You know, some names have a bad meaning but they are so poetic, gothic, and romantic in them. There is a difference between a name simply meaning “sorrows” and a name that mean “child of the tear drop”, “ill-fated star”, “destroyer of peace”, “dark river” or “eternal rival”. They might be bad but they are so interesting! What are some names like this? They give me such a Gothic Victorian or Dark Academic vibe.
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I’m guessing you’ve got this one from your choices of meaning above but Desdemona is ‘ill-fated star’ or ‘ill-starred’ 
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[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f] is awesome! While I probably would not give a child a bad meaning, I find these meanings so fascinating and romantic and I personally wouldn’t hate to be a [name_f]Desdemona[/name_f], the sound is nice and also there is Shakespearean and the meaning sounds very Gothic and I like the vibe.
As a teenager I fully intended to use it as a middle name for my future daughter, have since decided that would be a bit dramatic 
but it does have excellent gothic vibes
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[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] - bringer of death
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u] - sorrowful
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Oh and Casimir is ‘destroyer of peace’ I think?
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Also, you may like [name_f]Hecate[/name_f], [name_f]Lilith[/name_f], [name_u]Azrael[/name_u], [name_m]Osiris[/name_m].
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[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]: she who intoxicates 
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Morana - goddess of death and winter
[name_f]Deirdre[/name_f] - sorrowful and broken-hearted
Stygian - gloomy, relating to the greek river of hate
Kalma - god of death and decay
[name_f]Carmilla[/name_f] - mythical female vampire
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(some of these aren’t exactly “bad” meanings, and others have to do with associations rather than their meaning, but i think most of them fit the vibe your going for!)
Morrigan: phantom queen
Belinda: serpent
Isolde: ice ruler
Dolores: lady of sorrows
Achlys: goddess of death-mist
Vendetta: blood feud
Clotho: spinner (one of the three fates of greek mythology)
Lucifer: the name of the archangel cast into hell & theologians disagree on whether he and Satan are separate beings
Moira: bitter
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[name_f]Nausicaa[/name_f] means burner of ships – burner of relationships?
[name_f]Tisiphone[/name_f] means avenging murder which, I suppose, might distract from nurturing a romantic relationship.
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Aridam is an indian name meaning “destroyer of foes”. Kind of poetic.
[name_m]Alastor[/name_m] means tormentor.
[name_u]Eris[/name_u] is the greek goddess of strife.
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[name_m]Casimir[/name_m] is destroyer of peace right?
[name_m]Talbot[/name_m] - messenger of destruction
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[name_f]Perdita[/name_f] meaning “lost” comes to mind. It’s not exactly poetic since its only one word but there’s still something really haunting about it.
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I love names like this!!
Adrienne – the dark one (or the one from Hadria)
Keir – dark-haired, dark-skinned
Lisha – darkness before midnight, or short for Alicia or Felicia
Ozul – from the Hebrew, meaning shadow
Umbra / Ombra – from the Latin, meaning shade or darkness
Hecate – Greek goddess associated with witchcraft and the underworld
Inclementia – from the Latin meaning cruelty
Kalma – the Finnish god of death and decay
Naenia – the Roman goddess of funerals
Perdita – from the Latin meaning lost
Solanine – a type of poison found in nightshade
Astaroth – the Grand Duke of hell
Azriel – angel of death
Hemlock – a type of poison
Moloch – an ancient pagan god, and a unique gothic baby boy name
Morte – French meaning death
I got most of these from this article: 190 Gothic Baby Names & Their Meanings | Peanut there are several more I didn’t list, but all of them are really nice!