Gray or White Pigs:
Gray:
People names:
Cinderella - French - little cinder girl
Graham - Scottish - Comes from a Scottish surname translates to either "gravelly homestead" or "gray home" in Old English.
Griselda - German - gray woman warrior
Lesley, Leslie - Scottish - gray fortress
Liadan (female) - Irish [Pronounced: LEE-din] - Irish Gaelic for "gray lady"
Lloyd - English - gray
Nimbus - English - Modern name meaning "rain cloud" or "halo" in Latin
Neil - Irish, Scottish - means either "champion" or "cloud".
Other gray names:
Ash
Ashton
Asher
Ashley
Ashlyn
Cinder
Grizzled
Mouse, Mousie
Mylar - thin strong polyester film usually gray or silverish in color unless painted
Phantom
Rain
Sage
Shade
Shadow
Sharky
Slate
Steele
Smoke
Smoky
Sooty
Tinsel
Tinsley - for the greyness of the metal; tin
Tindal, Tindale - also for tin
Tiner - also for tin but pronounced "Ty-ner"
Especially for Gray (or Silver) Agouti:
Cinder
Cinderella
Gin - Japanese - silver
Silvera
Silverman
Silverio
Silvers
Silvester, Sylvester
Silvia, Sylvia
Gray Animals:
Amadillo
Elephant
Hippo
Pika
Whale
Wolf
Names Especially for Lavender Pigs:
(I have chosen to list my few Lavender pig names with the gray names,
since to me, lavender pigs are closest to gray in color.)
Purple (I just always thought it would be cute to name a lavendar pig Purple.)
Amethyst - purple or violet gemstone
Fialal - Czech - violet
Ione [eye-ohn] - Greek - violet
Jacinato - purple hyacinth
Lavender (of course)
Lilac
Mauve
Perriwinkle
Yolanda - Greek - viloet flower
White:
People Names:
female-
Ivory - Latin - color a shade off from white
Opal - Hindi - after the precious stone opal
Pearl - Latin - Jewel, after the precious jemstone
Astra - Greek - star
Aurora - Latin - dawn
Bela - Czech - white
Bianca - Italian - White
Candace - Greek - glittering white, glowing
Candra - Latin - glowing
Chablis - French - dry white wine
Chardonnay - French - dry white wine
China - Chinese - fine porcelain
Clare, Clair - Latin - clear, bright, famous
Fiona -Irish, Scottish - Fair, white
Indra - Indian - cames from Sanskrit and means "possessing drops of rain"
Izusa - Native American - white stone
Levana - Hebrew - moon or white
Levina - Latine - flash of lightning
Lucy, Lucille, Lucia - Latin - light, bringer of light
Mahina - Hawaiian - Moon Glow
Sidra - Latin - Star Child
Selena - greek - moon, This was the name of a Greek goddess of the moon, sometimes identified with the goddess Artemis
Svetlana - Russian - bright light
Vanora - Welsh - white wave
Whitney - English - white Island
Zuri - Basque - white or light skinned
male-
Albert - Slovene - bright nobility (as in Kings)
Altair - Greek - star
Alvin - Latin -white light
Colbert - English - from the german roots col, possibly meaning "cool", and beraht, which means "bright"
Fintan - Irish - means either "white fire" or "white bull" in Gaelic.
Gilbert - Dutch - bright pledge
Herbert - German - bright army
Nevada - English A state in the U. S , Spanish for "snow-capped"
Roshan - Arabic - Persian, meaning : "light"
Sherwood - English - English place name meaning "bright forest". (The forest where legendary Robin Hood lived)
Vasu - Indian - Sankrit, meaning : "bright, excellent"
Whitney - English - white Island
White spice and plant names:
Anise - spice from plant with white flowers
Cicely - similar to Anise and Licorice
Jasmine
Juniper?
Vidalia - a sweet onion
Others:
Alabaster
Almond
Arctic
Casper
Chalky
Crisco, Criscoe - after the cooking shortening by that name
Dove
Frost
Ivory
Marshmallow
Pasty
Polar - Polar bears appear to be white or yellowish white though their fur is clear
Porcellana - Italian porcelain or shell (also clever modification of Cavia Porcellus)
Marshmallow
Morton (Salt is actually a mineral)
Moon Flower - Climbing herb of the morning glory family; fragrant white flowers open at night
White Cloud (Native American Flair)
Swan
For Gray or White:
Agini - Native American word meaning "spirit"
Nebula - luminous interstellar dust
Spectre - apparition, ghost, phantom
Spackle - powder which is mixed with water to form a paste used to fill cracks in plaster
Especially for Himalayan:
Himi, Hemi - Hemi is a play on the abreviation Himi, as in "Yes it's got a Hemi" [engine]
Muffs, Muffy - as in ear muffs
Sooty
Smudge
Tarnish
Tip
Himalayan Place Names:
Annapurna
Bhutan
Everest (Mount Everest borders Tibet and Nepal)
Kashmir
Kathmandu
Kamet (a himalayan mountain in India)
Kodai
Lhasa
Makalu (a Himlayan mountain bordering Tibet and Nepal)
Mandi
Nepal
Simla
Tibet
Vedic
Zhada
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Real Himalayan Names - from the Sherpa people of eastern Nepal
Real Siamese Names - may be good for naming Himalayan pigs since their markings are similar.to Siamese cats
Color Oriented Names
Brown or Black
Red (orange colored)
Two or Three Color Combos
Dalmations or Roans
White or Gray
Yellow or Cream
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Abyssinians, Crested, and Ridgebacks
Satins , Teddies
Silkies or Peruvians
Texels or Alpaca
Skinny Pigs or Baldwins
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