100 Halloween Names

Here's our list of Halloween baby names for boys and girls to help inspire you...

Halloween girls' names

Give your little enchantress a name that's as magical as she is with one of the names on our list of Halloween-themed girls' names. With everything from names of famous witches such as Glinda and Hermione to names that are associated with all things dark and spooky such as Ebony and Ember and even scary plants like Belladonna, there are plenty of Halloween names in this list to delight lovers of the season.

1. Agnes

• Origin: Greek, from 16th-century Scottish witch, Agnes Sampson
• Meaning: pure, holy

2. Alice

• Origin: German, from vampire character Alice Cullen in the Twilight Saga
• Meaning: noble

3. Angel

• Origin: Greek, used as a boy's name in Buffy, The Vampire Slayer
• Meaning: messenger

4. Bella

• Origin: Italian, from character Bella in the Twilight Saga
• Meaning: beautiful

5. Belladonna

• Origin: Italian, from the plant also known as deadly nightshade
• Meaning: beautiful lady

6. Bellatrix

• Origin: Latin, from Bellatrix LeStrange a witch and death eater in Harry Potter
• Meaning: female warrior

7. Blair

• Origin: Gaelic, from The Blair Witch Project
• Meaning: dweller on the plain

8. Buffy

• Origin: Hebrew, from Buffy, The Vampire Slayer
• Meaning: God is my oath; pet form of name Elizabeth

9. Calantha

• Origin: Greek, from horror film Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth.
• Meaning: beautiful flower

10. Calypso

• Origin: Greek, mythological figure who lured sailors to their deaths
• Meaning: hidden, conceal

11. Carrie

• Origin: German, from Stephen King horror novel Carrie
• Meaning: free

12. Cassandra

• Origin: Greek, name of actress who plays Elvira in comedy horror film Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
• Meaning: shining upon men, helper of men

13. Cat

• Origin: Greek, black cats are synonymous with Halloween
• Meaning: pure, diminutive of Katherine

14. Clarice

• Origin: Latin, French, from character in The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal
• Meaning: bright, clear

15. Circe

• Origin: Greek, sorceress from Greek mythology
• Meaning: bird

16. Coraline

• Origin: Latin, from animated dark fantasy horror film, Coraline
• Meaning: coral

17. Coven

• Origin: English, name for a group of witches
• Meaning: at the huts

18. Dorothy

• Origin: Greek, from The Wizard of Oz
• Meaning: 'gift of God'
• Also: Dottie, Dot

19. Drusilla

• Origin: Latin, vampiress in Buffy
• Meaning: strong, courageous

20. Ebony

• Origin: English
• Meaning: dark wood

21. Ember

• Origin: English
• Meaning: glowing ashes

22. Elphaba

• Origin: witch in Wicked created by author Gregory Maguire
• Meaning: created using the initials of L. Frank Baum, the author of "The Wizard of Oz... L F B

23. Elvira

• Origin: German, from comedy horror film Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
• Meaning: happy, truth

24. Empusa

• Origin: Greek, one of the witches from the novel and film Stardust
• Meaning: one-footed

25. Enchantra

• Origin: English
• Meaning: enchanting

26. Eve

• Origin: English, Halloween is All Hallows' Eve
• Meaning: 'wished-for child'

27. Fairuza

• Origin: Turkish, character in American horror movie The Craft
• Meaning: turquoise

28. Glinda

• Origin: Welsh, the good witch in The Wizard of Oz
• Meaning: clean, goodness

29. Griselda

• Origin: German, name for the witch in both Shrek and Hansel and Gretel
• Meaning: dark battle

30. Hazel

• Origin: English, from the plant used by witches to ward off evil
• Meaning: after the colour hazel or the hazelnut tree

31. Hermione

• Origin: Greek, a witch in Harry Potter
• Meaning: daughter of Hermes

32. Luna

• Origin: Italian, a witch in Harry Potter
• Meaning: moon

33. Marion

• Origin: French, character from horror film Psycho
• Meaning: drop of the sea

34. Medusa

• Origin: Ancient Greek, the most famous of the monster figures known as Gorgons in Greek mythology
• Meaning: grim, fierce, terrible

35. Merlina

• Origin: French, female version of wizard's name Merlin
• Meaning: blackbird

36. Mildred

• Origin: Anglo-Saxon, main character in children's book, The Worst Witch
• Meaning: gentle strength

37. Minerva

• Origin: Latin, a witch in Harry Potter
• Meaning: intellect, wisdom

38. Morgana

• Origin: Welsh, an enchantress from the legend of King Arthur
• Meaning: born of the sea

39. Morticia

• Origin: English/ Latin, character from The Addams Family
• Meaning: undertaker

40. Myrtle

• Origin: Greek, a ghost in Harry Potter
• Meaning: from the plant; a symbol of a happy marriage

41. Raven

• Origin: English, a bird that symbolises magic and the ability to shapeshift
• Meaning: blackbird

42. Ravenna

• Origin: Greek, a powerful sorceress in Snow White and The Huntsman
• Meaning: pure, holy

43. Renesmee

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: pure, holy

44. Rosalie

• Origin: Latin, from vampire character Rosalie Hale in the Twilight Saga
• Meaning: rose, beautiful flower

45. Rosemary

• Origin: Latin, from horror movie Rosemary's Baby
• Meaning: after the herb

46. Sabrina

• Origin: Celtic, from Sabrina The Teenage Witch
• Meaning: from the River Severn

47. Salem

• Origin: Hebrew, Arabic, from Salem in Massachusetts where witch trails were held
• Meaning: peaceful, safe

48. Samantha

• Origin: Hebrew, main character in the class TV series, Bewitched
• Meaning: 'told by God'

49. Samhain

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: a time when the doorways to the Otherworld opens

50. Serafina

• Origin: Hebrew; queen of the witches in His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
• Meaning: burning ones

51. Ursula

• Origin: Latin, the witch in The Little Mermaid
• Meaning: little she bear

52. Wednesday

• Origin: German, character from The Addams' Family
• Meaning: Woden's Day

53. Willow

• Origin: English, a character from Buffy
• Meaning: willow tree or freedom

54. Winifred

• Origin: Welsh, one of the witches from Hocus Pocus and Winnie the Witch books
• Meaning: friend of peace

Halloween boys' names

55. Adam

• Origin: Hebrew, from The Addams Family
• Meaning: son of the red earth

56. Alaric

57. Alfred

• Origin: English
• Meaning: wise counsel

58. Albus

• Origin: Latin; headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter novels by JK Rowling
• Meaning: white

59. Ambrose

• Origin: Greek; from Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and main character in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
• Meaning: immortal

60. Banquo

61. Blade

62. Bram

63. Burton

64. Carlisle

65. Carver

66. Cary

67. Casper (The Friendly Ghost)

68. Chucky

69. Cullen

• Origin: Gaelic; Edward Cullen a handsome vampire in the Twilight book series by Stephenie Meyer
• Meaning: handsome

70. Damien

71. Dexter

72. Draco

• Origin: Greek; character in Harry Potter series, nemesis of Harry who turns good at the end of the series
• Meaning: dragon, serpent

73. Draven

74. Edward

75. Emmett

• Origin: Hebrew, German, English; a vampire character from the Twilight book series
• Meaning: universal

76. Frank

77. Freddy

78. Gandalf

79. Godric

• Origin: Anglo-Saxon; from the character Godric Gryffindor or place name Godric's Hollow, both in Harry Potter
• Meaning: god ruler

80. Griffin

• Origin: Welsh; flying lions with the head of an eagle from The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter
• Meaning: lord, prince

81. Hallow

82. Harry

83. Jack (O-Lantern)

84. Jacob

85. Jasper

86. Jekyll

87. Marley

88. Merlin

• Origin: Welsh; wizard of Arthurian legend
• Meaning: sea fortress

89. Ned

90. Norman

91. Phoenix

• Origin: Greek, Latin; a mythological bird from Greek myth, features in many fantasy works
• Meaning: dark red, crimson

92. Poe

93. Regan

94. Remus

• Origin: Latin; from the character Remus Lupin in Harry Potter
• Meaning: oar

95. Rune

96. Sirius

• Origin: Greek; from the character Sirius Black, Harry's godfather in Harry Potter
• Meaning: glowing, burning

97. Tarot

98. Victor

99. Vlad

100. Wolf

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