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[WriterJones]

Ive always been pretty interested in how names can become popular despite unsavory meanings. So, Ive complied a list of a few popular names with darker meanings. Feel free to add any!

Girls:
Bethany: house of sickness, house of dogs
Dolores/Lola: lady of sorrows
Isolde: icy battle
Leah: weary, cow
Layla: night, dark beauty
Melanie: black, dark
Merle: blackbird
Cecelia: blind
Claudia: lame
Emily/Emilia/Amelia: rival
Deirdre: sorrowful, sad one
Mara/Mary/Molly/Marie: bitter
Lorelai: she whose singing lures men to destruction
Rebecca: to bind, to tie, to snare
Portia: pig
Persephone: to destroy, murder
Giselle: hostage

Boys:
Byron: cowshed
Calvin: bald
Doyle: dark stranger
Jacob/James: supplanter
Gideon: having a stump for a hand
Huxley: inhospitable place
Soren: severe
Duncan/Donovan: dark warrior
Harvey: soldier
Caleb: dog
Cain: spear, possessed

Unisex:
Cameron: crooked nose
Campbell: crooked mouth
Mallory: unfortunate, ill-fated
Kennedy: deformed head
Tristan: sorrowful
Sloane/Sloan: raider
Blaise: lisp, stutter
Brennan: descendant of sorrow
Bela: destruction

[SelenaK]

I can't think of any to add off the top of my head but there are quite a few up there that I have always loved!

 

Out of the girls, I really like Dolores and Isolde and from the boys: Byron, Calvin and Soren. Actually, the only one I can think of which is similar in theme is the Italian Addolorata which has the same meaning as Dolores but sounds stunning! Blaise is my favourite of the unisex

 

Thanks so much for sharing, I've got some new inspo!