There are 35 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), 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), Dunstan (English), and Keir (English and Scottish). 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%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: Adrian  56 | man from Hadria; dark ... man from Hadria; dark one ... |
Blake  90 | dark; fair ...The name is of the meaning dark; fair ... |
Bronson  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  109 | poet; fawn; little dark one ... poet; fawn; little dark one ... |
| Donahue | dark warrior ...The meaning of the name is dark warrior. ... |
| Donnelly | dark courage; brave, ... name Donnelly means 'dark courage; brave, dark ... |
Donovan  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  424 | dark river ...The name Douglas means 'dark river' ... |
Doyle  | descendant of Dubhghall, ... descendant of the dark stranger' ... |
| Duald | dark-haired, dark-jointed, ... name's meaning is dark-haired, dark-jointed, or ... |
Duane  | 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. ... |
| Keir | dark-skinned; homeward ... roots, its meaning is 'dark-skinned' - in this ... |
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