40 Cool Vampire Names: Girls & Boys With Meanings

The notion of vampirism has existed for millennia. Vampires prey upon humans by consuming their blood. I have hand-picked 40 cool vampire names for boys and girls with their meanings included.

List Of Female Vampire Names:

Persephone

Persephone means ”bringer of destruction.” This fits well for a vampire if you ask me. Persephone was abducted by Hades to rule the underworld.

Ambrosia

Ambrosia comes from the Greek ambrosios (“immortal”). Ambrosia is also the food or drink of the Greek gods that granted immortality.

Duvessa

Duvessa (”dark beauty”) is pronounced doo-VES-suh.

Lilith

Lilith is a female demonic figure of Jewish folklore. She was Adam’s first wife (and the first woman on Earth) before Eve. In Hebrew Lilith is meaning “night monster” or “belonging to the night.” In the TV show True Blood Lilith is the first vampire

Zorina

“Powerful” or ”golden dawn.”

Akasha

Akasha has origins in the Sanskrit kāś and means ”ether” and is considered the basis of all things in the material world. It existed before anything else. Akasha is the Queen of the Damned in Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. Save

Elvira

Elvire comes from Gothic Alvīra (”truth”).

Belladonna

Belladonna (“beautiful lady” )is a poisonous plant that contains a mixture of alkaloids which affect the nervous system.

Mina

In Persian, Mina means “azure sky” and ”love” in German. In the story of Dracula Mina Harker became a vampire and Dracula’s bride.

Tamora

Tamora is a form of Tamara (“date palm”).

Yvaine

”Evening star.” Yvaine is the fallen star in Neil Gaiman’s Stardust.

Maeve

Maevecomes fro mthe Irish Medb and has a meaning that I like for a vampire, “she who intoxicates.”

Ceridwen

Ceridwen is from Welsh mythology and is symbolizing ”Beautiful poetry.” Ceridwen is the Celtic goddess of inspiration and rebirth.

Delphine

Delphine is from the Latin Delphina (”woman from Delphi”). Save

Illyria

Illyria is the feminine form of Illyrios, a name with obscure etymology. Illyria is an ancient demon “Old One” in the series Angel.

Thera

Thera has roots in the island of Thera (now Santorini) and means ”to hunt.”

Amelia

Amelia comes from the Germanic root amal (work or vigorous).

Drucilla

Drucilla (”courageous” or ”strong”) is from the Latin Drusus.

Morticia

Morticia Addams is the matriarch of The Addams Family. Morticia is linked with the Latin mors which has a vampiric meaning “death.”

Mikaela

Mikaela is a modern version of Scandinavian Michaela which is from the Hebrew Michael (“Who is like God”).

Salem

In 1692, about 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Salem has roots in Arabic Salam or Salim (that means healthy or safe) as well as ”completeness” in Hebrew. Salem the talking cat in Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

Galatea

”She who is milk-white.”

Mircalla

Mircalla is an anagram of the character Carmilla from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella.

Angharad

Angharad Golden-Hand is a lady of King Arthur’s court. It means “much loved.”

Astaroth

Astaroth is an arch-demon and is linked with the Phoenician goddess Astarte.

Vampire Names for Boys

Alaric

Alaric is composed of the Germanic elements ”Ala” (that means “everyone’s”) and ”ric” (“ruler”). Alaric I sacked Rome in 410.

Renfield

Renfield is made of the Old English elements ‘ren’ *that means ‘raven’) and ‘field’ (open area). R.M. Renfield is Dracula’s servant in Bram Stoker’s novel.

Stellan

Stellan is popular in Sweden and means “peaceful one.”

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Nikolas

Nikolas (“people of victory”) comes from the Greek Nikolaos. Saint Nicholas gave rise to the folklore of Santa Claus.

Demitri

Demitri is the Russian version of Demetrios and is meaning “devoted to goddess Demeter.” Demetri is the tracker of the Volturi guard in Twilight.

Nosferatu

Nosferatu means vampire in Romanian and has roots in Greek nosophoros (“disease-bearing”). It gained popularity via Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula.

Mortimer

”Dead sea.”

Mephistopheles

Mephistopheles (“not a friend of light” or “not loving light”) is a demon from the Faust legend,

Kyuketsuki

Kyuketsuki means “vampire” in Japanese.

Jules

Jules is a short form of Julian and Julius and means “youthful.”

Gideon

Gideon (“one who cuts down”) was an Israelite judge in the Bible (mentioned in Judges 6-8).

Damien

Damien is from the Greek Damianos “to tame”). Damien Thorn is the Antichrist child in The Omen (1976).

Lestat

Lestat has roots in the Old French “estat” (status). Lestat de Lioncourt is a vampire from Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles.

Azriel

“God helps.” Azriel is a variant of Azrael who is the angel of death in Islamic tradition.

Breccan

Breccan means “freckled” in Irish.