Your Best "Dark Academia" Names?

[aleksa_yusupovcrow]

Hey berries! I just learned this new term "dark academia’ from my fourteen year old niece. I looked it up and it describes what I was obsessed with when I was a teenager. What are your names that would fit this description from [name_u]Urban[/name_u] Dictionary:

An aesthetic that is inspired by old and classic literature/philosophy, as well as themes of existentialism and death (essentially a knowledgeable, vintage emo).

I have [name_f]Irina[/name_f] and [name_f]Isadora[/name_f] for girls and [name_m]Camille[/name_m] and [name_m]Barthelemy[/name_m] for boys. What about you?
I think my children’s names fit in this aesthetic as well, haha, [name_m]Leo[/name_m] and [name_f]Ginevra[/name_f].
xx

[tallemaja]

I’m pretty familiar with dark academia! I think these fit
[name_f]Anais[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Apollonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Arcadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anthea[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Adalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Blanchefleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Corisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u]
[name_f]Calluna[/name_f]
[name_f]Calanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Drucilla[/name_f]
[name_u]Damaris[/name_u]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Dianthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Damiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f]Eponine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ernestine[/name_f]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Honora[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Iolanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
Lillibeth
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucasta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ludivine[/name_f]
[name_u]Lumen[/name_u]
[name_f]Magdalen[/name_f]
[name_f]Melisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Melusine[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Odelia[/name_f]
Ostara
[name_u]Penrose[/name_u]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f]
[name_f]Phillipa[/name_f]
[name_u]Phaedra[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosenwyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Roxanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Sappho[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Sunniva[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
[name_f]Theda[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thomasina[/name_f]
[name_f]Tuesday[/name_f]
[name_f]Vianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Vienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Venetia[/name_f]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Victorine[/name_f]
[name_f]Winona[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]

[aleksa_yusupovcrow]

Wow, that’s quite a list! I adore [name_f]Rowena[/name_f] and [name_f]Claudia[/name_f]! Sybil and Sylvie are magical!

[tallemaja]

Forgot the boys! Oops
[name_m]Astrophel[/name_m]
[name_m]Apollo[/name_m]
[name_u]Atlas[/name_u]
[name_m]Alban[/name_m]
[name_m]Anselm[/name_m]
[name_m]Artemus[/name_m]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassander[/name_m]
[name_m]Castor[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Emilian[/name_m]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabian[/name_m]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurent[/name_m]
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m] [name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Lars[/name_m]
[name_u]Montgomery[/name_u]
[name_u]Meridian[/name_u]
[name_m]Nicanor[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicasio[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Nestor[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Othello[/name_m]
[name_u]Oleander[/name_u]
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_m]Stanford[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]

[Johannaa]

I think [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] really fit the describtion.

[aleksa_yusupovcrow]

I adore [name_u]Florian[/name_u]! [name_u]Valentine[/name_u] is gorgeous as well!

[midwinter]

@tallemaja gave an amazing list and I also agree with @Johannaa about [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]!

I would classify a dark academia name as anything classic or literary, anything with a connection to myth or history or poetry or a love of learning. Since Greek and Latin are so appreciated within DA communities any of those names would probably count, but anything connected to a love of learning/knowledge/philosophy from any language definitely counts!

Lysandra, [name_f]Emiliana[/name_f], [name_f]Circe[/name_f], and pretty much all variations of [name_f]Mary[/name_f] are among my first thoughts. But when it comes to my top dark academia name I have to say [name_f]Scholastica[/name_f]!

[aleksa_yusupovcrow]

Couldn’t have phrased it better! I adore [name_f]Emiliana[/name_f], it’s on my list! [name_f]Scholastica[/name_f], haha, I only think of nuns! It’s a great academia name though!
xx

[anon25197097]

These names fit this vibe for me.

Eugenia
Claudette
Tomasina
Wilhelmina
Verity
Annabeth
Rosanna
Roxanne
Clara
Meredith
Morgan/Morgana
Thisbe
Thalia
Francine
Antoinette
Apolline
Odette
Henriette
Alice
Sylvia
Jessamy
Cordelia
Miranda
Clarice
Myrtle
Maud
Maven
Saskia
Sasha
Melinoe
Lettice
Elena
Thora
Therese
Lucille

Terrence
Claude
Dorian
Vince
Edward
Penrose
Hugh
Casper
Phineas
Ludovic
Cyrus
Evander
Earnest
August
Ambrose
Gideon
Gabriel
Royce
Eames
Hubert
Randall
Constantine
Reginald
Clyde

[aleksa_yusupovcrow]

Your list is brill! [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] is such a beautiful boy’s name! I always think of the Picture of [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] [name_u]Gray[/name_u], a book I loved when I was a teen.
xx

[anon25197097]

Yes definitely I think the ultimate boy and girls name to fit this vibe would be [name_f]Lilith[/name_f] and [name_u]Dorian[/name_u].

[acajou]

@rosepip!!

[rosepip]

Ooh! The dark academia aesthetic smothers most of my life (I’m a classics student), and I’m so glad it seems to come through to my names! I’ve put them under the thing because there are many.

the most dark academia-ish girl names form my list!

[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriette[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Athene[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Freyja[/name_f]
Livienne
[name_f]Livia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
Alletta
[name_f]Ione[/name_f]
[name_f]Mireille[/name_f]
[name_f]Nyx[/name_f]
[name_f]Idony[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Thessaly[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Dianthe[/name_f]
[name_u]Dione[/name_u]
[name_f]Athalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Calanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Corisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Signe[/name_f]
Thallette
Ophélie
[name_f]Eris[/name_f]
[name_f]Aemilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Astraea[/name_f]
Perannon
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Valkyrie[/name_f]
[name_f]Morrigan[/name_f]
[name_f]Ferelith[/name_f]
[name_f]Aristeia[/name_f]
Aurélie
Ferewin
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elide[/name_f]
Alinea
[name_u]Mercury[/name_u]
[name_f]Leonore[/name_f]
[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwenllian[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoire[/name_f]
[name_f]Athenais[/name_f]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsinore[/name_f]
[name_f]Ailsa[/name_f]
[name_u]Corin[/name_u]
[name_f]Ceridwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Viridis[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilse[/name_f]
[name_f]Swanhilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Flordelis[/name_f]
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f]
[name_f]Avelot[/name_f]
[name_f]Neried[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Alienor[/name_f]
[name_f]Aenor[/name_f]
[name_f]Hecate[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
Epione
[name_f]Helisent[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurembiaix[/name_f]
[name_f]Sigrid[/name_f]
[name_u]Endellion[/name_u]
[name_f]Nephele[/name_f]
[name_f]Eluned[/name_f]
[name_f]Leocadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Solveig[/name_f]
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Elysande[/name_f]
[name_f]Melisande[/name_f]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u]
[name_f]Asterope[/name_f]
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleftheria[/name_f]
[name_f]Andromache[/name_f]
[name_f]Cendrillon[/name_f]
Ragnheiðr ([name_f]Ragnheidur[/name_f])
[name_f]Theone[/name_f]
[name_f]Saga[/name_f]
[name_f]Thallo[/name_f]
[name_f]Eos[/name_f]
[name_f]Bellona[/name_f]
Kythereia
[name_f]Quilla[/name_f]
Wilderose
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f]
[name_f]Severine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Acadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f]
[name_f]Celestine[/name_f]
Olympias
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_f]Circe[/name_f]
[name_f]Proserpine[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemonde[/name_f]
[name_f]Tisiphone[/name_f]
[name_f]Azenor[/name_f]
[name_f]Annemieke[/name_f]
[name_f]Odile[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Philophrosyne[/name_f]
Adrasteia
[name_f]Adrastea[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f]
[name_f]Sappho[/name_f]
[name_f]Khione[/name_f]
[name_f]Urse[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Alcyone[/name_f]
[name_f]Clio[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
[name_f]Galatea[/name_f]
[name_f]Io[/name_f]
[name_f]Nimue[/name_f]
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f]
[name_u]Thyme[/name_u]
[name_u]Tarian[/name_u]
[name_u]Echo[/name_u]
[name_f]Yseult[/name_f]
[name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Leda[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronte[/name_f]
[name_f]Styx[/name_f]
[name_f]Vienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Hesperia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Alouette[/name_f]
[name_f]Amadea[/name_f]
[name_u]Tempest[/name_u]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
Hela
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Iolanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Oceane[/name_f]
[name_f]Atalanta[/name_f]
[name_f]Viatrix[/name_f]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
[name_f]Hereswith[/name_f]
[name_f]Melusine[/name_f]
[name_f]Poesy[/name_f]
[name_f]Endelienta[/name_f]
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Sonnet[/name_f]
[name_f]Celine[/name_f]
[name_u]Phaedra[/name_u]
[name_f]Cordis[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Belphoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Alastriona[/name_f]
[name_f]Elke[/name_f]
[name_f]Medea[/name_f]
[name_f]Thais[/name_f]
[name_u]Fiore[/name_u]
[name_f]Penthesilea[/name_f]
[name_u]October[/name_u]
[name_u]Lovelace[/name_u]
[name_f]Astoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Callisto[/name_f]
[name_f]Dulcinea[/name_f]
[name_f]Boudicca[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannelore[/name_f]
Hippolyta
Arsinoë
[name_u]Nightingale[/name_u]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Liadan[/name_f]
[name_f]Cybele[/name_f]
[name_f]Wisteria[/name_f]
[name_f]Parthenope[/name_f]
[name_f]Aquitaine[/name_f]
[name_u]Damaris[/name_u]
[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f]
[name_f]Apollonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophronia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f]
Orpheama
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Electra[/name_f]
[name_f]Idalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleocharia[/name_f]
[name_f]Abyssinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleophee[/name_f]
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]-[name_f]Moon[/name_f]
[name_f]Freydis[/name_f]
[name_f]Sericea[/name_f]
[name_f]Hildegarde[/name_f]
[name_f]Tuilelaith[/name_f]
[name_u]Starling[/name_u]
Esmerée
[name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Merope[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottoline[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Reverie[/name_f]
[name_u]Liron[/name_u]
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Lysistrata[/name_f]
[name_f]Eurydice[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f]
Euphrosyne
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Alecto[/name_f]
[name_f]Eirlys[/name_f]
[name_f]Elswyth[/name_f]
[name_u]Josie[/name_u]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
[name_f]Opaline[/name_f]
[name_f]Thomasin[/name_f]
Ostara
[name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Hellae[/name_f]
Helspeth
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
Idunn
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
[name_u]Hero[/name_u]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiammetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Eadaoine[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Idalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eadlin[/name_f]
[name_f]Dido[/name_f]
[name_f]Coraline[/name_f]
[name_f]Brigid[/name_f]
[name_f]Astra[/name_f]
[name_f]Iona[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Pomeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Elfrida[/name_f]
[name_f]Lysandra[/name_f]
[name_u]September[/name_u]
Amaranthe
[name_f]Edurne[/name_f]
[name_f]Amaris[/name_f]
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarimond[/name_f]
Elefsryth
[name_f]Lucasta[/name_f]

the most dark academia-ish names on my list for boys (there aren't many!)

[name_m]Leonardo[/name_m]
[name_m]Finneas[/name_m]
[name_u]Eliot[/name_u]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Etienne[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_u]Montgomery[/name_u]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_u]Tiernan[/name_u]
[name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelius[/name_m]
[name_u]Julian[/name_u]
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
Alidor
[name_m]Quillan[/name_m]
[name_m]Emeric[/name_m]
[name_m]Pendragon[/name_m]
[name_u]Peregrine[/name_u]
[name_u]Oleander[/name_u]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_u]Fionn[/name_u]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Cassander[/name_m]
[name_u]Tarian[/name_u]
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u]
[name_u]Griffin[/name_u]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Devlin[/name_m]
[name_m]Magne[/name_m]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Havelock[/name_m]
[name_m]Cailean[/name_m]
[name_m]Perseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Urso[/name_m]
[name_u]Mercury[/name_u]
[name_m]Noctis[/name_m]
[name_m]Moss[/name_m]
[name_m]Corentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Taranis[/name_m]
[name_m]Merlin[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxence[/name_m]
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m]
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_u]Auberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Laszlo[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Acacius[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_m]Astrophel[/name_m]
[name_m]Carnelian[/name_m]
[name_m]Theoden[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Bastien[/name_m]
Asterian
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_u]Basil[/name_u]
Basilton
[name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonidas[/name_m]
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
Fenrin
[name_m]Alasdair[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Lir[/name_m]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_u]Caraway[/name_u]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Elidor[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Beowulf[/name_m]

[may.rose]

[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Octavian[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonid[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodoric[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Forrester[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_m]Wulfric[/name_m]
[name_u]Griffin[/name_u]

[name_f]Mauve[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Morgana[/name_f]
[name_f]Megara[/name_f]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Catarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f]

[katinka]

@rosepip these are just

[sophia_elena]

When you said there wasn’t too many I was prepared for like 10 names at most
Also, those lists are the most impressive things I’ve ever seen!!

[BlueberryFinn]

Ha! Turns out all my top names are on these lists, guess this must be my style

[wintergarden]

Reviving this thread!

Names on my list that fit this aesthetic

Winona
Luna
Vivienne
Audrey
Alice
Bryony
Rhiannon
Arabella
Rosamund
Ramona
Matilda
Pandora
Genevieve
Ottilie
Madeline
Harriet
Charlotte
Felix
Leo
Benedict
Lucien
Arthur