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Names you strongly associate with blondes

77 replies

Standi · 07/05/2024 20:23

DH and I are talking about names, we are pretty much decided on one, but DH vetoed a lot of names as he couldn't imagine them on a brunette/blonde

So what names do you strongly associate with blondes/brunettes/red heads?
Girl or Boy?

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YouAreLiveOnTelevisionPleaseDoNotSwear · 08/05/2024 11:40

Blondes:
Lydia
Heidi
Polly
Megan
Annie / annabel

Brunettes:
Charlotte
Hannah
Jessica
Emily

Reds:
Rosie

Welovecrumpets · 08/05/2024 11:27

Freya for obvious reasons

AnneNotEmily · 08/05/2024 11:25

Seasons or colours are my main ones, red hair: Autumn, sienna, scarlet
blond hair: summer, Barbie (I know that’s not a season or a colour!)

Swearwolf · 08/05/2024 11:19

Also, associating a super common name like Emma or Sarah with a hair colour is also bananas. We had like four Sarahs in my class at school and they all looked different!

Hoppinggreen · 08/05/2024 11:18

Grace
Probably because the 2 I know are very blonde and also Grace Kelly

Swearwolf · 08/05/2024 11:17

Surely it depends a lot on who you know with that name, and you would make new associations depending on how your baby looked? For instance, someone upthread mentioned Heidi as a blonde name, but I know a few Heidis and they are all brunette, so I'd picture someone with dark hair. Because I'd be picturing one of my real life friends!

bridgetreilly · 08/05/2024 11:08

Scandinavian names = blonde
Spanish/Italian names = dark
Everything else is fair game for all.

Newsenmum · 08/05/2024 10:48

menopausalmare · 07/05/2024 20:56

Kimberley is a blonde name.

See it’s not to me as I know two dark haired Kim’s and then you’ve got the kardashian

user1492757084 · 08/05/2024 08:43

Blonde - Summer, Felicity, Bianca, Fritz, Leo, Felix
Dark - Ebony, Audrey, Elizabeth, Marcus, Scott, David
Red - Rochelle, Gidget, Nicole, Robert, Redmond, Roden
Brunette - Victoria, Charlotte, Hannah, Alistair, John, Angus

HaPPy8 · 08/05/2024 08:23

Poppy, Scarlett - red hair

willow - brown hair

daisy - blonde

Moreteaandchocolate · 08/05/2024 08:21

I don’t really associate names with hair colour.
Most of the associations listed above I know more people with the opposite hair colour with those names!

Interesting that some people do have these associations though :)

sashh · 08/05/2024 07:23

My friend's child was blond until he was two when he became a redhead.

My dad was blond as a child but grew up to have dark hair.

I don't usually associate names with hair colour, but I was surprised to meet a blonde Ebony.

MovingBird123 · 08/05/2024 07:04

Melissa is blonde.

Evanna13 · 07/05/2024 22:43

I imagine Marilyn as a blonde.

Mumofgirls2017 · 07/05/2024 22:06

Blonde- summer, daisy, sienna, Skye, Luna, Frederick, Leo
brunette- Hazel, willow, autumn, Felix, Harry

Bignanna · 07/05/2024 21:37

PuddingAunt · 07/05/2024 20:28

Strange question
blonde - Dolly
brunette - Brunhilde
Redhead - Jolene

Jolene is also the name of a bleaching product!

Hummusanddipdip · 07/05/2024 21:36

Isitisit · 07/05/2024 20:58

As a brunette Amy, I’m now considering whether my hair needs dyeing 😂

As a redheaded Amy I'm thinking the same 🤣

Peachoolongtea · 07/05/2024 21:36

No idea

ClipClopperDontStopper · 07/05/2024 21:34

Erica and Amanda are very blonde names to me. And Annabel.

ValueAddedTaxonomy · 07/05/2024 21:32

Most names have their own colour in my mind's eye, so it feels hard to also associate them with a hair colour. Even Marilyn (Monroe) feels reddish rather than blonde

fashionqueen0123 · 07/05/2024 21:27

It will just depend on who you know though? Lots of the names on here people have said, I associate with the complete opposite colour.

Also hair changes. I was born with almost black hair and it was white blonde by the age of 4.

Deedeeee · 07/05/2024 21:23

Blonde - Sharon, Stacey, xanthe (seeing as it means yellow), honeysuckle
mousey - Jill/Jillian
dark - Clarissa,

not really making many connections! For Sharon and Stacey, I think the blonde link in my head is actually dyed blonde…

MattDamon · 07/05/2024 21:19

Ashley and Ava are always blonde.

qwertyasdfgzxcv · 07/05/2024 21:18

I don't associate names with hair color. Weird!

Comedycook · 07/05/2024 21:16

Blonde.... Samantha, Emily, Sarah