50 Halloween Baby Names: Would You Dare?

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Dark, brooding, mystical, magical with a bit of spooky thrown in — Halloween-inspired baby names are so enchanting. If you're looking for Halloween names, there are quite a few contenders on this list for a boy or a girl.

The fanaticism of Twilight and True Blood have inspired vampires baby names, but my favorite holiday is also responsible for these delightfully haunting name choices.

Halloween Girl Names

1. Christine — Stephen King's evil car is one hot rod of a name.
2. Coraline — A slightly sinister name from the animated film.
3. Elvira — The original mistress of the dark.
4. Jezebel — An evil-minded Phoenician princess who became queen.
5. Luna — The moon goddess. Latin for moon.
6. Raven — From Edgar Allan Poe's poem.
7. Tempest — Meaning violent disturbance, popularized by Shakespeare.
8. Morticia — The mother from The Addams Family.
9. Wednesday — Morticia's daughter.
10. Carrie — Stephen King's prom queen.
11. Rosemary — Rosemary's Baby is one of the scariest horror films ever.
12. Sabrina — More "Halloween Lite," just like Sabrina, the teenage witch.
13. Samantha — The bewitching mom on Bewitched.
14. Tabitha — Samantha's daughter.
15. Lilith — Thought to be a biblical she-demon who dabbled in witchcraft.
16. Willow — Meaning graceful and lithe … and sounds almost ghostly.
17. Esmeralda — The enchanting woman loved by The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
18. Gertrude — Meaning "spear" and "strength."
19. Persephone — Greek queen of the underworld.
20. Midnight — Everyone's witching hour.
21. Lenore — A dead girl from an Edgar Allan Poe poem.
22. Jinx — A magic charm.
23. Heloise — A French nun who betrayed her faith and had an affair.
24. Salem — Where the witch trials happened.
25. Desdemona — Meaning ill-fated in Greek and popularized thanks to Shakespeare.

Halloween Boy Names

1. Dante — A great poet who wrote about hell.
2. Edgar — The dark poet, Edgar Allan Poe.
3. Poe — This last name makes a great first name, for boys or girls.
4. Bram — Inspired by Bram Stoker, who wrote Dracula.
5. Damien — The Omen's demon child.
6. Lucifer — The devil himself.
7. Hades — Ruler of the underworld in Greek mythology.
8. Osiris — The Egyptian king of the underworld.
9. Odin — The Norse god of death, magic, and poetry.
10. Phoenix — A mythological beast and symbol of immortality.
11. Draco — Greek for dragon or serpent.
12. Frankenstein — The iconic monster (you could go with Frank or Frankie for short).
13. Vlad — The Impaler.
14. Igor — Often a hunchback lab assistant in old horror films.
15. Casper —The friendly ghost.
16. Jason — As in Voorhees: King Scary of the slasher flicks.
17. Jack — Inspired by a "Jack O-Lantern."
18. Edward — For Cullen and Scissorhands.
19. Thorne — A goth name with a spiny meaning.
20. Night — Inspired by the time of day when mischief happens.
21. Aleister — "Mr. Crowley" was very involved with the occult.
22. Darth — The iconic Star Wars antagonist.
23. Fester — The uncle on The Addams Family.
24. Hannibal — "The Cannibal" may become a vegetarian.
25. Lestat — Anne Rice's vampire (played by Tom Cruise in the 1994 movie).