Fawn comes from the word fawn β 'a young deer (in its first year)', and the soft, pale yellowish-brown colour of a fawn's coat (from Old French faon, 'a young animal'). A gentle, sweet nature/colour word-name (a 1970s favourite; the fairy Fawn of the Tinker Bell films).
It registers thinly today. Rare, a-young-deer at the root, and gentle.
Did you know? Fawn means 'a young deer' (Old French faon) β and a soft, pale yellowish-brown colour β a gentle, sweet nature/colour word-name (popular in the 1970s; the fairy Fawn in Tinker Bell).
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