Do you associate some names with certain hair/eye colours?

Both my babies were born with dark eyes. DD's were practically black (chocolate brown now). We're white but all have brown hair and tendency to tan easily.

Oh right !

onedirection only Caucasian babies!

Aren't all babies orb with blue eyes though?

And do agree about the hair colour my d's was dark for the first 4 months then turned blonde.

I know what you mean, but DD was born with a thatch of thick black hair and within 3 months was blonde (and still is at 2) so naming her according to her colouring wouldn't have worked! And DD2 was born completely bald ??

Jessica seems a blonde name to me too but maybe only because of the Wakefield twins in Sweet Valley High!

I love the names Bruno and Hazel but wouldn't use them on blonde blue eyed DC

Jane for me is brown haired, as are Alice and Anna. Don't have a clear picture of Louise!

Alice and Amy are blonde to me. Martha is dark with big Brown eyes. Louise blonde.

This is interesting, never thought about it before!

I see Jane as brown haired. Same with Victoria.
Amber is a red head and Ebony is dark.
My Elizabeth is blonde.

I have synaesthesia, although not all names conjure up colouring for me.

Jane, for me, is definitely a blonde name. I knew a brunette Jane once, and just couldn't get my head around it. Jessica is also a blonde name. Also Alice. Victoria is dark-haired.

I can understand that. In our minds we visualise our future DCs and link names to appearance. It might not make any logical sense - unless it is a name that clearly relates to colour or darkness or light - but we still make connections, mentally.

It wasn't ever really an issue for me as both me and my husband are mousy and fair skinned.

Wasn't Alice in Alice in Wonderland originally a brunette? I think it's only in the Disney version that she's blonde.

That said, I'm an Alice who happens to be blonde and when I was growing up I lost count of the number of times people brought up Alice in Wonderland to me.

A bit of a weird one but I always have trouble picturing a blonde haired blue eyed Natalia, Natalie or Natasha. It might be because all the ones I've known have all had dark hair, dark eyes and often a tanned or olive complexion.

Names which sound Scandinavian to me, I'd imagine as blond(e) if you know what I mean. eg I'd think of an Astrid as blonde

Victorias and Elizabeths are dark haired in my mind

But I didn't realise that until I read this thread!

I can't imagine a blonde Hazel.

I have synaesthesia (I think) and knew our children would probably be blonde/blue eyes as both DH and I were (now dark blonde as adults) and I definitely wanted to choose names that suited fair haired children. Interestingly A is also blonde for me. All three of my DC have either two As or A and an 'A' sound in their names. I also chose names with N in as those are probably my two favourite letters.

So yes I gave this a lot of thought! I could never have chosen eg Henry as that name is overwhelmingly reddy brown and also a bit warm smelling; George is very white and a bit 'crunchy'. But I'm aware that sounds a bit weird and verging on pretentious. DH suggested Iain for one of our DS - far too metallic!

I have synesthesia, so "A" names (for example) seem more like names for blonde-haired people.

That said, a dark-haired Anne wouldn't actually be wrong or jarring for me.

I know two blonde haired, blue eyed little girls called Ebony.

There are names like Rufus, Aiden etc that have meanings related to colouring, and some like Willow imply a 'type'.

A colleague called his DD Grace, when both he and his DW were chunky, stocky, short people - I wondered whether she would have lived up to her name

turdfairynomore - that is my name. I have always hated that I am nothing like the stereotypical 'francesca' so I go by something else. On paper, I feel like people expect this dark haired, Italian looking girl and then they get me.

I do agree that certain names evoke an image of a stereotype and I too agree that kids should be seen first before named :)

Hmmm...is this like some kind of synesthesia??

I'm a bit like merlottime my DDS hair --

We had chosen Francesca for a girl. When DD was born with a full head of dark hair it seemed "right" to me as the name is Italian, and while we have no Italian connections my family would have dark hair/dark eyes/swarthy skin and are often asked if we have Mediterranean links. Her best friend from the age of 8......a Francesca who is blonde, fair skinned and blue eyed. As Scandinavian looking as my DD is Italian looking! And they both look like Francescas! (Though one is usually Fran and the other Frankie!)

If I had waited for either of my DCs to grow hair before naming them they would have been nearly 18months old!

I've always associated Olivia with darker, olive complexions. Partly because of the etymology, but also because I knew several dark haired, olive-skinned Olivias growing up.