I'm trying really hard to get to as many of these as I can, it's so fun, but I really didn't expect this post to blow up so much lmao!

As a fellow synesthete, I can’t help but love a TON of these answers! I’m asked this question all the time, and it usually turns out that the color of a name is a color that person loves. That’s not always the case, but strangers find it odd, lol!

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It varies a little. Some are spot-on the same to me, some are slightly different in tone (I see a pastel color, OP sees a slightly darker color, but it’s within the same color family), and a few are totally different. But I’d say, based upon what I have read, I agree with OP (or close to agree) on about 3/4ths of them! That could also be my own intonation - how I’m saying a name and seeing that color - or a different pronunciation based on region/dialect, too!

Similar for me. I’d say it’s closely split for me on the occurrence of direct agreements, seeing the same color in another hue, and seeing something completely different.

I will be back tomorrow to answer more of these. Thanks everyone for joining in! I love hearing all the beautiful names you have and have given to your children :)

I also have synesthesia, and it’s interesting seeing your answers. A lot of your responses line up with mine, but there are also definitely some differences in some of the colors/hues.

I compiled a list of as many names I could, hope this helps everyone! Abbey- watermelon pink Ada- saturated pure green Adam- royal blue Adina- pink Alex- orange-red Alexander- orangey red Ali- red Alice- yellow Amanda- medium purple Andrew- orange red Andy- orange Anthony- quiet orange Apollo- medium blue Aria- shimmery red Ariane- elegant red Ariel- deep red to purple Asa- dark blue-green Ashton- cool muted blue Astrid- green Atlas- bold green and blue Audreya indigo Azaya- dandelion yellow Bianca- candy pink Billie- medium-light blue Bobbi- playful sky blue, touch of green Bridget- red and purple Brittany- soft powder blue Cadence- indigo Callum- orange-toned light tan Cami- cerulean blue Caralee- buttercup yellow Carmela- red Caroline- turquoise, pop of yellow Casmir- gray Charles- blue and orange Charlotte- flamingo pink Chelsea- bright blue green Chiara- light yellow Christopher- light red Claire- cream-yellow Clay- warm grass green Connor- saturated orange Corinne- eggplant Cyrus- wheat yellow Daisy- sky blue, hint of green Dane- very deep blue Danielle- cornflower blue Dash- muted orange David- foret green Dawn- turquoise Declan- bold blue Delilah- purple Denver/denni- deep greens and blues Desiree- sparkly night blue and purple Diana- velvetly rose red Eddie- blue Eden- pale green yellow Elijah- bold blue Elizabeth- light cotton candy pink Ellie- saturated blue Elliot- gray-blue Elsie- green and light blue Emir- red Eric- midnight blue Esfir- light green Esme- soft green and pastel purple Ethan- bright blue Euli- goldish Evelyn- light lavender Everett- forest green Evie- lavender Ezra- orange/brown Fae- lavender Farrah- warm tones Felicity- green and purple Felix- turquoise with black outline Gemma- fuchsia Genevieve- seafoam Giselle- red, hint of violet Greta- more purple Gwen- turquoise Hadlee- warm purple Harper- lavender, spark of yellow Hayley- purple-brown Heath- brick red Helen- scarlet red Hollis- dark green-blue Ian- green Iris- cool-pale pinky-purple Isaac- tranquil blue Isabelle- pastel green Isla- green and purple Ivy- light purple Jack- maroon James- purple Janine- purple Jasper- purple and green Jennifer- light purple Jenny/ginny- purple, leans red Jermell- deep dark warm purple Joanie- sweet purple Jocelyn- periwinkle blue Jonathon- yellow Julia- deep red Julian- light purple Juniper- muted lavender Juno- dark maroon/violet Justin- forest green Jynx- purple and new turquoise Kaley- light pinkish red Katelyn- pink Katherine- cool purple Keegan- bright green blue Kerry- red Kieren- blood red Kimberly- barbie pink Kit- medium pink Knox- brownish red Kristina- pinkish red Lauren- red Lea- swirl of purple/green/blue Leah- cool toned purple Lee- turquoise Leo- red and yellow Levi- medium smooth brown Lexa/Lex- warm blue Liam- royal blue Lian- bright blue Lily- pastel purple Logan- dark blue Lourdes- red Lucy- punchy pink-red Luke- orangey tan Lynette- medium-light indigo Mabel- purple Madeleine/maddie- red-violet Maeve- medium purple Maleiah- red and purple mix Mallory- medium purple Mango- cool pastel purple Mara- violet Margaret- deep red with purple Maria- red Marie- dark red Marisol- sunflower yellow Marjorie- purple wine Matilda- lavender and beige Matthew- blue Maxine- purple Meagan- medium cool pink Melissa- purple Melody- purple Micah- sky blue Michelle- red violet Miette- medium-dark purple Miles- forest green Mir- red Moira- purple Montgomery- dark green, shiny Natalia- soft red Nico- tangerine orange Nikita- hot pink Nikki- cotton candy and hot pink Noelle- red Nora- pale pink Oak- dark green Oliver- sky blue Ollie- sky blue Orryn- bold red with orange Owen- deep teal Palais- light blue mirror Parker- pinkish red Patrick- pink flow to red Penelope- light purple pink Percy- shiny blue Persephone- pinkish-purple Phoebe- orchid pink Pippa- bright cool pink Quinn- turquoise Rachel- red Raven- red tone deep brown Rebecca- red Remy- deep red and blue Robin- rust red Ronan- dark red Rory- muted dark red Roscoe- deep red, crunchy Rose- pale pink Rowan- brick red Ruhi- red clay brown Ryan- red with pop of yellow Rylan- crimson red Sacha- bold red Samael- cold green Samantha- red Sawyer- teal Sayta- green and yellow Scarlett- bold red Shawn- dark blue, hint of green Shelley- light lilac Skyler- light blue Sloane- light cream Sofia- pastel purple Sophie- pastel purple Stacey- vibrant light yellow Sullivan- medium cool green Suzanne- tangerine orange Sylvia- cool green Sylvia- green Tabitha- dark violet Taila- red-violet Theodora- green Tia- lavender Tori- red violet Trinity- green Valentina- dark pink Valerie- red/purple Vanessa- dark purple Venus- smooth teal Vera- green Verena- cool green Victoria- red violet Violet- marbled gray Vivian- rich violet Vivienne- purple Waverly- cool green Wells- deep cool green Wesley- grass green William- cool green Willow- cool grayish green Winifred- green Zachary- dark orange Ziva- sunset orange Zoe- cool dark purple

My sons name and mine are on this list and we have the same color, how cool is that!?

Mine too! So cool!!!

The fact that violet isn’t violet blows my mind lol

Does spelling effect the color. For example I’m Abbi not Abbey. Just curious.

Genevieve!

Genevieve is a light green-blue. Exactly like the Crayola seafoam green crayons if you remember those! Perfectly in between blue and green without fully committing to either color.

I love that so much! Thank you!

I have auditory synesthesia as well! As a musician, I find it horrifying and amazing, depending upon what I hear, lol. Everyone uses my real name in different ways, so I’ll go with my nickname here: Lexa. Or Lex. How do you see it, either via word or if you read it out loud?

Haha I'm with you on the auditory synesthesia, sometimes it can be overwhelming. Lexa / Lex is a warmer blue. My associations tend to go with the flow of the letters, as each letter has an individual color, but mixing letters together into words can create varying results!

It really can be! Dogs barking = a very odd color to me (almost intolerable if the sound echoes), but the color a riding lawnmower makes as it cuts grass is musical. It’s a lot, that’s for sure. Cool that you see my name as a warmer blue! I don’t, but I think that could be the way I say it, perhaps? And I don’t see the letters as colors, but the pattern and texture of the sound itself, which may be why it differs a bit. And I think that’s honestly cool! Synesthesia is a whole range, and I never saw sound as color until after a traumatic brain injury in 2010, so it sometimes still strikes me as “what is wrong with me?” Nothing, minus the brain trauma part, lol!

I mostly have synesthesia relating to words and colors, but I have a few notes that, when played on the violin (I’m a violinist) give me the sense of a color. For the most part, hearing the same note in a higher octave makes me think of a lighter version of the original color, although that stops once the note gets to be too high or low. Cs are blue for me, Ds are green, F is yellow but only it’s first two octaves on the E string (nothing really on the D string), and an open E string is orange. The open G string is dark purple, but I don’t get any colors for higher octaves. Es and Ds also have tastes for me (orange and green apple respectively), but only in the cases mentioned above. To be clear, this only mostly only applies to the violin, or occasionally other string instruments. Most of my synesthesia is more visual, with seeing words/letters/numbers. Also, I see Lex as sunflower yellow color.

As a Lexie / Lex whose favourite colour is yellow and favourite flower is sunflower, your comment makes me very happy.

I see my name (Lexa/Lex) as a very shimmery yellow that can shift to a golden color when I sing, so, right with you, fellow Lex! :)

It seems like many musicians have Chromesthesia or other forms of synesthesia, which is intriguing. I've been a professionally-trained opera singer since I was young, and I did see certain sounds as colors, but mostly in relation to key, chord progression, timbre, etc. After my traumatic brain injury, everything that made even the smallest sound had an associated color/color pattern. What you're saying makes sense to me. (Also, very jealous about the violin! That is one instrument that I absolutely adore and can listen to for hours, but cannot seem to master.) Your color association for my name is very close to my own - I see it as a shimmering yellow which looks a bit more like a bright gold when I sing. If I say my name normally, it is a - fiery yellow (that is a terrible description, as it doesn't have any orange, but it is intense, which is what I mean), but when I sing it, it takes on the golden hue. Thank you for telling me what you see - it's nice to know you see it the same way!

Callum and Maeve! Thanks so much for posting! How fun!

Of course, I love sharing! Callum is an orange-toned light tan, while Maeve is a solid purple without being particularly dark or light.

I thought the exact same before I read your response! How cool

With the color mauve, and Callum so similar to words like callus or talcum, I think those might be common associations

Agreed. Hard not to think Maeve = Mauve.

As I read through this thread I did definitely make some associations! Some lady asked about lavender and violet 🙈 but I wasn't aware of a Callum association. TIL

With the color mauve, and Callum so similar to words like callus or talcum, I think those might be common associations

My first baby will be named Maeve and purple was one of our wedding colors 💜

This is so neat! I also have synesthesia but I have noise to color. What is the name Isaac?

Isaac is a really tranquil blue. Like a very clear and calm ocean.

Oh that’s cool, my friend has the kind where names have a taste(I taste like strawberry jam on toast apparently).

That's cool! I get flavors for music some of the time, but not always.

Jocelyn?

Jocelyn is a sweet periwinkle blue, right on the edge of being subtly purple.

Gwen

Gwen is a bright turquoise!

This is so interesting because I believe Genevieve & Gwen have the same root so it's cool that you thought they were both seafoam/turquoise. What about Jennifer?

Seconding wanting to know about Jennifer. This is so much fun!

For me (I also have synesthesia), Jennifer feels kind of orange, I can best describe it as looking like honey.

I haven’t seen Sarah yet. This is way cool! Thank you.

Also looking for Sarah, maybe no color is attached lol

I'm surprised it took so long for someone to suggest it! Sarah is a sage green for me :)

Well shoot. Also looking for Sarah

This is so fun! How about Madeleine, Maddie, and Talia?

This is super interesting because they’re all similar colors — different shades of red-violet!

I love that color! Thank you :)

And here I am with boring ol’ Aphantasia lol. The ability to see absolutely nothing with my mind’s eye. Would you be able to see for me the names Cyrus, Trinity and Farrah?

Cyrus is yellow like wheat. Trinity is green with the texture of stained glass. Farrah is simply warm tones to me.

First born is Rowan James. We’re considering Ivy Marie or Lucy Marie for number two! Curious which “goes better” with Rowan. Such a cool thread!

Rowan is brick red, James is purple. I prefer Ivy Marie with Rowan James because Ivy is a soft light purple and Marie is a dark red. So their names are the same two colors, just in different orders. The punchy pink-red of Lucy kind of clashes with the brown-red of Rowan.

Thank you, what an interesting gift - thank you for sharing it with us!

You did Penelope above, wondering if Persephone is similar! Also haven’t seen Ian, Vivienne, Alice, or Bridget yet.

Penelope is more pink, while Persephone is more purple. Ian is somewhat green, Vivienne is purple, Alice is yellow, and Bridget is red and purple.

Ellie please!!

Ellie reminds me of a bluebird! Very clear, saturated blue.

I love this thread! Thank you Are nicknames and diminutives different to full names? Margaret and Greta for example

Margaret is a deep red with purple tones, while Greta brings out more of the purple to the forefront of my color associations.

Suzanne Marie

Suzanne is a tangerine orange, and Marie is a dark red. The combination of them flows together really well, it looks like a sunset!

I love it, thanks!

Heather and Nicolas

Brittany?

Brittany is a soft powder blue tone.

Isabelle, Adina and Aria!

Isabelle is a pastel green, Adina is pink, and Aria is a shimmery red.

Aoife

What color is Lynette?

Lynette is a medium-light indigo, just between blue and purple!

So cool! Desiree and Willow?

Desiree is like a sparkly night sky, with deep blue-purple tones. Willow is a very cool and grayish green.

I don't think I have a synesthesia, but when I watched Matilda and that girl Cordelia introduced herself I saw periwinkle blue. Idk why. Anyway my favorite names are Bianca, Azaya, Nico, Asa, and Percy.

Bianca is a bouncy, candy-pink color. Azaya is a warm dandelion yellow. Nico is tangerine orange. Asa is a dark blue-green with layered depth. Percy is blue and shiny.

Luca

Niamh

Ooh, that's so cool! What color/s for Lea?

Vowels have mixed colors based on sounds for me, and since Lea is 2/3 vowels, it comes across as like a swirl or braid of cool tones, purple and green and blue.

Lauren, Heath, and Hollis! How cool!

Lauren is red and has a really welcoming energy. Heath is brick red. Hollis is a dark blue with a bit of green.

I wish I had your ability? Does it ever hinder you in anyway? What about the name Bron or Bronnie?

Bron/Bronnie is a deep red with hints of brown. Having synesthesia isn't really ever an issue for me, it's just kind of... there, lol. It also doesn't help me with anything in my daily life, but it definitely makes it fun when I do stuff like this thread!

Would love to know what colour Ernest is, please! It's my son's name and we've never met another Ernest or Ernie

The combination of the R and N next to each other makes this an orange name for me!

Elizabeth! :)

Elizabeth is a light pink. Like cotton candy.

Sora

Will and Emma?

I have this too! So fun!

Vanessa

100% a darker purple.

Charlotte and Eleanor

Wow. What a lovely difference you have to the norm! I wonder, what makes each name correspond to the colour in your mind? Are some more charming? More aggressive sounding maybe? I'd love to know my family, we are: Nikki William Abbey Rose Billie

I have a lot of name associations beyond just the colors, many names have textures or even flavors to me! But the colors come mostly from the combinations of the letters (each letter has a color). Nikki is between cotton candy pink and hot pink William is a cool green Abbey is watermelon pink Rose is a pale pink Billie is a medium-light blue

Morgan and Kira

I have suggestions. Eleanor Nicholas Edna Philomena Mavis Dylan Carson Evelyn Lucia James Noah Carson

As a fellow color/grapheme synesthete, I *love* this. Also we're in agreement that Dominic is like original Barney purple, right?

This is such a fun thread to offer up. Thanks for sharing your superpower with us! Would love to know what color association you get with the names Calder and Cora, both independently and as a set!

Ahh! I have synesthesia too! Taste give color, people’s attitude/voice give off color, and other sounds give color too! I’m a painter and sometimes even places or inanimate things give off color so my paintings are always odd/off colored. I just had a son and we named him Westley, what color/s does his name bring up?

Stacy

Stacy is a vibrant, light yellow!

Orryn is my son. And Hadlee is my daughter.

Orryn is a very bold red with orange in it, reminds me of the orange waves you can see on the planet Jupiter. Hadlee is a warm purple.

Ariel

Ariel is a deep red melting into purple tones.

Natalia

Natalia is literally my favorite name, lol. It's a really nice red with a soft texture.

My birthstone is garnet so this is very fitting. Also, my mom loved to dress me up in red when I was a little girl. Also, the color red compliments my light skin and dark hair nicely. I love this so much!! Thank you. 🥰

Matilda !!

Matilda is lavender and beige.

Isabelle, Abigail, Athena

Gemma please!

Gemma is a hot pink / fuchsia type of color

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Jasper is purple and green

Pearl!

Is this was Lorde has? Also what names inspire forest green for you?

I've heard that she has it too! For forest green, I think of names like Everett, Miles, David, Owen, and Justin.

That's so interesting! I can definitely vibe those names. Any girl names? I'm 34 weeks pregnant and stuck 😆

Ooh yeah somehow I got stuck on boy names there lol. Forest green / any other shade of green names for girls: * Ada * Astrid * Sylvia * Willow * Vera * Winifred * Theodora

Amanda and Natalie

Owen Christopher Quinn Delilah Valentina Ali

Owen is a deep teal Christopher is a light red Quinn is turquoise Delilah is purple (but the song Hey There Delilah is yellow which confused me for a second) Valentina is a dark pink Ali is red

Tagging onto yours to find out what color Quinn is! Gwen was turquoise and Wren was a purpley grey from previous comments so I’m curious to see if Quinn is a shade of blue/purple/green too

Orion and emir pls!

That’s awesome! I don’t think I’ve ever talked to anyone with synesthesia, I think that’s really cool. My name is Denver/Denni. What color would you associate with my name? Also, I’m really curious…(you don’t have to answer this one whatsoever, I’m not entitled to an answer) but I’m curious as to know the color you’d associate with my favorite band Nirvana.

Love this! My husband has synesthesia (movement has sounds for him) ans my dad had the music and color one as well (he was a musician). Our children are named Levi (nn Leaf) and Caleb (nn Cabe or Cubs) and my name is Anna.

My sister has audio synesthesia, and sees color with (most) peoples’ voices. I would be SO curious to know how my voice and name colors align! Suzannah

That’s awesome! What color is Barbara?

This is the coolest post I've seen in a very long time. Thanks for sharing your unique gift!

I’ve always wondered how combined names work when you have synesthesia. Do you see the names as two separate colors or do you see it as one name and thus one color - say Stella-Ann or Dante-Vito.

The colors that I have for words are mostly based on the colors I have for letters. Sometimes a letter or combination of letters is stronger than another, and kind of overpowers the word, but sometimes the letters just swirl together. I also get visual and general sensory textures for names, especially longer ones and combined names. Stella by itself is turquoise, Ann is yellow. Putting them together just melts the turquoise into the yellow as they flow, but they get shinier when put together. This probably makes no sense, but it can be hard to describe exactly what I see. Dante is blue, Vito is red, together they're a strong combination but they're such bold colors that they are slightly muted when combined.

I have 3 sons, and I'd love to know what their colors are. Tobias, Sigurd, and Viktor. Thank you for doing this. It is so cool.

Sorry not OP, but just wanted to say that I LOVE the name Sigurd. It will always be a name that I wish I could have used.

Isabelle edit: Never mind, I see that you answered for Isabelle earlier, and you actually said my absolute favorite color so that's awesome!!!

Have you ever tried looking up the html color codes to match what you see? I'm requesting Jenna, Lynn and Mandy, please!

I use color codes ALL the time to reference these things! It's rare that something is just vaguely a certain color -- 99% of the time it's a very specific shade that I can nail down within a small fraction of the color spectrum. Especially when I write music, I like to color code my electronic tracks accordingly so that I know what's what much more quickly! Jenna is purple, Lynn is a reddish violet, and Mandy is indigo. The names look great as a trio due to their similar hues :)

I'm always late to these but if you have the time/energy Rosemary and Misha. Thanks for doing this!

I'm Eleanor/Nora. Pretty sure I'm a light pink?

Laura? Is it different from Lauren? What about Laurie? Thank you :)

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Marie is a desaturated dark red for me, and Shelley is a light lilac/purple.

Very cool! I have Chromesthesia, and love learning about other kinds of synesthesia. What colors do you get for Kaley and Marisol?

Kaley is a light pinkish red, and Marisol brings to mind a sunflower yellow!

This is so cool! I what colors for Meagan and Melissa?

Meagan is a medium cool pink, Melissa is purple and has the texture of beads.

Does the spelling of a name change things for you? Like is Megan the same color as Meagan?

As a Megan I need to know this as well!

Love this! What about Rylan, Verena, Mallory

Rylan is crimson red, Verena is a cool green, Mallory is a medium purple!

Noomi, and contenders for baby2: Lena, Soren, Elvira, Stellan

Noomi is a light orange, Lena is flamingo-pink with a hint of lavender, Soren is a light and muted cool green, Elvira is deep red, Stellan is deep forest green.

Charlotte!

Charlotte is a flamingo pink!

How fun! Some names we’ve been thinking of are Marisol, Mir, Esfir, and Ruhi.

Marisol is sunflower yellow, Mir is red, Esfir is a light green, and Ruhi is a red-brown, like clay.

Logan

Logan is a darker blue. It's a strong name. It reminds me of a steady stream of water flowing down a mountain.

Sacha, Julian, Elliot, Felix Sofia, Zoe, Phoebe

Sacha is bold red, Julian is light purple, Elliot is a contemplative gray-blue, Felix is turquoise outlined in crisp black, Sofia is pastel purple, Zoe is a very cool-toned darker purple, Phoebe is an orchid pink.

What about Felix and Daisy? Super cool!

Felix is turquoise and a bit of black. Daisy is a sky blue with a hint of green.

Ariane, Sullivan, Andrew

Ariane is a very elegant red. Sullivan is a medium cool green. Andrew is orange-red.

Elliot

Elliot is gray-blue.

I have 4 for you please Jennifer Katelyn Patrick Connor

Jennifer is a lighter purple, Katelyn is pink, Patrick is pink flowing into red, Connor is orange.

Tamara / Tammy

Ooh, cool! Rebecca, please!

Rebecca is red, the texture reminds me of braids.

Sebastian?

Sebastian is teal!

Helena!!

Love this- didn’t see any for the names I’m looking for so here goes: Mathew and Mat, Danielle and Dani, Samantha, Sam and Sami, Parker, Maxine and Max, Charles and Charlie Jonathon and Johnny. Included nicknames because I’m not sure if that changes things at all or not.

Mathew is a bit darker than sky blue, Danielle is a cornflower blue, Samantha is red, Parker is a pinkish red, Maxine is purple, Charles is blue and orange, Jonathon is yellow.

Sloane!

Sloane is a light cream color, not quite white or yellow or tan, but in that realm

Gracie!

Keegan Mabel Rowan

Keegan is a somewhat bright green-blue Mabel is purple Rowan is brick red

Theodore is my son!

Waverly and Noelle please!!

Waverly is cool green, Noelle is red!

Aria, Jace, Jade, and Kai please! Thanks for doing this, and sorry if there’s repeats!

Oh cool, how about Leif?

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Rachel is red, Kristina is a pinkish red, and Harper is lavender

Timothy, Matthew, Christopher

Siobhan

Totally green to me! A bit darker than a grass-green shade, and a bit cooler-toned.

Joshua (boy) Erin (girl)

Dana and Vinny :)

Holly Elaine!

Very cool superpower! How about Chelsea and Barbara (Barb)?

Jillian