Names That Mean Shadow
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The names
Umbrielle
Latin
"one in the shadow"
Pretty French sound, but there might be a lot of "umbrella" cracks.
Zilla
Hebrew
"shadow"
Although this Old Testament name is soft and delicate, it runs the risk of conjuring up the monstrous Godzilla.
Ombra
Italian
"shadow"
An unusual, haunting name, a distant cousin to the more popular Amber and Ember.
Itzal
Basque
"Shadow"
The Basque name, meaning shadow, has the virtue of having both an interesting meaning and an obvious pronunciation.
Umbra
Latin
"shadow"
Umbriel
Literature, Latin
"shadow"
Created by English poet Alexander Pope for a melancholy sprite in the 1712 poem The Rape of the Lock . He likely took the Latin word umbra "shadow". A moon of Uranus is named after the character.
Umbra
Latin
"shadow"
Silhouette
French surname
"shadow outline"
Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician, gave his name to this portraiture technique – although, strangely, no one knows why.
