Meaning & Origin
A surname.
Pink is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, used historically as a nickname for someone with a rosy complexion or as a surname — from the Middle English pinke (small vessel, or the color). As a given name, it belongs to the tradition of color and nature names used informally in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Most common in the American South in the late 19th century, Pink has the unguarded, literal charm of a name chosen for its descriptive simplicity. Singer Pink (born Alecia Moore) reclaimed the name for popular culture in a spectacular way — making it synonymous with bold, unapologetic self-expression.