# Names for a goth girl **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 16, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494 "2007-02-16T16:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/61 "2007-02-17T10:45:38Z")
Just so you know, the person on whose behalf I asked this has not gotten back to me yet. Didn’t want you to think your replies are unappreciated! I’ll let you know what they choose. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/62 "2007-02-17T11:14:36Z")
[QUOTE=Seven] Nightshade (don’t call her cherry tomato). [/QUOTE] Another Frontalot fan! w00t! > [@Anastasaeon](#): > > My brother named his cat Torment. I used to have a cat named **Mayhem**. He earned it. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/63 "2007-02-17T11:22:49Z")
Phase42: I wondered if anyone would get the reference. 🙂 Oh, and I guess it’s spelled [Nyteshaed](http://frontalot.com/index.php/content.php?page=lyrics&lyricid=14) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/64 "2007-02-17T12:57:56Z")
Encrypta? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/65 "2007-02-17T13:55:06Z")
Emonica ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/66 "2007-02-17T20:19:32Z")
[QUOTE=The Chao Goes Mu] Malice [/QUOTE] There was a [man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malice_Green) named Malice. I couldn’t for the life of me understand why anybody would name their son Malice. For goth girls, how about Morgan? Sepultura? Elvira? Lilith? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/67 "2007-02-17T20:32:59Z")
[QUOTE=Seven] Phase42: I wondered if anyone would get the reference. 🙂 Oh, and I guess it’s spelled [Nyteshaed](http://frontalot.com/index.php/content.php?page=lyrics&lyricid=14) [/QUOTE] Yah, and you missed my post #51 up at the top of the page 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/68 "2007-02-17T21:17:42Z")
HA. I totaly did miss that. DOH! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/69 "2007-02-18T04:49:43Z")
Sometimes I’m dreaming of Charlotte Sometimes… ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/70 "2007-02-18T06:54:18Z")
[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus] There was a [man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malice_Green) named Malice. I couldn’t for the life of me understand why anybody would name their son Malice. [/QUOTE] There was a Japanese boy band called Malice Mizer … ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/71 "2007-02-18T11:15:54Z")
Andrea and/or Hecuba Cassandra Undine Traudl ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/72 "2007-02-18T12:26:44Z")
Actual names of Goth women (Ostro- and Visi- varieties): Amalaberga Amalasuntha Austrigusa Brunhilda Clotilde Cunegunda Egilona Ereleuva Matasuntha Ragnahilde Teodegonda ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/73 "2007-02-18T12:35:51Z")
[QUOTE=Johanna] Actual names of Goth women (Ostro- and Visi- varieties): Amalaberga Amalasuntha Austrigusa Brunhilda Clotilde Cunegunda Egilona Ereleuva Matasuntha Ragnahilde Teodegonda [/QUOTE] Or…heeeeyyy…call her Johanna! Wasn’t that the name of the daughter of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street? ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/74 "2007-02-18T19:47:40Z")
My son has a goth girl in her class. Her real name is Debby but she told the teacher on the first day that she didn’t want to answer to that name. The teacher asked what name she preferred. She said, “You can either call me Nightshade or Fifi.” That’s right, she said Fifi. The teacher tried not to laugh and said there was no way he could call her Fifi and he refused to call her the name of a fungus. He said he would only call her Debby. ---
**Author:** ![daere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@daere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daere)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/75 "2007-02-18T22:21:39Z")
I saw a movie once where the main character was named Bronté – I always liked the name and it sounds fairly goth to me (tragic romances & all that). or _Syeira_ (sigh-ehr-ah): gypsy: Princess. If you want fakey/poser sounding names, the goth girls in the _CSI_ episode _Suckers_ were named Luminessa and Daegonna, and they follow the format I’ve often seen… ie, take an archaic-sounding word, or set of syllables (if you can spell it weirdly, all the better) and add “essa,” “onna,” “etta,” or “ella” to the end. **Flip Pancake** I like _Wander_ – may be used as a pet’s name in the future. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/76 "2007-02-19T17:19:16Z")
Esmeralda Gytha Magrat 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/77 "2007-02-19T21:17:34Z")
I’ve seen Morgan a lot here, but I’d prefer **Morgana** ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/78 "2007-02-19T21:25:34Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] My son has a goth girl in her class. Her real name is Debby but she told the teacher on the first day that she didn’t want to answer to that name. The teacher asked what name she preferred. She said, “You can either call me Nightshade or Fifi.” That’s right, she said Fifi. The teacher tried not to laugh and said there was no way he could call her Fifi and he refused to call her the name of a fungus. He said he would only call her Debby. [/QUOTE] Hmm…I wasn’t aware that potatoes and eggplants were fungi. Did she answer to Debby? I so wouldn’t have. We would have had a right good ol’ battle of the wills going on there. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/79 "2007-02-20T04:28:06Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Hmm…I wasn’t aware that potatoes and eggplants were fungi. Did she answer to Debby? I so wouldn’t have. We would have had a right good ol’ battle of the wills going on there. [/QUOTE] Hey, the teacher was the gym coach. He was lucky he knew it was some kind of vegetation. Before anyone says anything about me disparaging gym teachers, I met the man and he has the IQ of a jock strap. She agreed to Debby since her other options were not variations of her given name (he allowed shorted names like Rick or Rich instead of Richard, but was consistant in that he wouldn’t call one of the football players “Nuke” since it was a nickname). ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-goth-girl/392494/80 "2007-02-20T04:53:17Z")
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