Gothy Baby Girl Names

[GothAndTired]

Hi all,

Dh and I are a little bit gothy. Well, goths that grew up and got jobs and whatnot. But still really like all things dark, mystical and Victoriana.

We're expecting a little girl soon but still at the brainstorming stage for names.

So far we like:

Ophelia
Briar
Hazel
Beatrice
Cecily
Opal
Phaedra
Violet
Morgan / Morgana

Don't love anything yet.

Can you think of anything we might like? Not comedy witch-style, but would fit our taste. Middle names too please - have no family ones that we'd like to use.

DS is Vincent Zephyr.

Winter (Winnie).

Briar is lovely, however, I would worry that everyone would hear 'Brian' and wonder why I had named my daughter thus...

Storm
Velvet
Ebony
Astra
Wanda
Marsha
Jetta
Opal

Sybil
Lillith
Thursday

Annabel Lee (Edgar Allan Poe)
Cerridwen
Thelxinoe

Elspeth and Lilith are my ultimate dark sounding names. I imagine they have raven hair and would like to be witches. Love them both, DH not so much

Ha, my name is on here!

Tamise
Tamsin
Serena
Fay
Elena
Autumn
Jade
Jezebel
Tallibeth
Lucy (from Dracula)
Mina (Wilhelmina, also from Dracula)
Mary (Shelley)
Blanche

Selina!

Also have a look for the thread "dark and delicious names for girls" which was posted a couple of months ago - you may find some good ideas there.

Winter
Marilyn
Sarah (the girl from The Crow!!)
Kali
Siouxsie
Ebony

I wanted Claudia because of Interview with a Vampire

Chalice? I always thought that was quite 'goth' ?

Fritha
Hermione
Marcella

Zoria

Tallulah
(Only cos it’s not been said)

Ligeia. (or any character from Edgar Allan Poe.)

Isolde
Ruby
Penelope
Estella
Alys
Cora
Greta
Juliette
Rowena
Xanthe
Octavia
Seraphina
Lorna
Meredith

Morgana
Eloise
Morgan
Vivienne

DH and I have been emailing back and forth all morning and have come up with the following list.

Any stand-out combinations?

Allegra Beatrice
Allegra Opal
Allegra Violet
Allegra Morrigan
Briar Beatrice
Briar Morgan
Briar Morrigan
Briar Vivienne
Claudia Beatrice
Claudia Cecily
Claudia Violet
Claudia Blythe
Claudia Pearl
Claudia Vivienne
Hazel Allegra
Hazel Asta
Hazel Vivienne
Hazel Morrigan
Morgan Cecily
Morgan Opal
Morgan Violet
Morgan Asta
Morgan Tara
Morgan Pearl
Pearl Cecily
Pearl Morrigan
Pearl Morgan
Pearl Allegra
Pearl Vivienne
Pearl Claudia
Vivienne Opal
Vivienne Violet
Vivienne Asta
Vivienne Cora
Vivienne Tara
Vivienne Mona
Vivienne Briar
Vivienne Pearl

Bellatrix

I don’t personally think Pearl is right as it’s very delicate and overtly feminine. I personally like Briar the most (stunning name and unusual!) so I vote Briar Beatrice but I also love Allegra Beatrice!

Vesper

You could spell Briar with the Cornish spelling of Bryher, if you want to avoid a mix up with Brian.

Also suggest:
Arabella
Millicent / Millie
Amethyst
Midnight
Gloria
Beatrice / Trixie
Zillah

Have just realised that Vivienne Asta is out because our surname starts with a G and the initials would be VAG.

My favourites are:

Claudia Beatrice
Hazel Allegra
Vivienne Tara/Cora

Of course it entirely depends on your surname!