Browse Names
79 Names found
The term "mist, darkness" in Greek. In Hesiod's poem, she appears as one of the images depicted on the shield of Heracles. She is portrayed as a...
The term means "evil spirit", derived from Avestan 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀, which translates to "evil, destructive," and 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎, meaning "spirit, mind." In Zoroastrian...
The term "the black god" originates from the Old Slavic words čĭrnŭ, meaning "black," and bogŭ, meaning "god." Some later references describe...
Derived from the Irish ciar signifying "black". In Irish legend, Ciar was a son of Fergus mac Róich and Medb, and the ancestor of the tribe of the...
An Old English nickname denoting charcoal, which was initially used to describe someone with dark complexion.
The surname Colby has roots in various place names and is derived from the Old Norse elements Koli, which means "coal" or "dark," and býr, meaning...
The English surname Cole has origins in medieval times, where it served as a shortened form of the name Nicholas or the byname Cola. Notable individua...
From a French surname that was derived from corbeau "raven", originally denoting a person who had dark hair. The name was likely popularized in...
Composed of the Old Irish element donn "brown" combined with dub "dark" and a diminutive suffix.
An anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Dubhghall, which signifies "dark stranger", derived from Old Irish dub meaning "dark" and gall meaning...
Derived from a Scottish surname that originated from a town in Lanarkshire, which was named after the Douglas Water, a tributary of the River Clyde....
Derived from an Irish surname, which is an Anglicized version of Ó Dubhghaill. The given name Dubhghall is the origin of Ó Dubhghaill. A notable...
Derived from the Irish surname Ó Dubháin, which is an Anglicized version of the given name Dubhán. Its use in America began in the early 1900s. The...
Derived from Old Irish Dubán signifying "little dark one", from dub "dark, black" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a few early ...
Derived from Old Irish dub "dark, black" and either slán "challenge, defiance" or Sláine, the Irish name of the River Slaney [1].
An Old Irish name derived from dub meaning "dark, black" combined with a second element of unknown meaning. This was the name of a 6th-century saint w...
Originating from a Scottish or Irish family name, it stems from Anglicized versions of the Gaelic dubh, which translates to "dark".
Derived from the Old English elements dunn "dark" and stan "stone". This name was borne by a 10th-century saint, the archbishop of Canterbury. It saw...
From the English word ebony for the black wood that comes from the ebony tree. It is ultimately from the Egyptian word hbnj. In America this name is...
A Norman French form of Emmerich. The Normans introduced it to England, and though it was never popular, it survived until the end of the Middle...
The Latinized form of the Greek Ἔρεβος (Erebos), which signifies "nether darkness". Erebus was the personification of primordial darkness in Greek myt...
From the English word garnet for the precious stone, the birthstone of January. The word comes from Middle English gernet meaning "dark red".
Derived from the medieval name Gundisalvus, which is the Latin version of a Germanic (possibly Visigothic or Suebi) name that combines the elements gu...
From Greek Ἅιδης (Haides), derived from ἀϊδής (aides) meaning "unseen". In Greek mythology, Hades was the god of the underworld, a realm that also...
From the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, meaning "from Hadria" in Latin. Hadria was the name of two Roman settlements. The first (modern Adria) is in...
Means "nocturnal journey" in Arabic, from سرى (sarā) meaning "to travel by night". In Islamic tradition, the Isra was a miraculous journey undertaken...
From Kazakh жан (jan) meaning "soul" and сая (saya) meaning "shadow, shade, protection, comfort" (both words of Persian origin).
From the English word jet, which can denote either a jet aircraft or an intense black colour (the words derive from different sources).
Means "black, dark" in Turkish. This was occasionally used as a byname by Ottoman officials, figuratively meaning "courageous".
Derived from Greek κελαινός (kelainos) meaning "black, dark, murky". This was the name of several characters in Greek mythology, including a daughter...
Means "dark" in Maori. In Maori mythology this is the guardian of the ocean, with the Pacific Ocean sometimes called Te Moana nui a Kiwa "the ocean...
Old Norse byname meaning "black brow", from kol "coal" and brún "eyebrow".
Derived from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) meaning "black, dark". This is the name of a Hindu deity believed to be an incarnation of Vishnu. According to...
Signifies "night" in Arabic. Layla was the beloved of the poet Qays (known as Majnun) in an ancient Arab tale, most famously retold by the...
A variation of Layla, and the standard Persian transliteration.
Lord Byron used this spelling for characters in The Giaour (1813) and Don Juan (1819),...From Akkadian lilitu meaning "of the night". This referred to a type of demon in ancient Assyrian myths. In Jewish tradition, she was Adam's first...
Probably an Irish form of Lugus. In Irish mythology, Lugh Lámfada was a divine hero who led the Tuatha Dé Danann against his grandfather Balor and the...
Possibly from one of the Indo-European roots *lewk- "light, brightness", *lewg- "dark", or *lewgh- "oath". This was a Celtic (Gaulish) god of...
Probably from the name of the mythological figure Lugh. An obscure early Irish saint bore this name, mentioned in the martyrologies of Tallaght [1] an...
The female form of Maurus.
Derived from the Roman name Mauritius, which itself is a variation of Maurus. Saint Maurice, a Roman soldier from Egypt who lived in the 3rd century,...
A French feminine variant of Maurice.