Snow
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning frozen water or cold white precipitation.
Babies a year
65
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Snow by the numbers
Snow was given to 65 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 77 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Snow. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Snoh4 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean water
Like Snow, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendraclear water; from a place name734 in the US (2017)
- Rosemarydew of the sea; the herb rosemary687 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean white
Like Snow, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Fionafair or white1,672 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Biancawhite or pure827 in the US (2017)
- Ivorymade of ivory; the hard white material from elephant tusks512 in the US (2017)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Snow
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