Not the name her parents give her; the one she’d give herself. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
Misery. My daughter is angry that I didn’t actually name her this.
Maleficent.
Neurasthenia.
Alice Aforethought.
Queen Elizabitch.
Rayne, Agony, and Raven are all quite good, though Raven is a bit overdone. Morrigan is perhaps a slightly less cliche choice, while still holding a similar vibe.
Craven
Minerva
Britney
Alice, Marian, Lucretia - if she’s old-school anyway. Possibly Severina.
Occulta
Spooky
Malevolina
Cilice Rhabdocoele
Sally (there was a spike in Sallys after The Nightmare Before Christmas, and it continues to this day.)
Alyce
River
Lily
Chanterelle (I blame Buffy)
Akasha (Queen of the Damned)
Midnight
Jet
Moon
Ophelia
Trinity (This was before The Matrix. The Bros. W knew the same bartender I do - named Trinity at the nightclub Neo in Chicago.)
Phaedra
Mina (Dracula)
Seconded:
Morgan
Raven
Countess Chocula.
Malice
Desdemona
Morticia or Wednesday? (I loved the Addams Family before the TV show gave them names)
Anyanka, Drusilla & Veruka are scary characters from Buffy.
Wednesday (Sorry, I previewed and everything, blast!)
The first page of models at Suicide Girls has the following: Zui, Cia, Sunshine, Acrid, Akemi, Fatality, Arete, Lavonne, Kensington, Liu, Chanel, Eliska, Devilyn, Benni, Reagan, Lucy, Twinkie, Amina, Al, Dasha, Ryah, Campbell, StellaBlue, Dylan, Erin, Aleda, Satya, Danielle, NicoleLee, Salome, Frankie, and Morgan.
Sunshine? Twinkie? Is this goth irony?
Moth
Moody
Venusa
Crimson
Razor
Risen
Shadow
Seven
Spider
Twylight
Or ‘regular’ names that seem goth to me:
Victoria
Emily
Anastasia
Agatha
Christine
Scarlet
Morgan
No. Not everyone at Suicide Girls is a goth, and not all goths are gloom and doomy. Furthermore, even most of the ones that are “dark” think that the problem is YOU, and the rest of the world, not THEM. They’re unlikely to pick many of the names in this thread that suggest there’s something wrong with them.
My list comes from actual people I know. Perhaps I should have mentioned that. If you want a real goth name, go to real goths. If you want Halloween goth names, Lady Morticia Bloodwort will do.
But I can’t believe I forgot Spider! My own goddaughter! Sorry, kid.
Good list, Flip Pancake.
I’ve always thought Circe and Azrael were good goth names.
My child’s actual name. 