Names that mean black
17 first names whose etymology includes “black” or a close synonym, the most used first. For girls: Melanie, Keira, Nila, Kerrigan. For boys: Blake, Maurice, Douglas, Nigel.
| Name | For | Origin | Meaning | Latest rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake | boys | English | “black”, “pale” | #144 (2025) |
| Maurice | boys | Latin | “moor”, “dark” | #2,952 (2025) |
| Douglas | boys | “black”, “stream” | #224 (2025) | |
| Melanie | girls | Greek | “black”, “dark” | #863 (2025) |
| Keira | girls | Irish | “black”, “dark” | #388 (2025) |
| Nigel | boys | Latin | “slightly black”, “black” | #3,684 (2025) |
| Donovan | boys | “brown”, “black” | #1,066 (2025) | |
| Duane | boys | “black”, “dark” | #2,960 (2020) | |
| Nila | girls | “of a dark colour”, “blue” | #610 (2025) | |
| Darragh | boys | “descendant of dubhdarach”, “black” | #1,307 (2025) | |
| Keir | boys | Scottish Gaelic | “dark”, “a fort” | #4,107 (2023) |
| Kerry | either | Norse | “descendant of ciardha”, “black” | #4,843 (2024) |
| Kerrigan | girls | Irish | “grandson/descendant of ciaragán”, “black” | #4,333 (2007) |
| Dougal | boys | Scottish Gaelic | “dane”, “black-haired foreigner” | #4,275 (2025) |
| Sunil | boys | Sanskrit | “very black”, “blue” | #3,332 (2010) |
| Dock | boys | Norse | “pit”, “depression” | |
| Shyamal | boys | Sanskrit | “dark” |