hair.

Crnčević Serbian, Croatian
Derived from Serbian and Croatian црн (crn) meaning "black".

De Witte Dutch
Means "the white" in Dutch, a nickname for a person with white hair.

Donne Scottish, Irish
From Gaelic donn meaning "brown", a nickname for a person with brown hair.

Donnelly Irish
From Irish Ó Donnghaile meaning "descendant of Donnghal". The given name Donnghal means "brown valour", from donn "brown" and gal "valour". This surname is associated with the descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages.

Donovan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Donndubháin meaning "descendant of Donndubán".

Duff Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Dhuibh or Ó Duibh.

Dunkel German
Means "dark" in German.

Dunn English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Old English dunn "dark" or Gaelic donn "brown", referring to hair colour or complexion.

Farran English
Derived from Old French ferrant meaning "iron grey".

Fehér Hungarian
Means "white" in Hungarian, originally referring to a person with white hair or complexion.

Fekete Hungarian
Means "black" in Hungarian, originally a nickname for a person with dark hair or a dark complexion.

Floyd Welsh
Variant of Lloyd.

Fox English
From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.

Frost English, German
From Old English and Old High German meaning "frost", a nickname for a person who had a cold personality or a white beard.

Fusco Italian
From Italian fosco meaning "dark", from Latin fuscus. This was a nickname for a person with dark features.

Gold English, German, Jewish
From Old English and Old High German gold meaning "gold", an occupational name for someone who worked with gold or a nickname for someone with yellow hair. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Gorman 2 Irish
From the Irish Ó Gormáin meaning "descendant of Gormán". The given name Gormán means "little blue one".

Gray English
From a nickname for a person who had grey hair or grey clothes.

Green English
Descriptive name for someone who often wore the colour green or someone who lived near the village green.

Greenspan Jewish
Anglicized form of German Grünspan meaning "verdigris". Verdigris is the green-blue substance that forms on copper.

Greenwood English
Topographic name for someone who lived in or near a lush forest, from Old English grene "green" and wudu "wood".

Grey English
Variant of Gray.

Hargrave English
Derived from Old English har meaning "grey" and graf "grove".

Harmaajärvi Finnish
Means "grey lake" in Finnish.

Himura Japanese
From Japanese 緋 (hi) meaning "scarlet, dark red" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Hoàng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Huang, from Sino-Vietnamese 黃 (hoàng).

Huang Chinese
From Chinese 黄 (huáng) meaning "yellow".

Huỳnh Vietnamese
Variant of Hoàng used more often in southern Vietnam.

Irving Scottish, English
Variant of Irvine 1 or Irwin.

Jin Chinese
From Chinese 金 (jīn) meaning "gold".

Kaneko Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 子 (ko) meaning "child".

Kilduff Irish
From the Irish Mac Giolla Dhuibh meaning "son of the black-haired man".

Kim Korean
Korean form of Jin, from Sino-Korean 金 (gim) meaning "gold". This is the most common surname in Korea.

Kokkinos Greek
From a nickname meaning "red" in Greek.

Kurosawa Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh". A notable bearer was Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), a Japanese film director.

Lê Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Li 2, from Sino-Vietnamese 黎 (lê). This is the third most common surname in Vietnam.

Leblanc French
Means "the white", from French blanc "white". The name referred to a person who was pale or whose hair was blond.

Lebrun French
From a nickname meaning "the brown", from French brun "brown".

Leroux French
Means "the red", from Old French ros "red". This was a nickname for a person with red hair.

Lewandowski Polish
From the Polish estate name Lewandów, which is itself possibly derived from a personal name or from lawenda "lavender".

Li 2 Chinese
From Chinese 黎 (lí) meaning "black".

Lloyd Welsh
Originally a nickname from the Welsh word llwyd meaning "grey".

Mac Dhuibhshíthe Irish
Means "son of Duibhshíth" in Irish. The given name Duibhshíth means "black peace".

McGuire Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mag Uidhir meaning "son of Odhar", a given name meaning "pale-coloured".

Merle French
French form of Merlo.

Merlo Italian, Spanish
Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.

Mustonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish musta meaning "black".

Navarro Spanish
Denoted a person who came from Navarre in northern Spain (Spanish Navarra). The name of the region is of Basque origin, possibly from nabar meaning "brown".

Negrescu Romanian
Patronymic derived from Romanian negru "black".

Negri Italian
Nickname derived from Italian negro "black", used to refer to someone with dark hair or dark skin.

Negrini Italian
Variant of Negri.

Neri Italian
From Italian nero "black", indicating a person with a dark complexion or dark hair.

Nieddu Italian
From Sardinian nieddu meaning "black", derived from Latin niger.

Ó Dubháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Duane.

Ó Ruadháin Irish
Means "descendant of Ruadhán" in Irish.

Pinto Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Means "mottled" in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, derived from Late Latin pinctus, Latin pictus "painted".

Radcliff English
From various place names in England that mean "red cliff" in Old English.

Read 1 English
Means "red" from Middle English read, probably denoting a person with red hair or complexion.

Reed English
Variant of Read 1.

Regenbogen German, Jewish
From a German nickname meaning "rainbow".

Rojas Spanish
Variant of Rojo.

Rojo Spanish
Means "red" in Spanish, referring to the colour of the hair or complexion.

Rosa Italian, Catalan
Italian and Catalan form of Rose 1.

Rose 1 English, French, German, Jewish
Means "rose" from Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose, all from Latin rosa. All denote a person of a rosy complexion or a person who lived in an area abundant with roses. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental, from Yiddish רויז (roiz).

Rot German, Jewish
Variant of Roth.

Roth German, Jewish
From Middle High German rot meaning "red". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

Rousseau French
Diminutive of Roux. A famous bearer was the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) whose ideas influenced the French Revolution.

Roussel French
French form of Russell.

Roux French
Derived from Old French ros meaning "red", from Latin russus, a nickname for a red-haired person.

Ruane Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin.

Rubio Spanish
Nickname for a person with red hair, from Latin rubeus "red".

Russell English
From a Norman French nickname that meant "little red one", perhaps originally describing a person with red hair.

Scarlett English
Denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet, a kind of cloth, possibly derived from Persian سقرلاط (saghrelat).

Schwartz German, Jewish
Variant of Schwarz.

Schwarz German, Jewish
Means "black" in German, from Old High German swarz. It originally described a person with black hair or a dark complexion.

Schwarzenberg German
Means "black mountain" in German.

Silver English
From a nickname for a person with grey hair, from Old English seolfor "silver".

Silverstein Jewish
Variant of Zilberstein.

Tachibana Japanese
From Japanese 橘 (tachibana) meaning "orange, tangerine".

Tan Chinese (Hokkien)
Min Nan romanization of Chen.

Vincent 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhuibhinse meaning "son of Duibhinse", a given name meaning "black island".

Vörös Hungarian
Means "red" in Hungarian, referring to a person with red hair or face.

White English
Originally a nickname for a person who had white hair or a pale complexion, from Old English hwit "white".

Whitehead English
Nickname for someone with white or light-coloured hair, from Old English hwit "white" and heafod "head".

Xanthopoulos Greek
Means "son of Xanthos".

Zhu Chinese
From Chinese 朱 (zhū) meaning "vermilion red, cinnabar" and also referring to the ancient state of Zhu, which existed in what is now Shandong province. This was the surname of the emperors of the Ming dynasty.

Zieliński Polish
From Polish zieleń meaning "green". It was possibly a nickname for a person who dressed in green clothing.