50+ Names That Mean Evil (Boy, Girl, Non-binary)

If you’re a broad-minded parent, now’s a great time to consider a more dark sounding name for your precious new arrival.

Since time immemorial, there’s always been something exciting about names that mean evil.

Thanks to cinema and today’s increasingly popular range of fantasy TV shows and literature, such names have become more acceptable and chic than ever before.

For those of you out there with a preference for the supernatural, we’ve put together a list of names that mean evil, dark, or sinister from historical sources, mythology, and popular fiction.

Enjoy browsing through our collection. We hope that you’ll come across something darkly creative that your devilishly cute child will embrace with pride and grow to love for the rest of her life.

Female baby names

1. Angrboda — [Norse] “bringer of sorrow”
2. Aradia — [Italian] “queen of the witches”
3. Calamity — [English] “disaster, ruin, destruction”
4. Drusilla — [Latin] “strong, darkness”
5. Elvira — [Spanish] “truth, mistress of the dark”
6. Eris — [Greek] “goddess of chaos and strife”
7. Havoc — [English] “great destruction or chaos”
8. Hecate — [Greek] “far off, goddess of witchcraft”
9. Hel — [Norse] “ruler of the underworld”
10. Jezebel — [Hebrew] “one who destroys”
11. Kali — [Sanskrit] “dark goddess”
12. Lilith — [Hebrew] “ghost, night monster”
13. Mania — [Roman] “goddess of the underworld”
14. Mara — [Sanskrit] “destroyer, ruiner”
15. Morrigan — [Irish] “phantom queen”
16. Nemesis — [Greek] “goddess of vengeance”
17. Nyx — [Greek] “goddess of night”
18. Ruin — [English] “destroyed or ruined”
19. Salem — [Hebrew] “peace”
20. Shadow — [English] “darkness”
21. Vritra — [Hindu] “demon of drought and destruction”
22. Yami — [Hindu] “goddess of death and the underworld”

Male baby names

1. Abaddon — [Hebrew] “destruction”
2. Acheron — [Greek] “river of woe”
3. Adrean — [Greek] “dark one”
4. Aiden — [Irish] “fiery one”
5. Ciaran — [Irish] “dark-haired”
6. Darcy — [Irish] “dark one”
7. Darian — [Persian] “gift”
8. Delaney — [Irish] “dark challenger”
9. Demogorgon — [Greek] “destructive force”
10. Demarion — [Greek] “dark warrior”
11. Donovan — [Irish] “dark warrior”
12. Erebos — [Greek] “personification of darkness”
13. Kieran — [Irish] “dark-haired”
14. Leif — [Scandinavian] “descendant, heir”
15. Lirio — [Spanish] “darkness, sorrow”
16. Lucife— [Latin] “light-bearer”
17. Malik — [Arabic] “king, dark one”
18. Moloch — [Hebrew] “child sacrifice and destruction”
19. Nero — [Latin] “black, dark”
20. Orpheus — [Greek] “darkness, the night”
21. Ravana — [Sanskrit] “lord of the night”
22. Rory — [Irish] “red king”
23. Sloan — [Irish] “warrior”

Unisex baby names

1. Arawn — [Welsh] “king of the underworld”
2. Erebus — [Greek] “the primeval god of darkness”
3. Hades — [Greek] “god of the underworld”
4. Jinx — [English] “bad luck or causes destruction”
5. Midnight — [English] “the middle of the night”
6. Nisha — [Hindi] “night”
7. Ragnarok — [Old Norse] “destruction”
8. Raven — [English] “black bird associated with death and darkness”
9. Tenebris — [Latin] “darkness”
10. Zora — [Slavic] “dawn or darkness”