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Dark Names for Boys

There are 38 Dark names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Dark names 1 to 20. Adrian was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian, and it was followed in popularity by the English Blake, the English and Irish Devin, Donovan, the English and Scottish Douglas, and the English name, Bronson. The unusual Dark names are Carran (English), Ciar (Irish), Dolan, Donahue (English), Donnelly (English), Dougal (Irish, Scottish, and English), Doyle (English and Irish), Duald (Irish), Duane (English and Irish), Dubhdara (Irish), Duff (Scottish), Dugan (English), Dunham (English), and Dunstan (English).

Dark names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 1900s; prior to that, they were of only occasional use. At the height of their usage in 2003, 1.091% of baby boys were given Dark names. There were 9 Dark names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2008, 10 Dark names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.058%. Within all Dark names, the English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adrian was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #56 and a usage of 0.365%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Adrian Popularity Trend of Adrian
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 56 56 man from Hadria; dark ... man from Hadria; dark one ...

Blake Popularity Trend of Blake
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 90 90 dark; fair ...The name is of the meaning dark; fair ...

Bronson Popularity Trend of Bronson
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 987 987 son of Brown, son of ... of Brown, son of the dark-skinned one' ...

Carran son of Ciarán, son of the little dark one ... son of the little dark one ...

Ciar dark one, dark-haired ... name is of the meaning dark one, dark-haired one ...

Devin Popularity Trend of Devin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 109 109 poet; fawn; little dark one ... poet; fawn; little dark one ...

Dolan dark-haired ...The meaning of the name is 'dark-haired'. ...

Donahue dark warrior ...The meaning of the name is dark warrior. ...

Donnelly dark courage; brave, ... name Donnelly means 'dark courage; brave, dark ...

Donovan Popularity Trend of Donovan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 214 214 descendant of Donndubhán, ... descendant of the dark brown one' ...

Dougal dark stranger; the dark stranger's son ... roots, its meaning is 'dark stranger' - in this ...

Douglas Popularity Trend of Douglas
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 424 424 dark river ...The name Douglas means 'dark river' ...

Doyle Popularity Trend of Doyle
from 1900 to 2008. descendant of Dubhghall, ... descendant of the dark stranger' ...

Duald dark-haired, dark-jointed, ... name's meaning is dark-haired, dark-jointed, or ...

Duane Popularity Trend of Duane
from 1900 to 2008. little dark one, descendant ... of the meaning little dark one, descendant of ...

Dubhdara black oak ... from dubh meaning 'dark, black' ; darragh ...

Duff dark, black ... for a person with dark features ... the element 'dubh' (dark, black). ...

Dugan small and dark ...The meaning of the name is 'small and dark'. ...

Dunham dark or black man ...The name is of the meaning dark or black man. ...

Dunstan dark rock ...The name's meaning is dark rock. ...


Popularity Trend
for Dark Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Dark Names
in 2006