Names That Mean Dark

Dark, woody name that's brings to mind rich panelling, beautiful colors and luxury.

The Basque name, meaning shadow, has the virtue of having both an interesting meaning and an obvious pronunciation.

Heard in the Scottish highlands, and much more in tune with the present times than the dated Douglas — for which it could make a perfect tribute name.
Dougal was the Scottish nickname for invading dark-haired Danish Vikings, just as Fingal was given to the blonder Norwegians.

The th sound both softens and complicates this Melanie relative.

Dark horse Irish surname.

Pretty French sound, but there might be a lot of "umbrella" cracks.

See KEIR.

Lúthien Tinúviel is an elf princess in J. R. R. Tolkien’s legendarium, who falls in love with a mortal human, Beren, and chooses to become mortal herself rather than to live without him. Tinúviel is a Sindarin name given to her by Beren, meaning "daughter of twilight" and therefore "nightingale".

This fabric word name would be a one-of-a-kind.

Popular Spanish name that relates to the patron saint of Mexico. It could conceivably, like Soledad and Consuelo, cross the border into multicultural territory, but the name's decline since the nineties would seem to make that less likely.

An ubercool and mysterious name, brought to you by director M. Night Shyamalan.

Merel is a soundalike of Meryl and may be thought of as a variation of that name, but it's also the Dutch word for blackbird and so you can make it more stylish as one of the flock of cool new bird names, joining Wren, Lark, and Sparrow.

Variously spelled trendy name in the 1970s that hasn't even been in the Top 1000 in a decade.

Kali is a popular girls' name in the US with dark origins: She is the Hindu goddess of death and destruction, though we'd wager many parents see the name as simply a respelling of Callie.

A distinctive alternative to Conan.

Would you really want to name your child after a Japanese anime movie called Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space.

Popular name in Israel, worth considering for a dark-haired daughter with a bit of a bohemian cast.

A two-syllable surname feel puts this name of an important English saint in the running -- though it could sound like a confused cross between Duncan and Dustin.

This genial Irish surname feels much more current than Donald.