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I do this as well! It’s a normal thing that appears in some, though I forgot the term for it. My names all have colours, smells, sounds, etc.

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Ripley; Red, smells of cinnamon, brisk and cold yet bright, sounds like an autumn breeze, looks like watercolour flowers. Also associate this with dirt bikes.

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Sol; Yellow, smells of earth, warm and calm, sounds like storytelling, looks like the things I love most.

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Peregrine; Blue, smells of heavy machinery, sharp and focused, sounds like aircraft engines, looks like rusted vintage planes.

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Fenmore; Green, smells of botanical gardens, reserved yet peaceful, sounds like pine grouse calling, looks like dark green winter foliage.

Synesthesia? Interesting, didn't know there was a name for it!

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I've always associated numbers with tastes.

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0 = soup
1 = strawberries
2 = grapes
3 = peaches or plums
4 = cheese or honey
5 = tomatoes
6 = spaghetti
7 = cucumbers or pears
8 = eggs
9 = macaroni

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And music styles too.

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classical = tomato soup
jazz = oranges
pop = yogurt
rock = Coca-Cola

RED
Abigail
Carmen
Francesca
Mabel

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ORANGE
Alexandra
Penelope
Susannah
Ximena

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YELLOW
Ariadne
Bethany
Cecilia
Marnie

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GREEN
Aldith
Delyth
Lavinia
Verena

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BLUE
Agatha
Cassandra
Constance
Elizabeth
Halina
Millicent
Tabitha

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INDIGO
Andromeda
Beatrix
Desdemona

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VIOLET
Leocadia
Maud
Perdita
Viorica

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WHITE
Alice
Camille
Hope
Ovidia

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GREY
Ingrid
Judith
Persephone
Una

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BLACK
Cressida
Lydia

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BROWN
Davina
Margaret

My head doesn't work that way; but I am delighted that so many people see Beatrice as the colour orange! My daughter, Beatrice, has had red hair since birth. When she was about three, young enough to sit in the fold-down seat on supermarket trolleys, someone in the queue at the next cashier looked at her and said "What lovely red hair you've got", and my literal-minded child said, in clear, ringing tones, "It's owwinje, akshallee" which the whole queue understood to mean "It's orange, actually" and fell about laughing. She didn't mind - she was happy to make them happy, she told me.

Yup, that’s called synaesthesia and it’s quite common amongst namesnerds!

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Mine are based on the first few letters, thus:

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White/Opalescent White:
Abigail
Amanda
Amber
Amy
Ann
Annabelle

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Light Blue:
Laura

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Mid Blue:
Beatrice
Deborah
Letitia
Lettice

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Navy Blue:
Lisa
Liselotte
Louisa
Louise

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Deep Blue:
Lucy
Lydia

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Red:
Catherine

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Yellow:
Emma
Naomi
Sarah
Scarlet

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Pale Green:
Hannah
Harriet
Marie

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Mid Green:
Helena
Melissa
Rebecca

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Dark Green:
Hollie
Michelle
Mollie
Rose

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Black/Iridescent Black:
Imogen

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Purple:
Jacqueline
Jade
Jane

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Orange:
Philippa
Poppy
Primrose

Yeah, sure, names have colours, but even more so, they have temperatures. Warm + cold combos are ideal. Warm + warm combos are fine. Cold + cold combos are to be avoided.

You’re not bonkers, you might have a form of synesthesia like me! I associate names/words with colours.

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E.g. Alma = red-pink. Nell = cream. Eva = yellow. Ida = dark green. Ivy = blue (the celebrity kid Blue Ivy didn’t sound so weird to me, lol).

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And yes, Beatrice is definitely orange, along with Sybil, Tilda, Gabrielle/a, Gaia, Julia etc.

This message was edited 10/11/2022, 12:03 PM