Winter names tend to be elegant and a bit unexpected. Neve (snow in Italian) is climbing fast. Stella has been popular for a century. The night-and-star category is particularly rich: Estelle, Nox, Orion, Lyra. These names work in any season; the winter meaning is often a discovery rather than the point.
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star, radiant one
pure
star
star
pale clearing
night of God
reborn clearing
white peace, fair and blessed
evening star
pure, clear
pure
bright, clear, famous
dark one
king's meadow, royal clearing
lily (pure, white flower)
priceless, inestimable
dark one, man from the dark sea
flax clearing
pure, chaste
pure
priceless, praiseworthy
clearness, lucidity
brave woodland clearing
pure (via Katherine variant)
dark moon, dusky moon
nights
royal meadow, king's clearing
king's meadow, king's clearing
justice, correctness
star (from Esther)
little dark one
great, magnificent
little dark one
fair and smooth, white and soft
dark-feathered bird
meadow clearing
pure, maiden
blue, dark blue
bright clearing in the wood
icy one, ice
pure, clean, far from evil
meadow, clearing
night, dark beauty
fragrant spice
dark, rich
broad meadow, wide clearing
cloud clearing
noble clearing
pure, innocent
bright, clear, famous (Italian root)
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