Notes

Jett, meaning jet black
Blake, meaning dark or pale
Colton, meaning coal town
Sullivan, meaning dark-eyed
Kieran, meaning little dark one
Donahue, meaning dark warrior
Hadrian, meaning dark-haired
Smith, meaning blacksmith
Aabinus, meaning ebony or dark-colored
Abanus, meaning someone with a dark complexion
Adelram, meaning a dark noble or a noble raven
Abbadon: A Hebrew name, the demon of destruction in the Bible.
Acanthus: Meaning “thorn” in Greek.
Adalricus: Meaning “noble ruler” in German.
Addams: From the popular TV show, The Addams Family.
Adonis: Meaning “lord” in Greek.
Adrian: Meaning “person from Adria” in Latin.
Aelfwif: Meaning “elf-battle” in German.
Ahriman: The Zoroastrian ‘devil’.
Akeldama: Meaning “field of blood” in Hebrew.
Alaric: Meaning “noble ruler” in German.
Alf: Meaning “elf” or “noble” in German.
Alfonzo: Meaning “noble” in Italian.
Alonso: Meaning “noble” in Spanish.
Altair: A celestial name for the brightest star in the Aquila constellation.
Amalric: Meaning “ruler” in German.
Anubis: The ancient Egyptian dog-headed god of death.
Ascelin: Meaning “heathen god” in Norse or “ash tree” in German.
Asmodeus: The Biblical demon of wrath.
Astrophel: Meaning “lover of stars” in Greek.
Astaroth: The Biblical demon of laziness and self-doubt.
Avenal: Meaning “pasture of oats” in French.
Auberon: Meaning “royal bear” in German.
Azazel: The Biblical demon of weaponry.
Azrael: The Biblical angel of death.
Balor: A mythological one-eyed giant in Celtic legend.
Baudelaire: A French gothic poet.
Belial: A Biblical demon’s name meaning “worthless” in Hebrew.
Bram: Meaning “father of many” in English. Also the name of Bram Stoker, author of the Dracula novel.
Bran: Meaning “raven” in Welsh. Also one of the Celtic gods of death.
Brander: Meaning “sword” or “touched by flame” in English.
Brendan: Meaning “prince” in Irish.
Brom: Meaning “raven” in Gaelic.
Caedmon: Meaning “poet” in Anglo-Saxon.
Cadell: Meaning “battle“ in Welsh.
Cadogan: Meaning “battle glory” in Welsh.
Chaos: Meaning “disorder” in English.
Corbin: Meaning “little crow” in French and English.
Cynfael: Meaning “chief prince” in Welsh.
Daemon: Meaning “guardian spirit” in Greek and “servant of the Devil” in English.
Davorin: The Slavic god of war.
Deverell: Meaning “bank of the river” in French.
Draven: Meaning “crow-hunter” in Anglo-Saxon.
Drusus: Meaning “strong” in Celtic.
Edgar: Meaning “fortunate spear” in English. Also the name of renowned gothic writer, Edgar Allan Poe.
Eoghan: Meaning “born of yew” in Gaelic.
Elatha: Meaning “craft” in Celtic, also the prince of darkness in Irish mythology.
Eldritch: Meaning “old” in English.
Elwin: Meaning “elf” in Old English.
Endymion: Meaning “dive into” in Greek.
Etienne: Meaning “crown” in French.
Fenrir: Meaning “fen-dweller” in Norwegian. Also the name of the giant wolf in Norse mythology.
Gabriel: Meaning “God is my strength” in Hebrew, also a Biblical archangel.
Gaur: Meaning “white” in Sanskrit. Pronounced “gore”.
Gawain: Meaning “white falcon” in Welsh.
Graphite: Meaning “to write” in Greek.
Grendel: Meaning “fierce” or “angry” in Old English. Also the name of the beast in the epic poem, Beowulf.
Grimbald: Meaning “fierce one” in Old English.
Grimoire: Meaning “book of spells” in English.
Hades: The Greek god of the underworld.
Hawthorne: Meaning “hedge-dweller” in English.
Hellebore: Meaning “to injure” in Latin.
Hemlock: A poisonous plant.
Iblis: One of the names of Satan in Islamic writings.
Idris: Meaning “interpreter” in Welsh.
Ingram: Meaning “raven of peace” in Scandinavian.
Israfel: The Islamic angel of music.
Jael or Yael: Meaning “mountain goat” in Hebrew.
Jairus: Meaning “God enlightens” in Hebrew.
Jarlath: Meaning “prince” in Irish.
Kazimir: Meaning “destroyer of peace” in Slavic.
Kimaris: The 66th demon in the first part of the Lemegeton legion of demons in the Bible.
Ladouceur: Meaning “sweetness” in French. Also the name of the writer and poet who wrote the Encylopedia Gothica.
Lazarus: Meaning “God has helped” in Hebrew. Also the name of the man who rose from the dead in the Bible.
Leandor: Meaning “lion-man” in Spanish and Italian.
Leviathan: Meaning “sea monster” in Hebrew.
Loki: The Norse god of mischief.
Lothaire: Meaning “famous warrior” in German.
Lovecraft: Meaning “skilled in his art” in English.
Lucien: Meaning “light” in French.
Lucius: Meaning “light” in Latin.
Lugosi: The name of the famed actor who played Dracula.
Martel: Meaning “hammer” in French.
Mephisto or Mephistopheles: Names for the Biblical Devil.
Merle: Meaning “blackbird” in French.
Morgan: Meaning “child of the sea” in Welsh.
Morte: Meaning “death” in French.
Nephilim: Meaning “fallen ones” in Hebrew. The Biblical term used to describe giants who were half-angel, half-human.
Nocturne: Meaning “night” in Latin.
Nodin: Meaning “windy day” in Native American.
Natrix: Meaning “water snake”.
Oberon: Meaning “bear-like” in German. Also the name of the fairy king in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Oleander: Meaning “evergreen tree” in Greek.
Orlok: Meaning “devil” in Hungarian, the name of the vampire in Nosferatu.
Osiris: An Egyptian god of the dead.
Pagan: Meaning “country dweller” in English.
Perseus: Meaning “avenger” or “destroyer” in Greek.
Poe: The name of renowned gothic writer, Edgar Allan Poe.
Quillan: Meaning “cub” in Gaelic.
Ransley: Meaning “raven meadow” in English.
Reign: Meaning “rule” in English.
Renwick: Meaning “raven settlement” in Scottish.
Riordan: Meaning “royal poet” in Irish.
Rook: The ominous black bird, symbolizing wisdom.
Sage: Meaning “wise” in English.
Samael: Meaning “God has heard” in Hebrew. One of the Jewish angels of death.
Samhain: A Pagan festival on October 31st, signifying the Pagan ‘new year’.
Sandulf: Meaning “true wolf” in Latin.
Sealin: Meaning “strong, flowing water” in Turkish.
Serpent: Meaning “snake” in English.
Silas: Meaning “forest” or “wooded area” in Latin and English.
Silver: The precious metal, said to kill vampires.
Stoker: The surname of the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker.
Styx: The mythological Greek river of death.
Summanus: The Roman god of thunder at night.
Tempest: Meaning “storm” in English.
Thanatos: The Greek god of death.
Tierney: Meaning “lord” in Gaelic.
Tintagel: Meaning “village on the mountain” in French.
Tristan: Meaning “sad” in Welsh.
Tueur: Meaning “killer” in French.
Urien: Meaning “king” Welsh.
Valerian: Meaning “strong” or “healthy” in Latin.
Vervain: Meaning “sacred foliage” in Latin.
Victor: Meaning “winner” in English and Latin. Also the name of the character in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Vladimir: Meaning “great power” in Slavic. Also the name of the supposed Russian vampire.
Waldron: Meaning “raven foreigner” in German or “forest-dwelling” in English.
Xanthus: Meaning “golden-haired” in Greek.
Xenos: Meaning “stranger” in Greek.
Ywain or Yvain: Meaning “youthful” or “well-born” in Welsh.
Zacchaeus: Meaning “God has recalled” in Hebrew.
Zane: Meaning “God’s gracious gift” in Hebrew.


Blackwell: Meaning “dark well” in English.
Blagden: Meaning “dark alley” in English.
Blake: Meaning “dark” in Old English.
Ciaran: Meaning “dark” in Irish.
Dade: Meaning “dark one” in Gaelic.
Dargan: Meaning “dark-haired” in Irish.
Dyrk: Meaning “power of the tribe” in German or an alternative spelling of “dark”.
Jett or Jet: Meaning “black” in English.
Keir or Kieran: Meaning “dark-haired” in Gaelic.
Morris: Meaning “dark” in Latin.
Noir: Meaning “black” in French.
Obsidian: Meaning “black glass” in English.
Orpheus: Meaning “darkness of the night” in Greek.
Shadow: Meaning “dark place” in English.
Tartarus: Meaning “darkest place in the underworld” in Greek.
Ash or Asher: Meaning “ash tree” or “smoldering fire” in English.
Blade: Meaning “sword” in English.
Blair: Meaning “wooded area” in Old English.
Blaise or Blaze: Meaning “raging fire” in English.
Cain or Kane: Meaning “spear” in Hebrew.
Dante: Meaning “enduring” in Italian. Also the name of the poet who wrote of the Nine Circles of Hell.
Dexter: Meaning “right-handed” in Latin.
Dorian: Meaning “child of the sea” in Greek.
Dusk: The time just before sunset.
Gray or Grey: Between black and white.
Hawk: The predator bird.
Hunter: Meaning “one who hunts” in English.
Jasper: A type of Chalcedony crystal that comes in a variety of colors ‒ red, green, yellow, blue, orange, pink, purple, white, brown, or multi-colored.
Kalon: Meaning “beautiful” or “good” in Greek.
Niall: Meaning “champion” in Irish.
Onyx: A deep black crystal said to bring protection.
Orion: A celestial, gothic boys’ name.
Ozul: Meaning “shadow” in Hebrew.
Payne: Meaning “rustic” or “heathen” in Old English.
Salem: The infamous home of the witch trials of the 17th century.
Seth: Meaning “appointed” in Hebrew.
Stone: “Rock”.
Storm: For the baby boy who arrives with thunder.
Thorn or Thorne: A ‘prickly’ gothic name for boys.
Vesper: Meaning “evening star” in Latin.
Zephyr: Meaning “west wind” in Greek.
Draco: Meaning “dragon” in Greek.
Griffin or Gryphon: Meaning “lord” or “prince” in Welsh. Also a mythological creature with the head and wings of an eagle, and the body of a lion.
Lycidas: Meaning “wolf-son” in Latin.
Malachi: Meaning “messenger of God” in Hebrew.
Phelan: Meaning “like a wolf” in Irish.
Phoenix: The bird reborn from fire.
Quillon: Meaning “crossed swords” in French.
Saber: Meaning “sword” in English.
Talon: Meaning “claw” in English.
Theron: Meaning “hunter” in Greek.
Ulfred: Meaning “wolf of peace” in English.
Wolf or Wolfe: The wild canine.
Wolfram: Meaning “wolf raven” in English and German.