Moody, gothic, romantic names?

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[name_f]My[/name_f] husband and I both recently fell in love with the name [name_f]Lenore[/name_f] for a girl. I want to make a list of more girl, boy, and unisex names that fit this aesthetic of moody/gothic/romantic, dark and a little bit mysterious or otherworldly but still classic and recognizable in a sort of historical/old fashioned way. I really like that [name_f]Lenore[/name_f] is recognizable as a variation of [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], as well as its reference to [name_u]Poe[/name_u]. I’m thinking names that would be a similar aesthetic to our wedding (winter, deep rich colors, velvet, candlelight, vintage inspired dress etc.)

Thanks for your help!

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[name_u]Raven[/name_u]
[name_f]Luneth[/name_f]
[name_u]Rune[/name_u]
[name_u]Solstice[/name_u]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Xena[/name_f]
[name_f]Zosia[/name_f]
[name_u]Rigel[/name_u]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
Morenna
[name_f]Rowenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_f]Yuna[/name_f]
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u]
[name_u]Ophir[/name_u]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f]
[name_f]Melisandre[/name_f]
[name_f]Tanith[/name_f]

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites in that style (or vaguely similar) are:

[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] (nn Nancy)
[name_f]Mildred[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Giulietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabriella[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilda[/name_f]
[name_u]Romilly[/name_u]
[name_u]Florence[/name_u]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Roxanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Mandolin[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_u]Hazel[/name_u]
[name_u]Raven[/name_u]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Edelweiss[/name_f]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalene[/name_f]
[name_f]Mila[/name_f]
[name_u]Marlin[/name_u]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
[name_f]Astoria[/name_f] (nn Story)
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Liesl[/name_f]

[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_u]Finnegan[/name_u]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Raven[/name_u]
[name_m]Damian[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_u]Merlin[/name_u]
[name_u]Marlin[/name_u]
[name_m]Marvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]

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Oh I love this!!

[name_f]Antigone[/name_f], [name_f]Audra[/name_f], [name_f]Augusta[/name_f], [name_f]Bryony[/name_f], [name_f]Circe[/name_f], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Cosima[/name_f], [name_f]Cressida[/name_f], [name_f]Demelza[/name_f], [name_f]Demetria[/name_f], [name_f]Enola[/name_f], [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f], [name_f]Ginevra[/name_f], [name_f]Gwenyth[/name_f], [name_f]Hermione[/name_f], [name_f]Idony[/name_f], [name_f]Isadora[/name_f], [name_f]Isolde[/name_f], [name_f]Morwenna[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Opaline[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f], [name_f]Petra[/name_f], [name_u]Phaedra[/name_u], [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], [name_f]Rowena[/name_f], [name_f]Sabina[/name_f], [name_f]Sabine[/name_f], [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f], [name_f]Theodora[/name_f], [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f], [name_f]Thomasin[/name_f], [name_f]Thora[/name_f], [name_f]Viola[/name_f], [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]

[name_m]Alaric[/name_m], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_m]Aurelian[/name_m], [name_m]Bastian[/name_m], [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u], [name_m]Bram[/name_m], [name_m]Cassander[/name_m], [name_u]Darcy[/name_u], [name_u]Dorian[/name_u], [name_m]Faramond[/name_m], [name_u]Florian[/name_u], [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m], [name_m]Isidore[/name_m], [name_m]Lorcan[/name_m], [name_m]Lucian[/name_m], [name_m]Lysander[/name_m], [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], [name_u]Oberon[/name_u], [name_m]Percival[/name_m], [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Sylvan[/name_m], Thadde

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[name_f]Lenore[/name_f] is gorgeous!

I’ll suggest:

[name_u]Mina[/name_u]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_f]Morven[/name_f]
[name_u]Sinclair[/name_u]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m]
[name_f]Branwen[/name_f]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_f]Lilias[/name_f]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]

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[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_m]Keir[/name_m]
[name_m]Philemon[/name_m]
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]Wesley[/name_u]

[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_u]Damaris[/name_u]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_u]Marie[/name_u]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Noreen[/name_f]
[name_u]Rose[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]

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[name_f]Annabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Ursa[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Morgana[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaux[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]

[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Octavian[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_u]Charles[/name_u]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_u]Cecil[/name_u]
[name_m]Arcturus[/name_m]
[name_u]Walter[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Zigmund[/name_m]

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[name_f]Astarte[/name_f]
[name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Christabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f]
[name_f]Evadne[/name_f]
Gethsemane
[name_f]Hypatia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ismene[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocasta[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucrezia[/name_f]
[name_f]Medea[/name_f]
[name_f]Nerissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_u]Phaedra[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Sapphira[/name_f]
[name_f]Titania[/name_f]
[name_f]Vashti[/name_f]

[name_u]Auberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Flavian[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamlet[/name_m]
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Melchior[/name_m]
[name_m]Orestes[/name_m]
[name_m]Samael[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_m]Valerian[/name_m]

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To me these could feel gothic :blush:

Girls

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
Alessandra/ Alexandra/ [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Azalea[/name_f]
[name_f]Athalia[/name_f]
Dahila
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudine[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudette[/name_f]
[name_f]Celestia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_u]Cataleya[/name_u]
[name_f]Carmina[/name_f]
Caspia
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
Datura
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]
Hyacinth/ [name_f]Hyacinthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Joséphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
Karafina
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_u]Lumen[/name_u]
[name_f]Liriope[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Liriel[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Leandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilies[/name_f]
[name_f]Lourdes[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Morgana[/name_f]
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f]
[name_u]Narcisse[/name_u]
[name_f]Odelia[/name_f]
Ottalina
Ondine/ Ondeline
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
Orpheia
Rosebeth/ [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] / Roses
[name_f]Rowenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_u]Raven[/name_u]
Seraphina/ [name_f]Saphira[/name_f]
Sylviana/ Sylvaine/ [name_f]Sylvana[/name_f]
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Twyla[/name_f]
Una/ [name_f]Oona[/name_f]
Ursa/ Ursaline/ [name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Verona[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Vespera[/name_f]
Vasilissa/ [name_f]Vasilisa[/name_f]
Vivienne/ [name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
Violet/ Violette/ [name_f]Violetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Willamina[/name_f]
[name_f]Yennefer[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvette[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvaine[/name_f]

Boys

[name_m]Elior[/name_m]
[name_m]Elidor[/name_m]
[name_m]Eldarion[/name_m]
[name_u]Evren[/name_u]
Erion
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
Ewer
[name_m]Caius[/name_m]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_u]Antares[/name_u]
Jaspen
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m]
[name_m]Silvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
Ayrthon
Arcturos
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
Aurelion
[name_u]Peregrine[/name_u]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Caradoc[/name_m]
Caladrius
Voldemar
[name_u]Callahan[/name_u]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_u]Carlisle[/name_u]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] nn ‘Nyx
Cilian/ [name_m]Cillian[/name_m]
[name_u]Celestin[/name_u]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_u]Polaris[/name_u]
[name_m]Creed[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]

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I love [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u]

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continuing the poe theme . . .
alessandra
annabel (lee)
berenice
camille
eleanora
eulalie
helen
jacinta
lalage
ligeia
madeline
morella
ravena
rowena
ulalume

from romantic or gothic novels . . .
adele
anne
antoinetta
blanche
carlotta
carmilla
caroline
catherine
christine
diana
ellen
isabella
jane
laura
lavenza
maria
marian
mary
mircalla
rebecca
rosamond
sibyl
victoria

reminders of winter . . .
aeronwen
alcyone
anastasia
befana
bianca
blanca
calanthe
demeter
eira
eirlys
elsa
elsabeth
gwyneira
havaska
holly
isolde
koliada
marzana
morana
myrtle
niviria
salna
setsura
solsticia
talvia
winica

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These are amazing, thank you!! I’m loving [name_f]Sybil[/name_f], [name_u]Camille[/name_u], [name_u]Jasper[/name_u], [name_m]Stellan[/name_m], [name_f]Winifred[/name_f], [name_f]Oona[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_m]Albert[/name_m], [name_m]Victor[/name_m], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m], [name_m]Bram[/name_m], [name_f]Demelza[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Isolde[/name_f], [name_f]Petra[/name_f], [name_f]Sabine[/name_f], [name_f]Theodora[/name_f], [name_f]Thomasin[/name_f], [name_f]Viola[/name_f], Thora… so many good ones. Boys names are so much harder :sob: