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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priceless, of inestimable worth
dark, dark-featured
eligible, worthy of choice
boar meadow, wild clearing
night, darkness
star, radiant one
pure
star
star
raven, dark one
pale clearing
night of God
reborn clearing
one who practices abstinence from worldly pleas...
white peace, fair and blessed
evening star
morning star (Venus before sunrise)
the pure, the selected
pure, clear
sublime, magnificent
pure
star
pure, innocent, clean
the North Star, Polaris
bright, clear, famous
oracle, dark-complexioned
dark one
king's meadow, royal clearing
dark, black-haired
fair, white
aromatic spice from nutmeg
pure (via Katharina in Norwegian use)
dark one's town
lily (pure, white flower)
priceless, inestimable
dark one, man from the dark sea
dark complexion
flax clearing
pure, chaste
song, nightingale
knight, horseman
bright star
pure
priceless, praiseworthy
clearness, lucidity
white, silver (ancient root)
brave woodland clearing
pure (via Katherine variant)
dark moon, dusky moon
nights
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