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Anime Boy Names With Dark Meanings

Best 50+ Anime Boy Names With Dark Meanings (List 2023)

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The meaning behind a name of a fictional character sometimes is crucial for the character. It reveals a part of the character’s role in the story and their motives. We’ve already discussed the meaning behind names for female anime characters. Today, we’ll be talking about the best 50+ anime boy names with dark meanings.

For this list, we have chosen 50+ male characters from various anime and discussed the meaning behind them. As we mentioned before, the names here all have meanings darker than the average everyday names. 

Many names here do not appear as dark, but with different spellings in hiragana, katakana, or kanji, the meaning of the name changes. For example, “Jiro” typically means “second son,” but if written with a different spelling, it can mean “demonic son.” Similarly, “Masaru” means “victory,” but it can also mean “demon.”

Some characters, however, have names, with their sole meaning being something dark or twisted. Like Asura from Naruto Shippuden, whose name is from Hindu mythology that means “demon.” There’s also Kirin from Yu Yu Hakusho, whose name means “demon” or “monster” in Japanese.

The names of some male characters are from famous mythical beings, not known for their wholesomeness, of course. For example, Loki from Fairy Tail has his name from the Norse God of Mischief. Enma from Yu Yu Hakusho has the King of Hell from Japanese mythology as his namesake.

While the dark meanings behind the names of some characters are unintentional and coincidental, like Ushio from Saint Seiya, whose name is supposed to mean “tide,” but with an alternative spelling, can mean “demonic man.” 

Or Kiba from Naruto, the original meaning of which is “fang” but can also mean “devil.” “Rei” from the Bibliophile Princess means “zero,” but its alternative meaning can be “cold” or “unfeeling.”

But the dark meanings behind some names are completely intentional and meant to portray an aspect of the character’s personality. For example, Yuta from Jujutsu Kaisen means both “kindness” and “demon,” referencing Yuta Okkotsu’s kind-hearted nature as well as the demonic power he possesses.

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There’s also Riku from Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, whose name means “suffering” aside from the typical “land” or “earth” meaning. The comparatively dark meaning has a connection to Riku’s character and the role he plays in the story.

Now that we’ve discussed the nature and motive behind the dark meanings of names let’s move forward with the best 50+ anime boy names with dark meanings.

Best 50+ Anime Boy Names With Dark Meanings (List)

Anime Boy Names with Dark Meanings

  1. Akuma (Here Comes the Black Witch!!)– means “demon” or “devil”
  2. Kuro (Kyokou Suiri)– means “black” or “darkness”
  3. Kirin (Yu Yu Hakusho)– means “demon” or “monster”
  4. Satsuki (Uta no Prince Sama)– means “cold moon” or “killer moon”
  5. Kagami (Naruto)– means “mirror” or “reflection”
  6. Akira (Akira)– means “darkness” or “shadow”
  7. Riku (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon)– means “land” or “earth” but can also mean “suffering”
  8. Shiro (No Game No Life)– means “white” but can also mean “death” or “disaster”
  9. Ryuu (Snow White with the Red Hair)– means “dragon” or “demon”
  10. Tatsuo (The Squid Girl)– means “dragon man” or “demon man”
  11. Yukio (Blue Exorcist)– means “snow” but can also mean “unfeeling” or “cold-hearted”
  12. Kaito (Kaito Kid)– means “ocean” but can also mean “demon”
  13. Kage (Ranking of Kings)– means “shadow” or “darkness”
  14. Akihiko (Given)– means “bright prince” but can also mean “demon prince”
  15. Jiro (More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers.)– means “second son” but can also mean “demonic son”
  16. Kurogane (Tsubasa Chronicles)– means “black steel” but can also mean “dark demon”
  17. Rei (Bibliophile Princess)– means “zero” but can also mean “cold” or “unfeeling”
  18. Hikaru (Ouran High School Host Club)– means “light” but can also mean “demonic” or “evil”
  19. Gou (Save Me! Lollipop)– means “strong” but can also mean “darkness” or “devil”
  20. Saburo (Gintama)– means “third son” but can also mean “demon son”
  21. Asura (Naruto Shippuden)– means “demon” or “evil spirit”
  22. Dante (Devil May Cry)– means “enduring” but can also mean “dark one”
  23. Enma (Yu Yu Hakusho)– means “king of hell” or “judge of the dead”
  24. Gaius (The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest)– means “one who rejoices” but can also mean “shadowy”
  25. Hades (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle)– means “lord of the underworld”
  26. Isamu (Kaitei Sanman Mile)– means “brave” but can also mean “cold”
  27. Jin (Samurai Champloo)– means “benevolence” but can also mean “sin”
  28. Kiba (Naruto)– means “fang” but can also mean “devil”
  29. Loki (Fairy Tail)– means “trickster” or “god of mischief”
  30. Mamoru (Hajime no Ippo)– means “to protect” but can also mean “demon”
  31. Masaru (Tokyo Revengers)– means “victory” but can also mean “demon”
  32. Raiden (86)– means “thunder and lightning” but can also mean “demon”
  33. Ren (Super Lovers)– means “lotus” but can also mean “cold” or “demonic”
  34. Ryo (Paripi Koumei)– means “dragon” but can also mean “demon”
  35. Saburou (Little Busters!)– means “third son” but can also mean “demon son”
  36. Sanji (One Piece)– means “three virtues” but can also mean “devil”
  37. Seiji (Bloom into You)– means “honest” but can also mean “demon”
  38. Sora (Naruto Shippuden)– means “sky” but can also mean “concealed evil”
  39. Subaru (Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World)– means “unite” but can also mean “demon cluster”
  40. Takeru (Izumo: Flash of a Brave Sword)– means “warrior” but can also mean “demon slayer”
  41. Takumi (Maid Sama!)– means “artisan” but can also mean “demon”
  42. Tatsuya (The Irregular at Magic High)– means “dragon arrow” but can also mean “demon arrow”
  43. Tenma (Haikyuu!!)– means “heavenly demon”
  44. Tetsuo (Sword Art Online)– means “iron man” but can also mean “demon man”
  45. Tsukumo (Nanbaka)– means “99” but can also mean “demon”
  46. Ushio (Saint Seiya)– means “tide” but can also mean “demonic man”
  47. Yasha (Child of Kamiari Month)– means “demon” or “evil spirit”
  48. Yori (Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru)– means “trust” but can also mean “demonic”
  49. Yuu (Guilty Crown)– means “gentleness” but can also mean “demon”
  50. Yuki (Fruits Basket)– means “snow” but can also mean “evil spirit”
  51. Yuta (Jujutsu Kaisen)– means “kindness” but can also mean “demon”
  52. Yuto (All Out!!)– means “gentleness” but can also mean “demon”
  53. Zen (Snow White with the Red Hair)– means “virtuous” but can also mean “demon”
  54. Zephyr (Ragnarök The Animation)– means “west wind” but can also mean “shadowy”
  55. Zoltar (Street Fighter)– means “ruler” but can also mean “dark lord”

With the last entry, we’ll conclude our list of the best 50+ anime boy names with dark meanings. If you liked this article, check out its sister piece: the best 50+ anime girl names with dark meanings. Follow Otakus’ Notes for more exciting content like this.

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