300 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 300 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

It 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

”Golden dawn.”

Akasha

It 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

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

Noire

French word for black.

Gothic Vampire Names for Women:

Name	Meaning	Pronunciation
Isadora	”gift of Isis”	iz-uh-DOR-uh
Perpetua	everlasting	per-PET-choo-uh
Isolde	root disputed	ih-ZOHL-duh
Anastasia	she rises again	ah-nah-STAH-see-ah or an-uh-STAY-zhuh
Cordelia	heart	kor-DEE-lee-uh
Lucasta	”chaste light.”	loo-KAS-tuh
Octavia	eighth	ok-TAY-vee-uh
Esmeralda	emerald	ez-meh-RAHL-dah
Sibyl	prophetess	SIB-il
Veronique	bringer of victory	veh-roh-NEEK
Rowena	fame and joy	roh-EE-nuh
Oriana	origin unclear	or-ee-AH-nuh
Hester	”star”	HES-ter
Evangeline	good news	ee-VAN-juh-leen
Valentina	strong and healthy	vah-len-TEE-nah

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Kikimora

Kikimora is the Slavic house spirit who rides the chests of sleepers.

Maleficent

”Doing evil.”

Nyx

Night (”night”) is the mother of Hypnos and Thanatos.

Zillah

In Genesis, Zillah is one of Lamech’s two wives and the mother of Tubal-cain. It is symbolizing ”shadow” or ”shade.”

Tamora

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

Yvaine

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

Marceline

French diminutive of Marcel. Marceline Abadeer was the Vampire Queen of Adventure Time. Short forms include Marcy and Cely.

Lily

Lily is the flower of funerals.

Vampira

Vampira was a character in the first horror host on American TV.

Narcissa

Narcissa (”sleep”) is the feminine variation of Narcissus.

Bellatrix

”Female warrior” and the darkest witch of Harry Potter.

Astarte

Astarte is the Phoenician goddess demonized as the male Astaroth.

Cassandra

“She who excels.”

Nadja

The Slavic nadezhda is the root of Nadja and is meaning hope. The j spelling is German and Scandinavian.

Maeve

Maeve comes from the Irish Medb and has a meaning that I like for a vampire, “she who intoxicates.”

Pandora

Pandora is ”all-gifted.”

Claudia

Claudia comes from claudus, lame. In Interview with the Vampire, she stays a little girl forever after Lestat turns her.

Gabrielle

”God is my strength.” In Rice’s books, Lestat turns his dying mother, Gabrielle, into a vampire.

Japanese girl vampire names:

Name	Meaning	Pronunciation
Kurenai	crimson	koo-REH-nai
Kiyohime	”pure princess”	kee-YOH-hee-meh
Sayo	little night	SAH-yoh
Izanami	she who invites	ee-zah-NAH-mee
Yami	darkness	YAH-mee
Okiku	chrysanthemum	oh-KEE-koo
Tsukiko	”child of the moon.”	TSOO-kee-koh
Tamamo	jewel seaweed	tah-MAH-moh
Rei	spirit	RAY
Akane	deep madder red	ah-KAH-neh
Oiwa	rock	oh-EE-wah
Kaguya	”shining night”	kah-GOO-yah
Kurohime	black princess	koo-roh-HEE-meh
Hotaru	firefly	hoh-TAH-roo
Kasumi	mist	KAH-soo-mee

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Ceridwen

It 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

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

Wednesday

Wednesday is Addams family’s deadpan daughter.

Ulalume

“Wailing.”

Lucrezia

”Wealth.”

Lydia

Lydia Deetz is the goth girl who sees ghosts in Beetlejuice.

Tempest

Violent storm.

Tanith

Tanith (“serpent lady”) is the moon goddess of Carthage.

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.

Vesper

Latin for evening and for the evening star.

Lenore

Lenore is a variation of Eleanor (”light”).

Morticia

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

Tlahuelpuchi

Tlahuelpuchi is the bloodsucking witch of Tlaxcala in central Mexico.

Moira

Moira is fate, the share of life each mortal is given.

Churel

Churel is the vengeful spirit of South Asian folklore.

Annabel

Annabel Lee is the dead bride in Poe’s last poem.

Mormo

Mormo is a Greek bogey, a companion of Hecate who bit misbehaving children.

Berenice

”Bringer of victory.”

Madeline

Madeline (”high tower”) Usher is buried alive by her brother in The Fall of the House of Usher.

Morella

“Dark-skinned.”

Mikaela

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

Hecate

“Far-reaching.”

Salem

200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. It has roots in Arabic Salam or Salim (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 (”much loved”) Golden-Hand is a lady of King Arthur’s court.

Rebekah

Rebekah has a Hebrew root for ”to bind.”

Katerina

Katerina is a form of Katherine (”pure”). Katerina Petrova is the original doppelgänger.

Rosalie

Rosalie comes from the rose. In Twilight she traded immortality to be human again.

Selene

Greek moon goddess. In 2003 Kate Beckinsale performed as Selene in Underworld.

Ligeia

Ligeia (”clear-voiced”) is one of the sirens in some Greek legends.

Ravenna

A city on Italy’s Adriatic coast and where Dante died.

Morrigan

Morrigan is an Irish battle goddess and means “phantom queen” or “great queen.”

Livia

Livia has roots in the Roman Livius, ”envious.”

Amara

In Sanskrit amara means ”deathless” and has the same root as amrita (”immortal”).

Serafina

From the Hebrew verb saraph and means ”fiery.”

Carmilla

Carmilla (”orchard”) is the vampire countess of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 novella.

Delilah

Delilah (“languishing”) cut the hair of Samson and handed him to the Philistines.

Manananggal

Manananggal comes from the Tagalog tanggal, ”to separate.” In Filipino stories, she splits at the waist and flies off on bat wings.

Jezebel

“Unexalted.”

Salome

Salome has origins in shalom, peace. She asked for the head of John the Baptist on a platter.

Soucouyant

“To suck.”

Genevieve

Geneviève (“tribe woman”) Dieudonné is the 600-year-old vampire in Kim Newman’s novel Anno Dracula.

Mara

Mara is the spirit who sits on sleepers’ chests.

Millarca

Millarca is the 2nd anagram Carmilla hides behind in the same story.

Maharet

Maharet (“masterliness”) is one of the red-haired twin witches of The Queen of the Damned.

Mekare

Mekare (”to be strong”) is Maharet’s twin. Akasha had her tongue cut out, and Mekare comes back to take the queen’s power.

Nocturne

“Belonging to or of the night”.

Ingrid

Ingrid is connected to Ing, the Norse god.

Langsuir

”Flying banshee.”

Victoria

Victoria is victory, and in Twilight she is the red-haired nomad hunting Bella for revenge.

Miriam

“Rebellion” or ”bitterness.”

Saya

”Shadow.”

Esme

Esme is ”esteemed.” Esme Cullen is the mother figure of the Twilight coven.

Jessica

“Foresight”.

Sonja

”Wisdom.”

Blodeuwedd

”Flower face.”

Lucy

From lux, light. Lucy Westenra is Dracula’s first English victim.

Nephthys

Nephthys is the Egyptian goddess who guards the dead.

Eris

”Strife.”

Theda

Theda is short for Theodosia, ”gift of God.”

Clarimonde

Clarimonde is the courtesan vampire who seduces a young priest in Théophile Gautier’s story La Morte amoureuse.

Rusalka

A rusalka is a drowned maiden of Slavic lore who lures men under the water.

Lorelei

Lorelei is a siren who sang boatmen to their deaths.

Umbra

Umbra is the word for shadow.

Darla

Darla has roots in darling.

Circe

Circe is the witch who turned the crew of Odysseus into pigs.

Medusa

”Guardian”.

Morgana

Morgana is Morgan le Fay, Arthur’s sorceress half-sister.

Medea

”Cunning.”

Mavis

Mavis is an old word for the song thrush. Hotel Transylvania made her Dracula’s teenage daughter.

Ereshkigal

Ereshkigal is ”lady of the great earth,” queen of the Mesopotamian underworld.

Megaera

Megaera is ”the grudging one,” the 3rd Fury.

Morana

Morana is the Slavic goddess of death and winter.

Scarlett

Blood-red cloth.

Raven

Raven is the half-demon of Teen Titans.

Vampirella

Vampirella landed in comics in 1969.

Ophelia

Ophelia is ”help,” the drowned girl of Hamlet.

Erzsébet

Countess Erzsébet Báthory is said to bathe in the blood of young women.

Kali

Kali is ”the black one.” She drank the blood of the demon Raktabija.

Sekhmet

Sekhmet (”she who is powerful”) is the lioness goddess of Egypt.

Hel

Hel rules the Norse realm of the dead.

Alecto

Alecto is ”the unceasing,” one of the three Furies.

Ker

Keres were death spirits who drank the blood of fallen soldiers.

Dearg

Dearg is the Irish word for red, and the dearg-due is the ”red bloodsucker” of Irish legend.

Tisiphone

Tisiphone is the Fury who avenges murder.

Marya

Countess Marya Zaleska is the title character of Dracula’s Daughter.

Leanan

Leanan is a short form of leannán sídhe, the Irish ”fairy lover” who inspires poets and slowly drains their lives.

Baobhan

“Fairy witch”.

Lamia

Lamia was a Libyan queen who turned into a child-eating demon.

Pontianak

The pontianak is the Malay ghost of a woman who died in childbirth.

Seras

Seras (“you will be”) Victoria is the police officer Alucard in the manga Hellsing.

Striga

Striga comes from strix, the screech owl, the same root as the Romanian strigoi.

Empusa

Empusa is a shape-shifting spirit with one leg of bronze.

Lamashtu

Lamashtu (“she who erases”) is the Mesopotamian demon who preyed on newborns and mothers.

Vampire Names for Boys

Alaric

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

Renfield

It 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.

Sorin

From soare, the Romanian word for sun.

Erlik

Ruler of the underworld in Turkic and Mongol myths.

Dorian

“Descendant of Dorus.”

Orlok

In 1922 Murnau renamed Dracula as Count Orlok for Nosferatu.

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.

Old vampire names for boys:

Name	Meaning	Pronunciation
Casimir	”destroyer of peace”	KAZ-ih-meer
Aurelius	golden	aw-REE-lee-us
Wolfram	wolf and raven	WOOL-fram or VOLF-rahm
Thaddeus	root disputed	THAD-ee-us
Balthazar	may Baal guard the king	BAL-thuh-zar
Cornelius	horn	kor-NEE-lee-us
Mordecai	”of Marduk.”	MOR-deh-kai
Valerian	strong	vuh-LEER-ee-un
Ignatius	fiery	ig-NAY-shus
Hieronymus	sacred name	hy-uh-RON-ih-mus
Tiberius	of the Tiber	ty-BEER-ee-us
Sigismund	”victory and protection”	SIG-is-mund
Octavius	the eighth	ok-TAY-vee-us
Horatio	origin unclear	huh-RAY-shee-oh
Leopold	bold people	LEE-oh-pold

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Mihnea

Mihnea was Vlad’s son, also known as Mihnea the Bad.

Bram

Bram is short for Abraham, the first Dracula’s author.

Yama

Hindu god of death who rides a black buffalo.

Lazarus

”God has helped,” the man who walked out of his tomb.

Nero

”Strong” or black.”

Samedi

Baron Samedi is the top-hatted Vodou spirit of the dead.

Tepes

Țepeș is symbolizing ”the Impaler”.

Orcus

Roman god of the underworld.

Demitri

It 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 bad spirit and has roots in Greek nosophoros (“disease-bearing”). It gained popularity via Stoker’s 1897 novel.

Mortimer

”Dead sea.”

Mephistopheles

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

Kyuketsuki

“Vampire” in Japanese.

Astaroth

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

Salvatore

”Savior.”

Ambrose

”Immortal,” from the same root as ambrosia.

Dante

”Enduring,” and a poet who walked through Hell.

Cain

Cain (“possessed”) is the first murderer in Genesis.

Polidori

”Gift of many things”.

Ichabod

Ichabod is ”no glory,” the schoolmaster who was chased by the Headless Horseman.

Crowley

”Crow wood.” Occultist Aleister Crowley called himself the Great Beast.

Byron

Byron means ”at the cowsheds.”

Mircea

Mircea comes from mir, peace.

Jules

Jules is a short form of Julian, “youthful.”

Hades

”Unseen,” king of the underworld.

Gideon

“One who cuts down” and mentioned in Judges 6-8).

Béla

Hungarian, and the etymology says it means ”guts” or ”heart.”

Lorcan

Lorcán (”little warrior”) Ua Tuathail was archbishop of Dublin during the Norman invasion.

Angelus

Latin for angel.

Edward

”Wealth guard.”

Damien

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

Set

Set is the Egyptian god of chaos.

Charon

Charon (”fierce”) demands coinage in the form of an obol.

Loki

Loki is the Norse trickster and the father of Hel.

Kronos

Kronos is the Titan who swallowed his children.

Morpheus

Morpheus is the shaper of dreams.

Hypnos

”Sleep.”

Draven

Draven has roots in raven.

Ahriman

Destructive spirit of Zoroastrian beliefs.

Lestat

It has roots in the Old French “estat” (status).

Moloch

Moloch is the god the Bible describes as involved in the practice of child sacrifice.

Samael

”Venom of God,” and husband of Lilith.

Thanatos

Thanatos is death itself, the twin brother of sleep.

Anubis

Jackal god who weighs each heart against a feather.

Azriel

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

Breccan

“Freckled” in Irish.

Sable

It can mean “dark black” or ”a small furry animal with valued fur.” Of the entire list, Sable is the one I would actually put on a birth certificate.

Azazel

Desert demon who received the scapegoat in Leviticus.

Pishacha

Flesh-eating demon of Hindu texts.

Nachzehrer

Nachzehrer is German for ”after-devourer.”

Draugr

Norse undead that guards its grave goods.

Vlad

Short for Vladislas and means ”power” or ” to rule.” Vlad III of Wallachia signed himself Dracula because his father joined the Order of the Dragon in 1431. In Romania it is an ordinary name and I know two Vlads, neither remotely gothic.

Jiangshi

“Stiff corpse.”

Belial

”Worthless,” a lord of the fallen in Milton’s Paradise Lost.

Ramanga

A servant of Madagascar lore who drinks the spilled blood of nobles.

Asmodeus

Demon of lust who kills seven husbands in the Book of Tobit.

Abaddon

”Destruction,” angel of the abyss in Revelation.

Barnabas

“Son of exhortation” and diminutives are Barney or Barna.

Ruthven

A Scottish surname that means ”red river.” Scots pronounce it RIV-ven, not ROOTH-ven.

Varney

“From the alder grove”.

Lucian

Latin lux, light. Lucian of Samosata wrote A True Story in the 2nd century.

Marius

“Dedicated to Mars” or ”male.”

Armand

Germanic hariman, army man. Antonio Banderas played Armand in Interview with the Vampire in 1994.

Vetala

A vetala is an Indian spirit that lives in corpses.

Vrykolakas

Vrykolakas is the Greek undead that rises from the grave.

Edimmu

Edimmu is the Mesopotamian ghost of a person left unburied.

Chupacabra

”Goat sucker,” a creature that was first reported in Puerto Rico.

Asanbosam

“Earth devil.”

Abhartach

”Distorted person.”

Radu

It is Romanian with Slavic origins and is meaning ”glad” or ”willing.” Radu cel Frumos was Vlad the Impaler’s younger brother.

Silas

The Vampire Diaries built its mythology around Silas (”wood”) as the first immortal.

Erebus

In Greek mythology Erebus is the personification of darkness.

Dracula

”Son of the dragon.”

Alucard

Alucard is Dracula spelled backwards.

Caspian

“Of the Caspian Sea.”

Veles

Slavic god of the underworld.

Enkil

Enkil (“Lord of the Earth”) is the husband of Akasha in Anne Rice’s books.

Louis

”Famous warrior”.

Lucius

Lucius comes from lux, light.

Corvin

From corvus, raven.

Camazotz

Camazotz is the bat god of the Maya, ”death bat” in K’iche’.

Magnus

”Great.”

Khayman

”Noble” or ”king.”

Mictlantecuhtli

Mictlantecuhtli is ”lord of Mictlan,” the Aztec god of the underworld.

Santino

Santino is ”little saint,” the leader of a Roman coven.

Beelzebub

”Lord of the flies.”

Lucifer

”Light-bearer,” the morning star who fell.

Carlisle

Carlisle (“fortress by the water”) is an English border city.

Petyr

”Stone” or ”rock.”

Emmett

From ermen, whole.

Mamuwalde

Mamuwalde is the African prince cursed by Dracula.

Caius

”Rejoice.”

Yorga

“Earth-worker.”

Damon

Damon comes from damazo, to tame.

Strigoi

Strigoi are the restless dead of Romanian folklore, from Latin strix, owl.

Aro

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Stefan

”Crown.”

Morbius

”Disease” or “sickness.”

Grendel

Grendel is the monster of Beowulf and means ”destroyer.”

Vladislav

Vladislav is symbolizing ”rule of glory.”

Viago

”Traveler.”

Kol

Kol is the Norse word for coal.

Moroi

Moroi is a Romanian word for a ghost.

Godric

”God’s power.”

Upir

Upir is the oldest Slavic word for vampire.

Klaus

Klaus is short for Nikolaus.

Eric

”Eternal ruler.”

Viktor

” Victory.”

Abraham

”Father of many.”

Deacon

Deacon is a church servant.

Quincey

Quincey (“estate of the fifth son”) Morris is the Texan who drives his bowie knife into Dracula’s heart.

Jure

Jure is the Croatian form of George, ”farmer.”

Jonathan

”God has given.”

Barlow

”Barley hill.”

Vorador

”Devourer.”

Nandor

Nandor (“brave warrior”) the Relentless leads the house in What We Do in the Shadows.

Arnold

Arnoldis is made of arn (eagle) with wald (power).

Laszlo

Laszlo is the Hungarian Ladislaus, ”glorious rule.”

Adrian

In Castlevania, Adrian Ţepeş is Alucard’s birth name.

Raziel

Raziel is symbolizing ”secret of God,” an angel in the game Soul Reaver.

Lothos

”lotus.”