Home / Pregnancy / Baby Names Welcoming a winter baby? These dark and moody baby names are dreamy and unexpected Erin Brant/Stocksy If you’ve got a little one on the way in the winter months, you’ll love these names. By Arielle Tschinkel November 4, 2023 Erin Brant/Stocksy Rectangle One of the most unexpectedly difficult parts of welcoming a new baby is no doubt choosing a baby name that you’ll love and that will hopefully suit their unique personality, all before you’ve even met them. So if you’re welcoming a winter baby, maybe you want something a little outside the box that skews less cute and conventional and more dark and moody. Whether you’re an emo kid at heart or you simply want to tap into a dark, brooding vibe for your baby name selection, there are plenty of goth-inspired names out there that will fit the bill in spades. These unexpected picks have origins in literature, mythology, nature, pop culture, and the dark arts, so you’ll find baby names to love to suit any gender. Here, you’ll find that ominous and mysterious are kind of the end goal, especially if you’re a lover of dark academia or romance. Related: 25+ cozy winter-inspired baby names for your little polar bear You’re sure to recognize some literary classics (such as Holden and Juliet) as well as mythological favorites like Orpheus and Jocasta that will conjure up images of strong, powerful warriors who also love the coziness that cold weather months inherently bring. Without further ado, check out this list of dreamy dark baby names for your little one. Adeline Agatha Alaric Alice Alma Amari Amaris Arabella Arden Ash or Asher Aslan Athena Atlas Atticus Auden Aurora Austen Bastian (Sebastian) Belladonna Blade Blair Blaze Booker Bram Briar Carbon Carrigan Caspar Cecelia Cedric Charlotte Cleo Clive Clyde Corbin Cordelia Cressida Cruz Dabria Damon Danica Dante Darcy Deianira Dexter Dorian Draven Drusilla Drystan Ebony Eden Edgar Eleanor Ellis Elsinore Elvira Emerson Enid Enola Evander Everalda Ezra Fallon Finley Freya Grey Griffin (or Gryphon) Grover Hansen Harriet Haven Hawk Helen Hendrix Hilda Holden Isadora Jack Jett Jocasta Juliet Julius Killian Klaus Knox Lazarus Leander Lennon Lilith Luca Lucasta Lucien Lucifer Lucinda Ludwig Luna Lysander Malcolm Mara Margot Matilda Mercy Midnight Minerva Morrigan Narcissa Nova Oberon Octavia Odessa Onyx Ophelia Orion Orpheus Pandora Persephone Phillipa Poe Prudence Quentin Quinn Raven Reed Reign Rogue Roman Romey Rook Rowan Rue Sabrina Salem Samael Samara Scarlet Scylla Silas Sparrow Starr Storm Sylvia Talon Tarquin Theodore Thora Thorn Ursula Velvet Watson Willa Willow Winter Wolf Wren Xavier Zane Zelda Zelma Zora The latest Baby Names 25 magical December baby names Pregnancy A groundbreaking preeclampsia study could transform care for moms and babies Pregnancy This is how pregnancy transforms the brain, according to a new study Pregnancy PSA: Exercising while pregnant may cut your child’s asthma risk by half