From a dusky dark.

English male names meaning dark. Bright circle or life sustaining. Some of these names are odd some are interesting and some are dark but all are worth taking the time to ponder. 103 rows One who is tanned or dark skinned or dusky.

The name Blake is a boys name of English origin meaning fair-haired dark. The following beautiful baby names dont all have silly andor ominous meanings like the above of course but their origins and implications are different than youd imagine from the sound of the name alone. Alfred m English French Swedish Norwegian Danish German Polish Dutch Means elf counsel derived from the Old English name Ælfræd composed of the elements ælf elf and ræd counsel.

Donndubhán m Ancient Irish Composed of the Irish element donn brown combined with dubh dark and a diminutive suffix. Blake -- an early unisex option -- dropped out of the Top 100 in 2017 for the first time since 1988 but remains a sophisticated choice. While it may be dark and scary its probably one of the prettiest names weve ever heard.

Dark female names are not as easy to come by as dark male names but these beauties fit the bill. Names with the meaning dark often originated as nicknames that described a persons physical features or the natural landscapes from which they came. Oakley - Meaning from the oak meadow.

Dark names for baby boys related also with night brown and swarthy with 125 entries. Names Meaning Dark Beauty. Such names include Kieran which means little dark-haired one and Douglas which means dark river.

Conquest of the nation. Alfred the Great was a 9th-century king of Wessex who fought unceasingly against the Danes living in northeast England. Such a stunning name but it holds a lot of evil and darkness behind it thanks to Shakespeare and its true meaning of ill-fated one from the Greeks.