Do you want your child to become an evil genius when he or she grows up? Perhaps you can prepare for this by giving the child the right name to begin with. Here is a list of names which mean dark, deadly, spooky or just plain neat meanings.
| Girls | Boys | ||
| Name | Meaning | Name | Meaning |
| Adriana | dark one | Adrian | dark one |
| Adrienne | dark one | Blade | knife |
| Airlia | ethereal | Braeden | from the dark valley |
| Aislinn | dream | Bran | raven |
| Aiyana | eternal blossom | Brend | little raven |
| Akuji | dead & awake | Brendan | (little) raven |
| Amara | eternal | Brone | sorrow |
| Amaris | child of the moon | Condon | dark-haired wise man |
| Amaya | night rain | Corbett | raven |
| Ariel | ethereal | Corbin | raven |
| Artemis | goddess of the moon | Corey | raven |
| Ashling | dream, vision | Crevan | fox |
| Asta | star | Daray | dark |
| Astra | like a star | Darcy | dark |
| Astrid | star | Daren | born at night |
| Belinda | beautiful snake | Delano | of the night |
| Brenna | raven maid | Donovan | dark warrior |
| Cassandra | she who is ignored | Douglas | from the dark water |
| Celina | moon | Doyle | dark stranger |
| Danica | the morning star | Drake | dragon |
| Darcy | dark | Duglas | dark stranger |
| Desdemona | of the devil | Duncan | dark-skinned warrior |
| Dysis | sunset | Gregory | vigilante |
| Ebony | dark strength (beauty) | Hadrian | dark one |
| Eris | goddess of strife | Karan | tyrant |
| Estelle | star | Keegan | little fiery one |
| Esther | star | Keir | black |
| Hesper | evening star | Keiran | little & black |
| Hester | star | Kiernan | dark-skinned |
| Hina | goddess of the moon | Kern | dark |
| Hoshi, Hoshiko | star | Kerr | marshland |
| Isadora | gift of the moon | Kione | someone who comes from nowhere |
| Kali | Maurice | moor | |
| Kamaria | like the moon | Nigel | dark |
| Keaira | little dark one | Remington | from the raven estate |
| Kerri | dark & mysterious | Raven | like the raven |
| Khalida | immortal | Ryu | void, dragon |
| Kieran | little dark one | Than | death |
| Laila | night | ||
| Laleh | born at night | Unknown Gender | |
| Layla | dark beauty | Name | Meaning |
| Leila | black, born at night | Jolon | valley of the dead oaks |
| Lila | night | Kishi | night |
| Lilith | spirit of the night | Koko | night |
| Lotus | dreamlike | Nyoka | snake |
| Luna | moon | Ratri | night |
| Lunette | moon | ||
| Magena | the coming moon | ||
| Maura | dark | ||
| Maurine | dark | ||
| Melanie | dark-clothed | ||
| Melantha | dark flower | ||
| Melinda | gentle, dark | ||
| Messina | spoiler | ||
| Mindy | gentle, dark | ||
| Nedra | below the earth | ||
| Neoma | new moon | ||
| Neona | new moon | ||
| Nokomis | daughter of the moon | ||
| Nox | night | ||
| Nyx | night | ||
| Philomena | lover of the moon | ||
| Razi | secret | ||
| Rhiannon | witch | ||
| Sahara | moon | ||
| Seiko | force | ||
| Selena | moon | ||
| Stella | star | ||
| Svetlana | of the light | ||
| Rebecca | to bind, to tie | ||
| Tala | wolf | ||
| Vega | falling star | ||