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Names that mean black

Naming your baby can be a difficult task. The meaning behind the name you choose will give them clues about who they are, and it's important to find one that fits. The following list will provide you with some great options that have the word Black in their meaning.

Boy names that mean Black

AbnoshArabic — "The name of a tree whose wood is heavy and black"Abu dalamahArabic — "Father of Blackness"AdiyamanHindi — "Always Shines, Black Bird"AdrenLatin — "Variant of Adrian: Black, dark, of the Adriatic."AhishahurBiblical — "Brother of the morning or dew, brother of blackness"AnnaduffIrish — "From the black marsh"AsherHebrew — "Black"AshirHebrew — "Black"AshurAfrican — "Black"AshyrHebrew — "Black"AsmarArabic — "One who has attractive light-brown skin, One whose skin is neither too white nor too black"AswadEgyptian — "Black"AswaldArabic — "Black"AtsidiNative American — "Navajo name meaning blacksmith."AxenusLatin — "From the Black Sea."BalkeliOld English — "From the black meadow."BlackbernEnglish — "From the black stream|From the burnt field."BlackberneEnglish — "From the black stream|From the burnt field."BlackburnEnglish — "From the black stream|From the burnt field."BlackburneEnglish — "From the black stream|From the burnt field."BlakeleaOld English — "From the black meadow."BlakeleahOld English — "From the black meadow."BlakeleeEnglish — "From the black meadow."BlakeleighOld English — "From the black meadow."BlakeleyEnglish — "From the black meadow."BlakelieEnglish — "From the black meadow."BlakelyScandinavian — "From the black meadow."BlaxlandOld English — "From the black land."CernyCzech — "Black"ChoganNative American — "Algonquin name meaning ' blackbird.'"CiardhaIrish — "Variant of Ciaran: Black-haired."CiardubhanGaelic — "Little black one."ClardhaIrish — "ciar black: hence, black- haired one The name is Anglicized as Kerry"ColtanEnglish — "From the black coal town"ColtenEnglish — "From the black coal town"ColtinEnglish — "From the black coal town"ColtonEnglish — "From the black coal town"ColtynEnglish — "From the black coal town"CorbitEnglish — "Raven. Variant of Corbet: Black-haired."CorbittEnglish — "Raven. Variant of Corbet: Black-haired."CushBiblical — "Black"CushanBiblical — "Ethiopians, blackness."daevenHindi — "Little black one"DalenEnglish — "Rhyming variant of Waylon - a historical blacksmith with supernatural powers."DalmaArabic — "Dark, Very Black"dayalanHindi — "Rhyming variant of waylon - a historical blacksmith with supernatural powers"DaylanEnglish — "Rhyming variant of Waylon - a historical blacksmith with supernatural powers."DaylinAmerican — "Rhyming variant of Waylon - a historical blacksmith with supernatural powers."DeylinEnglish — "Rhyming variant of Waylon - a historical blacksmith with supernatural powers."DowanIrish — "Black"DubhagainIrish — "Black"DubhanIrish — "Black"DugganIrish — "Black"DughlasIrish — "Variant of Dubhglas: Black and gray."dulamahUrdu — "Tall and black"DwyerIrish — "Black"FabraLatin — "Little blacksmith."FabreFrench — "Little blacksmith."FabrianoItalian — "Little blacksmith."FabronFrench — "Little blacksmith."FabroniFrench — "Little blacksmith."FabrynItalian — "Little blacksmith."FararOld English — "Farrier, Blacksmith."FarerOld English — "Farrier, Blacksmith."FarrarEnglish — "Farrier, Blacksmith."FarrelIrish — "Farrier, Blacksmith."FarrellIrish — "Farrier, Blacksmith."FerreresSpanish — "A blacksmith"GhamiqArabic — "Dark, black"GhanshyamHindi — "Lord Krishna or black cloud"GhansyamHindi — "Lord Krishna or black cloud"GhudafArabic — "Black Raven, Black Hair"JetScandinavian — "Black"JetsonScandinavian — "Black"JetterScandinavian — "Black"JitujeusiAfrican — "A black giant. A Swahili name used in the East Africa region."KahulArabic — "One who has beautiful black eyes"KaruppanHindi — "One who is Dark, Black is Beautiful"KasyapaHindi — "One who Drinks Water, One with Black Teeth, A Tortoise"KerwenGaelic — "Little black one."KiaranEnglish — "Little black one"KidronBiblical — "Obscure, making black or sad"KolNorse — "Coal, the color black. An Old Danish name from the Viking age."KolskeggrIcelandic — "One who has a black beard."KoltanEnglish — "From the black coal town"KoltenGerman — "From the black coal town"KoltinGerman — "From the black coal town"KoltynEnglish — "From the black coal town"LabeehaArabic — "White Or Black Magician"MacdhubhScottish — "Son of the blackman."MacduffGaelic — "The son of the black- skinned man"MacgowanGaelic — "The son of a blackÂ¬smith"MacgowenIrish — "Son of the black-smith."MelanctonGreek — "Resembling a black flower"MuiruAfrican — "The black one. A Kikuyu name used in the East Africa region."MuiruriAfrican — "The black one. A Kikuyu name used in the East Africa region."NagandraHindi — "King of Black Cobra"NasheakushNorth American Indian — "Sauk name borne by a son of Chief Black Hawk and Asshewequa Singing Bird"NasomseeNorth American Indian — "Sauk name borne by a son of Chief Black Hawk and Asshewequa Singing Bird"NennenNorth American Indian — "CHEKOOSTIN Black raven Nez Perce"NinastokoNorth American Indian — "Mountain chief Blackfoot"NitohNorth American Indian — "MAHKWI Lone wolf Blackfoot. The name was borne by artist Hart Merriam Schultz 1882-1970, also known as Lone Wolf Shultz. He was a gifted painter of both watercolors and oils and a talented sculptor"NjiruAfrican — "A black one. A Kikuyu name used in the East Africa region."NowraAboriginal — "A black cockatoo. A town in NSW. "NusaybArabic — "Name of a black slave who fought in the early wars of Islam"OrebBiblical — "Raven, Black."PalakeePolynesian — "Black"PalakeyPolynesian — "Black"PalakiPolynesian — "Black"PalakiePolynesian — "Black"PalakyPolynesian — "Black"PalefuPolynesian — "Black"RavinOld English — "The raven bird, Black-haired."RavonOld English — "The raven bird, Black-haired."RavoneOld English — "The raven bird, Black-haired."RavonneOld English — "The raven bird, Black-haired."RisayUrdu — "The Risk, Black Rose, Lovest One, The One"SahandArabic — "One whohas black hair, it is the name of a mythical Persian prince, and the name of a mythical hero from the kingdom of Turan"ShachorHebrew — "Black"ShehariahBiblical — "Mourning or blackness of the Lord."ShonkahNorth American Indian — "the Osage shonka dog, horse and sabe black: hence, black dog, black horse Because horses were not native to this continent, the Native Americans did not have a word for them. They often called them walking dogs, in contrast to their real dogs, which were usually running around"SiavashPersian — "Keeper of black horses"SiyavashPersian — "Owner of black horses"SmithsonEnglish — "The son of a blackÂ¬smith"SodaArabic — "Black"SuwaydArabic — "Black"SvarturIcelandic — "Black"TemujinMongolian — "Of Iron, Blacksmith"ThaonawyutheNorth American Indian — "Chain breaker. Seneca. It was borne by an important chief known as Blacksnake 1760-1859. He is known for keeping the Seneca people united and for keeping their religion, Gaiwiio, alive in the critical and uneasy times following the American Revolution"TlilpotonquiNahuatl — "Feathered in black"WakuntchapinkaNorth American Indian — "Good thunder Winnebago. The name was borne by a leader of the Winnebago who supported the Anglo position and took the whites' side in the Black Hawk War in 1832; even so, his people were relocated to a reservation in South Dakota, where they endured terrible conditions"

Girl names that mean Black

AdajArabic — "Dark, Black, With Large Black Eyes"AlliviaEnglish — "Amazing black hair and blue eyes"AsshewequaNorth American Indian — "Singing bird Sauk. The name was borne by the wife of Chief Black Hawk"BarjaaUrdu — "One who has large beautiful black eyes"BiondaItalian — "bionda black"BurildaAboriginal — "A black swan. "CallaGreek — "Sun, Light; Black, Time."CallahHawaiian — "Sun, Light; Black, Time."CaraItalian — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"CarahAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"CarraAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"CarrahAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"CelaenoLatin — "Celaeno means blackness, or darkness. Celaeno was a harpy whom encountered by Aeneas at Strophades. She gave Aeneas prophecies of his future journeys. She was one of three sisters, each represented a different aspect of a great storm. "ChemarinFrench — "Girl who wears black."ChemarinaHebrew — "Girl who wears black."ChemarineHebrew — "Girl who wears black."ChermarynHebrew — "Girl who wears black."ChermarynaHebrew — "Girl who wears black."ChermaryneHebrew — "Girl who wears black."CiarraIrish — "Black"CiarrahIrish — "Black"CieraIrish — "Black"CierahIrish — "Black"CierraIrish — "Black"CierrahIrish — "Black"CyarahIrish — "Black"CyarraIrish — "Black"CyarrahIrish — "Black"DalamArabic — "Black"DalmahArabic — "Darkness, blackness"EboneeGreek — "Dark strength; black"EboniqueEgyptian — "Black"EbonyEgyptian — "Dark strength; black"EleeleHawaiian — "Eyes of black."EllsiaEnglish — "Dark strength; black"ElsieGerman — "Dark strength; black"EponeeTongan — "Ebony, black"EponeyTongan — "Ebony, black"EponiTongan — "Ebony, black"EponieTongan — "Ebony, black"EponyTongan — "Ebony, black"EsbeldaSpanish — "A black-haired beauty"EuxinaHindi — "From the Euxine, Black Sea"FabrianFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabrianahFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabriannFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabriannaFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabriannahFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabrianneFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabrienFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabrienaFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabrienahFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabrieneFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabriennFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabriennaFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabriennahFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabrienneFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryanFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryanaFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryanahFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryaneFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryannFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryannaFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryannahFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryanneFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryenFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryenaFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryenahFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."FabryeneFrench — "Little blacksmith. The feminine form of Fabron."HawraUrdu — "Having eyes with a marked contrast of black and white"HawraaArabic — "White, fair, and when used to describe the eyes it means eyes whose black part is intense black and whose white part is intense and pure white"HuyenVietnamese — "Jet black"KaalaratriHindi — "Goddess who is black like night"KahlaaArabic — "One who has beautiful black eyes, one whose eyelids naturally appear to have kohl on them"KalakarniHindi — "Lakshmi, With black ears"KallaHawaiian — "Sun, Light; Black, Time."KallahHawaiian — "Sun, Light; Black, Time."KalliEnglish — "Energy, Black Goddess"KaraItalian — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarahAmerican — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KaraleaAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KaraleahAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KaraleeScandinavian — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KaraleiAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KaraleighAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KaraleyAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KaraliAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KaraliaAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KaraliahAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KaralieScandinavian — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KaralyAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarraAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarrahScandinavian — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarraleaAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarraleahAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarraleeAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarraleiAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarraleighAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarraleyAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarraliAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarralieAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KarralyAboriginal — "Sweet melody; Love; dear; possum; black"KleraEnglish — "Feminine form of Kieran, an Anglicized form of the Irish Ciaran, which is derived from the Gaelic ciar black and the diminutive suffix -an: hence, little dark one The name was originally bestowed upon those babies born with dark hair or a dark complexion"KulfatArabic — "Tan color, a color between black and red"LilaaArabic — "Black"MalandraEnglish — "Dark, black"MelancthaGreek — "Resembling the black flower"MelaniyaRussian — "the Greek Melaina, which is from the root melas black, dark. The name was made popular throughout Europe through its association with two 5th-century Roman saints, a grandmother and granddaughter remembered for their piety and good works for the poor"MelloneyLatin — "Variant of Melanie: The black one. Dark. Famous Bearer: A character in Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind'."MontshoAfrican — "Black"MpingoAfrican — "Ebony. Black. (Swahili)"MudathiraArabic — "Clothed, enveloped in garments, or dressed (in a particular way, mudathira fi burdatun sawdaa’un means dressed in a black garment )"MutsiawotanNorth American Indian — "AHKI Fine shield woman Blackfoot. The name was borne by the mother of artist Lone Wolf Schultz. See NITOH MAHKWI Male Names"NauasiaNorth American Indian — "Sauk name borne by a daughter of Black Hawk and Asshewequa"OnixLatin — "Precious black gem."OnyxLatin — "Precious black gem."SaudaaMuslim — "Variant of Soudah: Proper name. Black."SearaArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SearahArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SearriaArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SearriahArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SeeraArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SeerahArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SeirraArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."ShahlaaMuslim — "Variant of Shahla: Having bluish black eyes."SiaraArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SiarahArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SiarraArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SiarrahArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SiearaArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SiearraArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SieraArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SieriaArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SierraSpanish — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SierrahArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SierriaIrish — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SierriahArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SietTongan — "The jet stone, Dark, Black."SieteTongan — "The jet stone, Dark, Black."SommaraArabic — "Summer; Black."SommarahArabic — "Summer; Black."SommarmArabic — "Summer; Black."SormehArabic — "Kohl, the black cosmetic substance"SoudahMuslim — "Proper name. Black."SumaIndian — "Summer; Black."SumahArabic — "Summer; Black."SummaArabic — "Summer; Black."SummahArabic — "Summer; Black."SurmaHindi — "Kohl, a black substance used in cosmetics"SyeraArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SyerahArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SyerraArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."SyerrahArabic — "Mountain; Black; Saw-like toothed."TavakePolynesian — "White sea bird with black spots, two long feathers in the tail.; Honoured."TavakeePolynesian — "White sea bird with black spots, two long feathers in the tail.; Honoured."TavakeyPolynesian — "White sea bird with black spots, two long feathers in the tail.; Honoured."TavakiPolynesian — "White sea bird with black spots, two long feathers in the tail.; Honoured."TavakiahPolynesian — "White sea bird with black spots, two long feathers in the tail.; Honoured."TavakiePolynesian — "White sea bird with black spots, two long feathers in the tail.; Honoured."TavakyPolynesian — "White sea bird with black spots, two long feathers in the tail.; Honoured."TavakyaPolynesian — "White sea bird with black spots, two long feathers in the tail.; Honoured."TavakyahPolynesian — "White sea bird with black spots, two long feathers in the tail.; Honoured."TigerlilyEnglish — "An orange flower with black spots"TlgerlilyEnglish — "An orange flower with black spots "UgrakaliHindi — "Fierce and Black, Goddess Durga in her Dreadful Form"VennelaHindi — "Moon light, Black Sky"VineelaHindi — "Moon light, Black Sky"

Unisex names that mean Black

BlakeneyEnglish — "From The Black Island"DonaverAmerican — "Brown Black"GuadalupeSpanish — "River of Black Stones"JettEnglish — "Black"KeirGaelic — "Black"NigerBiblical — "Black"

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