119 Gothic Baby Names
Updated Mon Jan 29 2024
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Gothic baby names relate to the culture that combines horror with romanticism. Gothic can refer to the medieval or the modern; Gothic style encompasses music and architecture, literature and fashion. Names inspired by goth culture are a little shadowy and a lot mysterious, such as Damien and Ophelia.
Along with Ophelia, other Gothic girl names in the US Top 1000 include Luna, Raven, Scarlett, and Zelda.
In addition to Damien, other Gothic boy names in the US Top 1000 include Andre, Jasper, Jett, and Wolf.
Goth names with a distinctly dark image include Lilith, Onyx, Blackwell and Wednesday – (anti)heroine of the hit new Netflix Addams Family reboot. Other names from the series also qualify: think Enid, Vlad, and of course Morticia.
Gothic girl names we love include Nyx, Amethyst, and Jezebel. Gothic boy names that strike the right (or should that be wrong?) note include Lazarus, Bram, and Night.
There are also lots of cool gender-neutral Gothic names. Some prime suspects include Indigo, Zephyr, Poe and Gray.
Names for a goth baby can include those related to goth icons, goth styles, or goth imagery. Here are some boy and girl names that, for a range of reasons, might be considered Gothic, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
Baby appropriate? In a dark sort of way...
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- Abbey
Origin:
English word name or short form of Abigail
- Abraxas
Origin:
Persian mythology name
- Acantha
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"thorn, prickle"
- Ajax
Origin:
Greek mythology name
- Amethyst
Origin:
Gem and Color name
- Amoret
Origin:
Literary name
- Andre
Origin:
French and Portuguese variation of AndrewMeaning:
"strong and manly"
- Arch
Origin:
Diminutive of Archibald, TeutonicMeaning:
"truly brave"
- Ash
Origin:
Diminutive of Asher, EnglishMeaning:
"ash tree"
- Aura
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"soft breeze"
- Aurelius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"the golden one"
- Bela
Origin:
CzechMeaning:
"white"
- Belladonna
Origin:
English from ItalianMeaning:
"nightshade, beautiful lady"
- Bellatrix
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"female warrior"
- Blackwell
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"black well or stream"
- Blade
Origin:
Word name
- Bowie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"blond"
- Bram
Origin:
Dutch variation of AbrahamMeaning:
"father of multitudes"
- Bronte
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"thunder"
- Burton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fortified enclosure"
- Circe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bird"
- Crimson
Origin:
Color nameMeaning:
"rich deep red"
- Cross
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"cross"
- Crow
Origin:
Bird name
- Damien
Origin:
French from GreekMeaning:
"to tame, subdue"
- Daphne
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"laurel tree, bay tree"
- Denis
Origin:
French from GreekMeaning:
"god of Nysa"
- Desdemona
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"ill-starred"
- Donahue
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"dark fighter"
- Dorian
Origin:
Greek, name of a tribe
- Dream
Origin:
Word name
- Drusilla
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fruitful"
- Edwina
Origin:
Feminine variation of EdwinMeaning:
"wealthy friend"
- Enid
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"life, spirit"
- Eris
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"strife, discord"
- Evadne
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"pleasing one"
- Flannery
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"descendant of Flannghal"
- Giovanni
Origin:
Italian variation of JohnMeaning:
"God is gracious"
- Gray
Origin:
Color name, also diminutive of Grayson
- Heathcliff
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"cliff near a heath"
- Hemlock
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"poisonous plant"
- Hero
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"demi-god"
- Indigo
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"Indian dye"
- Jacopo
Origin:
Italian variation of Jacob, HebrewMeaning:
"supplanter"
- Jasper
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"bringer of treasure"
- Jett
Origin:
Mineral or word name
- Jezebel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"not exalted"
- Jinx
Origin:
Word name
- Kazimir
Origin:
Russian, Slovene, CroatianMeaning:
"destroyer of peace"
- Layla
Origin:
Variation of Leila, ArabicMeaning:
"night"
- Lazarus
Origin:
Latinized Greek variation of Hebrew EleazarMeaning:
"God is my helper"
- Leander
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"lion-man"
- Lenore
Origin:
German variation of Leonora, Italian derivative of Eleonora, meaning unknown
- Lilith
Origin:
Assyrian, SumerianMeaning:
"ghost, night monster"
- Lucifer
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"light-bearer"
- Luna
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"moon"
- Lux
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"light"
- Malin
Origin:
Scandinavian diminutive of MagdaleneMeaning:
"high tower or woman of Magdela"
- Mallory
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"unfortunate"
- Mazikeen
Origin:
Invented nameMeaning:
"harmful spirits"
- Melania
Origin:
Spanish and Greek variation of MelanieMeaning:
"black"
- Morgana
Origin:
Female version of Morgan, WelshMeaning:
"sea-circle"
- Morrigan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"phantom queen"
- Morticia
Origin:
Fictional invented nameMeaning:
"mortician"
- Morwenna
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"maiden"
- Narcissa
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"daffodil"
- Nicolo
Origin:
Italian form of NicholasMeaning:
"people of victory"
- Night
Origin:
Word name
- Norman
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"northerner, Norseman"
- Nyx
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"night"
- Odile
Origin:
French variation of German OtthildMeaning:
"prospers in battle"
- Oleander
Origin:
Botanical name
- Onyx
Origin:
Gem name
- Opaline
- Ophelia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"help"
- Phaedra
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bright"
- Poe
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"peacock"
- Radcliffe
- Rain
Origin:
Word name
- Raven
Origin:
Word and animal name
- Rose
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"rose, a flower"
- Rowena
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"white spear or famous friend"
- Rue
Origin:
Botanical names or word nameMeaning:
"herb; regret"
- Saber
Origin:
Word name
- Sable
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"animal name"
- Scarlet
Origin:
Color name
- Secret
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"kept from knowledge or view"
- Shadow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"shade"
- Shelley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"clearing on a bank"
- Sheridan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"searcher"
- Siouxsie
Origin:
Modern invented nameMeaning:
"alternative spelling of Susie"
- Stone
Origin:
Word name
- Storm
Origin:
Word name
- Tanis
Origin:
Variation of Tanith, Phoenician, Native American, CreeMeaning:
"daughter"
- Tansy
Origin:
Flower name, from GreekMeaning:
"immortality"
- Tarot
Origin:
French, fortune-telling cards
- Tempest
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"turbulent, stormy"
- Theda
- Thorn
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"prickle"
- Tower
Origin:
Word name
- Tudor
Origin:
Welsh variation of Theodore
- Ursa
Origin:
Short form of Ursula, LatinMeaning:
"little female bear"
- Ursuline
- Valkyrie
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"chooser of the slain"
- Velvet
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"a fabric characterized by a short soft dense warp pile"
- Vendetta
Origin:
Word Name
- Vesper
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"evening star"
- Vespertine
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"of the evening"
- Victoria
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"victory"
- Viollet
- Vlad
Origin:
Diminutive of Vladimir, SlavicMeaning:
"great ruler, peaceful ruler, ruler of the world"
- Vladimir
Origin:
SlavicMeaning:
"great ruler, peaceful ruler, ruler of the world"
- Wednesday
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Woden's day"
- Wilde
Origin:
English surname, variation of Wild, English word nameMeaning:
"undomesticated, uncultivated"
- Wolf
Origin:
Animal name or diminutive of Wolfgang, GermanMeaning:
" traveling wolf"
- Xanthe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"golden, yellow"
- Zelda
Origin:
Diminutive of GriseldaMeaning:
"gray fighting maid"
- Zephyr
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"west wind"
- Zephyrine
Origin:
Feminine variation of Zephyr, GreekMeaning:
"west wind"