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Names that mean dark

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 Dark in their meaning.

Boy names that mean Dark

AadhirenHindi — "Dark"AdrenLatin — "Variant of Adrian: Black, dark, of the Adriatic."AhihudBiblical — "Brother of vanity, or of darkness, or of joy, or of praise, witty brother"AkmadArabic — "Dark"Badr ud dujaArabic — "Full moon of the dark (night), An epithet of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)"Badrud dujaUrdu — "Full moon of the dark"BadruddujaUrdu — "Full moon of the dark (night), An epithet of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)"BauriceAmerican — "Form of Maurice meaning "a dark-skinned man; Moorish""BlackstoneEnglish — "Of the dark stone"BlackwellEnglish — "From the dark spring"BlaecleahEnglish — "From the dark meadow."BlagdanEnglish — "From the dark valley."BlagdenEnglish — "From the dark valley."BlagdonEnglish — "From the dark valley."BlakemoreEnglish — "From the dark moor."BraedanIrish — "From the dark valley."BraedenEnglish — "From the dark valley."BraydanIrish — "From the dark valley."BronnsonEnglish — "Variant of Bronson: Son of a dark man."BronsonnEnglish — "Variant of Bronson: Son of a dark man."BronssonEnglish — "Variant of Bronson: Son of a dark man."BrunAnglo-Saxon — "Brown or dark."BrunsEnglish — "Variant of Bruno: Dark of skin."CeiranIrish — "Small with dark hair or complexion."CeirenIrish — "Small with dark hair or complexion."CerinGaelic — "Little dark one."CezarSlavic — "Hairy. Other interpretations: Elephant, dark, beautiful. "CiaranIrish — "Small with dark hair or complexion."CiarenIrish — "Small with dark hair or complexion."CiarinIrish — "Small with dark hair or complexion."CiaronIrish — "Small with dark hair or complexion."ClaecEnglish — "Dark"ColbertTeutonic — "By the coal town, Dark-haired."ColberyEnglish — "By the coal town, Dark-haired."ColdenEnglish — "From the dark valley"ColeridgeEnglish — "From the dark ridge"ColetunEnglish — "From the dark town."ColgateEnglish — "From the dark gate"CollbyEnglish — "Variant of Colby: From the dark farm."CollisEnglish — "Son of the dark man."ColltonEnglish — "Variant of Colton: From a dark town. Also a variant of Colston: Unknown owner of property."ColysEnglish — "Son of the dark man."CorbenEnglish — "Raven, Dark-haired."CorbetEnglish — "Raven, Dark-haired."CorbettEnglish — "Raven, Dark-haired."CorvinFrench — "Raven, Dark-haired."DaegalScandinavian — "Dweller by the dark stream."DamisArabic — "Dark"DarceyFrench — "Dark"DarthAmerican — "Dark"DawayneIrish — "Dark"DoggieScottish — "Diminutive of Douglas: From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river."DojanLatin — "Dark"DonacianoSpanish — "Having dark features"DonealIrish — "Brave, dark-haired one."DonelScottish — "Brave, dark-haired one."DonellScottish — "Brave, dark-haired one."DonellyIrish — "Brave, dark-haired one."DonnallyCeltic — "Brave, dark man"DonnelIrish — "Brave, dark-haired one."DonnellScottish — "Brave, dark-haired one."DonnelleScottish — "Brave, dark-haired one."DonnellyIrish — "Brave, dark man"DonnylIrish — "Brave, dark-haired one."DonovenIrish — "Variant of Donovan: Dark."DonovonIrish — "Variant of Donovan: Dark."DonylIrish — "Brave, dark-haired one."DoogalGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DoogallGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DoogieEnglish — "Diminutive of Douglas: Dark water. In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys."DougEnglish — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DougalScottish — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DougaldScottish — "Variant of Dougal: Dark-skinned stranger."DougallScottish — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DougeGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DougeeGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DougeyIrish — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DoughlasCeltic — "Dwells by the dark stream."DougiGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DougieEnglish — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DouglasScottish — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream."DouglassScottish — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream."DougyGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DubhglasIrish — "Dark stream or dark river"DuffeyCeltic — "Variant of Duff: Dark-skinned."DuffyCeltic — "Variant of Duff: Dark-skinned."DugGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DugalScottish — "Variant of Dougal: Dark-skinned stranger."DugaldGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DugallScottish — "Variant of Dougal: Dark-skinned stranger."DugeeGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DugeyGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DugiGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DugieGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DuglassGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream."DugyGaelic — "Dark stranger from the dark-blue stream. A short form of Douglas."DuniaAmerican — "Having dark features"DunphyAmerican — "A dark and serious man"EphahHebrew — "Of the darkness Epha"FahmatArabic — "Dusk, Darkness"FeardorchaIrish — "Variant of Fardoragh: Dark-skinned man."GhadraArabic — "Dark"GotamaIndian — "The bright one in the darkness"GrimshawEnglish — "From the dark woods."GrimsleyEnglish — "From the dark meadow"GwillAmerican — "Having dark eyes"IdowuWelsh — "A dark-haired man"KarayanArmenian — "Dark"KaruppanHindi — "One who is Dark, Black is Beautiful"KekEgyptian — "Myth name (god of darkness)"KemeNative American — "Little dark."KerriganIrish — "Dusky, dark. A surname."KeyrGaelic — "Small, dark hair / complexioned. A short form of Kieran."KielanIrish — "Small with dark hair or complexion."KierGaelic — "Small dark one"KolbyrNorse — "From the dark settlement"KollNorse — "Dark"KolliNorse — "Dark"KorbanOld French — "Raven, Dark-haired."KorbenOld French — "Raven, Dark-haired."KorbinEnglish — "Raven, Dark-haired."KorbobOld French — "Raven, Dark-haired."KrishnaroopIndian — "Dark"LameekArabic — "One whose eyelids are attractively dark, a person who has the natural appearance of wearing kohl"MacdougallScottish — "Son of the dark stranger."MacfieScottish — "Son of the dark of peace."MaolmilireScottish — "A dark-skinned man"MaurGreek — "Dark"MauriceGreek — "Moor, dark skinned"MauricioSpanish — "Moor, Dark skinned."MaurilioItalian — "Moor, dark skinned"MauritiusLatin — "Moor, Dark skinned."MauritsDutch — "Moor, Dark skinned."MauritzGerman — "Moor, Dark skinned."MaurizioItalian — "Moor, dark skinned"MaurycLatin — "Moor, Dark skinned."MauryceLatin — "Moor, Dark skinned."MaurysLatin — "Moor, Dark skinned."MauryseLatin — "Moor, Dark skinned."MeuricLatin — "Moor, Dark skinned."MeurisseLatin — "Moor, Dark skinned."MeurizWelsh — "Welsh form of Maurice dark, swarthy. See MAURICE"MorenoSpanish — "Moor, Dark skinned."MoritzLatin — "Moor, Dark skinned."MorseEnglish — "Son of the dark one from the moor."MorytzLatin — "Moor, Dark skinned."MulderAmerican — "Of the darkness"NiegalGaelic — "Black, Dark-haired|Champion."NiegelGaelic — "Black, Dark-haired|Champion."NigalGaelic — "Black, Dark-haired|Champion."NigelScandinavian — "Black, Dark-haired|Champion."NigielGaelic — "Black, Dark-haired|Champion."NigilGaelic — "Black, Dark-haired|Champion."NigileGaelic — "Black, Dark-haired|Champion."NijelScandinavian — "Black, Dark-haired|Champion."NygalGaelic — "Black, Dark-haired|Champion."NygelScandinavian — "Black, Dark-haired|Champion."OkonJapanese — "Born of the darkness Okun"PlnchasHebrew — "the mouth of a snake, mouth of brass. It may also be derived from the Egyptian penechase Negro, dark-complexioned. The name is borne in the Bible by a grandson of Aaron, a high priest who became the chief adviser in the war with the Benjamites"RinadArabic — "Agarwood, aloeswood, and generally, any tree that has a good scent (kisi darkht ki achi khusboo)"ShyamIndian — "Dark"SiyamakPersian — "Man with dark eyes"SumranArabic — "Olive-skinned, tan-skinned, a person whose skin color is not very light or dark"TamishHindi — "God of darkness (Moon)"TamoharHindi — "Who Dispels Darkness; The Sun"TamonudHindi — "Dispersing Darkness, Fire, Lamp, The Moon"TanninEnglish — "Tan colored; dark"TeimhneanGaelic — "Dark"TimirbaranIndian — "Dark"TuharHindi — "Remover of the Darkness"TynanGaelic — "Dark"TzalmonHebrew — "Shady, darkness"WannAnglo-Saxon — "Dark"

Girl names that mean Dark

AddrianaEnglish — "Dark"AddriannaEnglish — "Dark"AdrielleLatin — "From Adria, the Adriatic sea region. Also means dark."AdrimaHindi — "Dark"AnishaaHindi — "One who has no darkness"BruneGerman — "Of the dark hair"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. "CharnaHebrew — "Derived from a Slavik word meaning dark"CiardaGaelic — "Dark"CliodhnaIrish — "A dark beauty"ColbeaEnglish — "By the coal town, Dark-haired."ColbeyFrench — "By the coal town, Dark-haired."ColbiEnglish — "By the coal town, Dark-haired."CriseldaAmerican — "Form of Griselda meaning "a gray-haired battlemaid; one who fights the dark battle""DalmaaArabic — "Extremely dark, last night of the lunar month"DarcelFrench — "She is form the fortress, She has dark hair or is of dark complexion."DarcelaFrench — "She is form the fortress, She has dark hair or is of dark complexion."DarcelahFrench — "She is form the fortress, She has dark hair or is of dark complexion."DarceleFrench — "She is form the fortress, She has dark hair or is of dark complexion."DarcellFrench — "She is form the fortress, She has dark hair or is of dark complexion."DarcellaFrench — "She is form the fortress, She has dark hair or is of dark complexion."DarcellahFrench — "She is form the fortress, She has dark hair or is of dark complexion."DarcelleIrish — "She is form the fortress, She has dark hair or is of dark complexion."DarchelleFrench — "Dark"deepthiHindi — "Bring light in the darkness (She is the wife of Sekhar)"duanaGaelic — "Coming from darkness"DubhainIrish — "Dark"EbbonyEnglish — "A dark beauty"EboniiEnglish — "A dark beauty"EsmerayTurkish — "A dark moon"FascienneLatin — "A dark beauty"HachilahHebrew — "From the dark hill"HadreaLatin — "Dark"HirHindi — "Powerful, Power, diamond, darkness"JothiHindi — "Lamp - removes dark ness"KaneeshaAmerican — "A dark-skinned beauty"KeairaIrish — "Little Dark One"KeearraIrish — "Small and dark. A form of Ciara."KeirraEnglish — "Little dark one"KeketEgyptian — "Myth name (goddess of darkness)"KerianaIrish — "Dusky, dark."KeriannIrish — "Dusky, dark."KeriannaIrish — "Dusky, dark."KerianneIrish — "Dusky, dark."KerilynIrish — "Dusky, dark."KerraIrish — "Dusky, dark."KerrianneIrish — "Dusky, dark."KiarraEnglish — "Small, dark"KieronIrish — "Dark"KioraAboriginal — "Little and dark"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"LamaMuslim — "Variant of Lamya: Of dark lips."LamiyaArabic — "With beautiful curls, dark lipped"Lamya LamyaArabic — "Of dark lips"MailihaArabic — "Beautiful, the one with darker shade"MalligavathiHindi — "Dark"MalmuiraScottish — "A dark-skinned beauty"MaurianneLatin — "Feminine of Maurice, meaning dark, or dark-skinned."MelaPolish — "Religious service; A short form of Melanie, dark-haired. "MelahIndian — "Religious service; A short form of Melanie, dark-haired. "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"MelannieEnglish — "A dark- skinned beauty"MelkaPolish — "Dark"MellaIndian — "Religious service; A short form of Melanie, dark-haired. "MellahIndian — "Religious service; A short form of Melanie, dark-haired. "MelloneyLatin — "Variant of Melanie: The black one. Dark. Famous Bearer: A character in Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind'."MellonyEnglish — "Black, dark"NeeluHindi — "Navy-blue colored, dark blue"NildaItalian — "Form of Brunhilda meaning "a dark and noble battlemaiden""PhoenixxEnglish — "A dark red color; in mythology, an immortal bird"QiranArabic — "Dark"QueranIrish — "Dark"ShahlaPersian — "A dark-eyed woman"SietTongan — "The jet stone, Dark, Black."SieteTongan — "The jet stone, Dark, Black."SumairaaArabic — "Olive-skinned, a person’s whose skin is neither very light nor dark"SuneelaHindi — "Suneela is a common Hindu female, deep, dark blue color, Extending all over as the blue Sky"SunlimaHindi — "Bright, Blue, Dark"SyamaHindi — "Black, dark blue"TamaliHindi — "A tree with very dark bark"TomaliHindi — "Tree with very dark bark"VelanieAmerican — "Form of Melanie meaning "a dark-skinned beauty""