Halloween is just around the corner, so I thought it would be cool to start a thread about awesome Halloween inspired names. It is one of my favoriteeeee holidays, so this should be fun. You can post names that are somehow tied to the actual holiday or something spooky in general…lol. They don’t have to be names you would actually use, so feel free to go wild. I’ll start by adding my list… All of my favs are in bold print!
Meaning of [name]Lilith[/name]: “ghost, night monster”
Meaning of [name]Sibyl[/name]: “seer, oracle”
Meaning of [name]Sirena[/name]: “entangler” (mythological siren who sang men to death)
Meaning of [name]Selena[/name]: “moon goddess”
Meaning of [name]Draco[/name]: “dragon”
Meaning of [name]Zilla[/name]: “shadow”
From Charmed:
[name]Prudence[/name], [name]Piper[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name], [name]Paige[/name]
On my blog (bumblebeebree.wordpress.com) I’ve been doing 31 names for Halloween. I started [name]October[/name] 1st and it leads up to Halloween day; I give background, origin and meaning along with why is should be used for Halloween. The names I’ve used are:
[name]Regan[/name]
Lestat
[name]Lilith[/name]
[name]Roderick[/name] (From The Fall of the House of [name]Usher[/name])
[name]Alchemy[/name]
[name]Hannibal[/name]
Tituba (One of the very first women to accused of witch craft- and the only one to confess to doing it)
[name]Vlad[/name]
Erzs”bet ([name]Elizabeth[/name] Bathory’s real name)
[name]Merlin[/name]
Elphaba (The Wicked Witch’s name is the Wicked books and musical)
[name]Sweeney[/name] (As in [name]Todd[/name])
[name]Lenore[/name] (Another [name]Poe[/name] character)
[name]Bram[/name] (Stoker)
[name]Morrigan[/name] ([name]Goddess[/name] of Death that appears in the form of a raven)
[name]Nero[/name]
[name]Rosemary[/name] ([name]Rosemary[/name]'s [name]Baby[/name])
Belial (One of the Dukes of Hell)
[name]Wednesday[/name] (Addams)
[name]Ichabod[/name]
[name]Claudia[/name] (From Interview with the Vampire)
Wolfram (Meaning “[name]Wolf[/name] raven”)
[name]Mary[/name] ([name]Shelley[/name])
[name]Constantine[/name] ([name]John[/name] [name]Constantine[/name])
[name]Persephone[/name] ([name]Goddess[/name] of the Underworld and Hades wife)
Hey you guys, This is brilliant. [name]Do[/name] you want to get together and write a guest blog on this subject, or shall we turn your great ideas into a blog with full credit to you? Really fun ideas and great names. Let us know at linda@nameberry.com or pam@nameberry.com.
Morticia, [name]Elvira[/name], Samhain, [name]Jacquelyn[/name] (reminds me of [name]Jack[/name]-o-lanterns), [name]Diantha[/name] (the name of a female demon in the [name]Sookie[/name] Stackhouse series that actually sounds like a demon name), Theria (one possible meaning is “harvest”)
Other names that can mean black: [name]Milena[/name], [name]Melaina[/name], [name]Melanie[/name], [name]Melana[/name], [name]Ciara[/name], [name]Sable[/name], [name]Ebony[/name], [name]Carey[/name], [name]Jetta[/name], [name]Kiara[/name], [name]Lela[/name], [name]Nerissa[/name]
@Evanescencedolly: [name]LOVE[/name] that you mentioned Elphaba, [name]Morrigan[/name] and especially Lestat, which brings up Merrick and [name]Rowan[/name], and I love that you mentioned Tituba. There’s actually a good book: I, Tituba, [name]Black[/name] Witch of [name]Salem[/name].
I apologize in advance for any repeats, this was fun researching:
[name]Carol[/name] [name]Anne[/name] (little girl from Poltergeist)
[name]Craven[/name] (as in [name]Wes[/name])
[name]Sidney[/name] (from Scream)
[name]Hitchcock[/name] (as in [name]Alfred[/name])
[name]Danny[/name] (little boy from The Shining)
Pugsley (Addams)
Morticia (Addams)
Gomez (Addams)
Fester (Addams)
Lurch (Addams Family)
[name]Blair[/name] (The Witch Project)
Loomis (characters from Psycho and Halloween)
[name]Freddie[/name] Krueger (Nightmare on [name]Elm[/name] St)
[name]Louis[/name] and Lestat (vampires from Interview with the Vampire)
[name]Claudia[/name] (girl from Interview with the Vampire)
[name]Egon[/name], Venkman, Spangler, [name]Ray[/name], [name]Dana[/name] [name]Barrett[/name] (Ghostbusters)
[name]Winnie[/name], [name]Sarah[/name], and [name]Mary[/name] [name]Sanderson[/name] (sister witches from Hocus Pocus)
[name]Ichabod[/name] [name]Crane[/name] and [name]Katrina[/name] (Sleepy Hollow)
Amontillado and [name]Fortunado[/name] ([name]Poe[/name]'s The Cask of Amontillado)
[name]Roderick[/name] [name]Usher[/name] ([name]Poe[/name]'s The Fall of the House of [name]Usher[/name])
Macbeth ([name]Wm[/name]. [name]Shakespeare[/name])
Hemlock
Witch [name]Hazel[/name] (Looney Tunes)
Dòideag (A witch from [name]Scotland[/name], involved in demise of Spanish Armada)
[name]Hilda[/name] (witch from Broom [name]Hilda[/name] Comic strip)
Mombi (bad witch from Return to [name]Oz[/name])
Strega [name]Nona[/name] (means Grandma Witch in Italian)
Galadriel (witch from [name]Lord[/name] of the Rings)
[name]Glinda[/name] ([name]Wizard[/name] of [name]Oz[/name])
[name]Sarah[/name] Good, [name]Sarah[/name] [name]Osborne[/name], Tituba (first 3 accused at [name]Salem[/name] Witch Trials)
The cat from Hocus Pocus was Thackery Binx–I love the sound of Thackery, but everyone would just think you were lisping [name]Zachary[/name]. Oh well. The actress that plays [name]Dani[/name] in Hocus Pocus is [name]Thora[/name], which is a great name!
