Dark Boy Names
Choose a name that means “dark.” If you’re looking for a literal dark name, there are plenty of options that mean “dark,” “dark-haired,” or something similar. For example, Prior likes names like Donahue (meaning “dark warrior) and Ciaran, which means “dark-haired.” Here are some other popular and unique dark boy names: Adham (Arabic for “black”) Bellinor (French for “beautiful and dark person”) Blackwell (English for “dark well”) Blagden (English for “dark alley”) Blake (English for “dark”) Cary (Irish for “dark ones”) Chaya (Sanskrit for “shadow”) Colburn (English for “dark brook”) Cole (English for “swarthy, black coal”) Dade (Gaelic for “dark one”) Darcy (Irish for “dark”) Dargan (Irish for “dark-haired”) Donovan (Irish for “dark”) Douglas (Scottish for “dark river”) Hadrian (Scandinavian for “dark one”) Jett (English for “black”) Keir (Gaelic for “dark-haired”) Kyrin (Irish for “dark-haired”) Morrell (Latin for “dark-skinned”) Morris (Latin for “dark”) Noir (French for “black”) Orpheus (Greek for “darkness of the night”) Ozul (Hebrew for “shadow”) Sullivan (Irish for “little dark eyes”) Sunil (Sanskrit for “very dark blue”) Meet the wikiHow Experts Sonya Prior is a baby naming expert and content creator known as the BB Namer based in Auckland, New Zealand. She shares name content to over 30K followers across Instagram and TikTok. Chloe Hodgson is a baby name expert based in the UK. She’s been fascinated by names for as long as she can remember and began sharing her passion on Instagram in 2018.
Gothic Boy Names
Choose a mysterious, brooding name for a gothic vibe. If you’re looking for a gothic baby name, Hodgson recommends names that feel dark, mysterious, and historic, like Benedict, Octavian, and Sebastian. Here are some other boys’ names that have a gothic vibe: Acanthus (Greek for “thorn”) Asher (English for “ash tree, smoldering fire”) Bran (Welsh for “raven”) Brander (English for “sword, touched by flame”) Caedmon (Anglo-Saxon for “poet”) Cadell (Welsh for “battle”) Cain (Hebrew for “spear”) Corbin (French and English for “little crow, raven”) Daemon (Greek and English for “guardian spirit; servant of the devil”) Edgar (English for “fortunate spear”) Elwin (English for “elf”) Gawain (Welsh for “white falcon”) Kazimir (Slavic for “destroyer of peace”) Lazarus (Hebrew for “God has helped”) Lucius (Latin for “light”) Oberon (German for “bear-like”) Oleander (Greek for “evergreen tree”) Ransley (English for “raven meadow”) Sage (English for “wise”) Samael (Hebrew for “God has heard”) Silas (Latin and English for “forest”) Tierney (Gaelic for “lord”) Tristan (Welsh for “sad”) Victor (Latin and English for “winner”) Vladimir (Slavic for “great power”) Looking for girl names, too? Check out our Goth Girl Names article!
Witchy Boy Names
Turn every day into Halloween with a witchy name. Whether you’re naming a character or looking for a spooky name for your son, try something with a witchy vibe. Witchy names often sound old-fashioned or inspired by nature. Try one of the following options: Alaric (German for “ruler of all”) Ambrose (Greek for “immortal”) Bellamy (French and Irish for “handsome friend”) Bram (Dutch for “father of many”) Damian (Greek for “to tame”) Draven (Celtic for “to break apart”) Elwood (English for “from the old wood”) Forrest (English and Latin for “woodland”) Hawthorne (English for “thorn bush”) Kieran (Irish for “little dark one”) Linden (English and German for “linden tree”) Lucien (French for “light”) Magnus (Latin for “greatest”) Marius (Latin for “warlike, of Mars”) Morgan (Welsh for “sea-born”) Onyx (Greek for “claw, a black gemstone”) Orion (Greek for “heaven’s light”) Percival (French for “pierce the valley”) Phoenix (Greek for “dark red”) Ronan (Irish for “little seal”) Rowan (Irish and Scottish for “little red one”) Salem (Hebrew and Arabic for “peaceful, safe, complete, perfect”) Soren (Scandinavian for “stern, severe”) Tobias (Hebrew for “God is good”) Zephyr (Greek for “west wind”) Want even more ideas? Take a look at our Witchy Names article!
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