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Black Night And Shadowy Names

  1. Denarius

    • Origin:

      Latin

    • Meaning:

      "silver coin"
  2. Argyros

    • Origin:

      Greek

    • Meaning:

      "silver"

    • Description:

      An intriguing Greek name with an appealing meaning.
  3. Rupa

    • Origin:

      Sanskrit

    • Meaning:

      "silver"

    • Description:

      Related to the Indian word and currency "rupee', Rupa derives its meaning from the ancient Sanskrit language, and can mean both silver and beautiful. Rupa also has strong historical and literary associations (as Rupa Bhawani was a noted 16th Century poetess and mystic) from Kashmir.
  4. Pomare

    • Origin:

      Tahitian

    • Meaning:

      "night cough"

    • Description:

      This royal Tahitian name was borne by four kings and a queen of Tahiti. It was created after a royal baby died of a night cough, perhaps not the happiest meaning.
  5. Blakeley

    • Origin:

      English surname

    • Meaning:

      "dark wood or clearing"

    • Description:

      Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, updating the 80s darlings Blake and Ashley.
  6. Kalika

    • Origin:

      Variation of Kali, Sanskrit

    • Meaning:

      "black one"

    • Description:

      Kalika derives from the name of Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction. It appears in the book series The Last Vampire.
  7. Atieno

    • Origin:

      Feminine variation of Otieno, Luo

    • Meaning:

      "born at night"

    • Description:

      Atieno is the feminine equivalent of Otieno, which is now more commonly seen as a surname in Eastern Africa.
  8. Blakely

    • Origin:

      English

    • Meaning:

      "dark wood or clearing"

    • Description:

      A decade or two ago, we might have stopped with Blake, but today the surname Blakely or Blakeley sounds more modern as a first name.
  9. Tynan

    • Origin:

      Irish

    • Meaning:

      "dark, dusty"

    • Description:

      A much fresher Ty name than Tyler or Tyson.
  10. Kishan

    • Origin:

      Hindi, Gujarati

    • Meaning:

      "dark"

    • Description:

      Variant of Krishna
  11. Shyam

    • Origin:

      Sanskrit

    • Meaning:

      "dark, black, blue"

    • Description:

      Shyam is one of the alternate names of Hindu God Krishna.
  12. Dolan

    • Origin:

      Irish

    • Meaning:

      "black-haired"

    • Description:

      Fresh choice that could pick up where Dylan and Logan left off.
  13. Blakesley

    • Origin:

      English place-name and surname

    • Meaning:

      "dark wolf's wood or clearing"

    • Description:

      Blakesley is the name of a village in England, also sometimes found as a surname along with Blakely and Blakeley, turned into a first name for their daughter by reality stars Trista and Ryan Sutter. Blakesley joins other -ley ending names -- Hadley, Finley -- as one of the most popular forms of unisex names with a girlish spin.
  14. Quicksilver

    • Origin:

      English word name

    • Description:

      Another name for the element Mercury. Quicksilver is also the alter-ego of X-Men and Avengers character Pietro Maximoff.
  15. Rajani

    • Origin:

      Sanskrit

    • Meaning:

      "dark, of the night"

    • Description:

      Lots of charm.
  16. Donnelly

    • Origin:

      Irish

    • Meaning:

      "dark brave one"

    • Description:

      Makes Donna into a cool twenty-first-century unisex Irish surname.
  17. Kanika

    • Origin:

      African, Mwera

    • Meaning:

      "black cloth"

    • Description:

      Energetic choice that bounces off the tongue.
  18. Zilla

    • Origin:

      Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "shadow"

    • Description:

      Although this Old Testament name is soft and delicate, it runs the risk of conjuring up the monstrous Godzilla.
  19. Umbra

    • Origin:

      Latin

    • Meaning:

      "shadow"
  20. Blakelee

    • Origin:

      Variation of Blakeley, English surname

    • Meaning:

      "dark wood; clearing"

    • Description:

      This nouveau spelling of Blakeley was one of the fastest-rising girl names outside of the Top 1000 in 2019, but hasn't grown in popularity since then. It is given to around 110 girls each year in the US.