A name can signify a lot about a character in fiction. That is why we pay special attention to it. Anime, most of the time, has female characters named with sweet and popular names but oftentimes, some message is hidden behind the name and can have a rather dark meaning. This is why we bring you top 50+ anime girl names with dark meanings.
Top 50+ Anime Girl Names with Dark Meanings
- 1) Akame (Akame ga Kill)- means “red eyes” or “bloody eyes”
- 2) Ryouko Ookami (Ookami-san and Her Seven Companions)- means “refreshing child” but her name can also mean “wolf child”
- 3) Yomi Isayama (Ga-Rei Zero)- means “underworld” or “darkness”
- 4) Kyouka Izumi (Bungou Stray Dogs)- means “sound of madness” or “madness flower”
- 5) Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)- means “firefly”, but is written with characters that mean “flame” and “darkness”
- 6) Shiro (Deadman Wonderland)- means “white”, but the name is written with characters that mean “death” and “god”
- 7) Misa Amane (Death Note)- means “beautiful sand” but it can be written with characters with the meanings “death” and “god”
- 8) Rena Ryuuguu (Higurashi: When They Cry)- means “revenge” or “lotus”, and has characters that mean “blood” and “nightmare”
- 9) Kirika Yuumura (Noir)- means “dark song” or “black poetry”
- 10) Kotonoha Katsura (School Days)- means “word” or “speech” but consists of the characters that mean “sound” and “blade”
- 11) Aya (Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales)- means “color” or “design” in Japanese, but can be written with the characters meaning “night” and “death”
- 12) Midori (Suite Precure)- literally means “green” in Japanese, but it can also be written with letters that mean “wretched” and “vengeance”
- 13) Rima Touya (Vampire Knight)- means “border” or “edge” in Japanese, but if written differently, it contains characters that mean “blood” and “cruel”
- 14) Sakura Haruno (Naruto)- means “cherry blossom”, but can be written with characters meaning “kill” and “pain”
- 15) Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)- means “spirit” or “ghost”, can also be written with characters that mean “cold” and “cruel”
- 16) Kuroyukihime (Accel World)- means “black snow princess”
- 17) Miyu (Vampire Princess Miyu)- means “beautiful kindness”, but it can also be written with characters meaning “darkness” and “destruction”
- 18) Hikari (Daphne in the Brilliant Blue)- means “light”, but can be written with characters meaning “darkness” and “loss”
- 19) Ayame (Inuyasha)- means “iris” but it can also be written with characters that mean “death” and “female dragon”
- 20) Mio (K-On!)- means “beautiful cherry blossoms” but it can also be written with characters that mean “darkness” and “sin”
- 21) Kikyo (Inuyasha)- means “chrysanthemum” but it can also be written with characters that mean “to suffer” and “revenge”
- 22) Yuuko (xxxHOLIC)- means “gentle child” but the name contains characters that mean “ghost” and “evil”
- 23) Tomoyo Daidouji (Cardcaptor Sakura)- means intelligent but also mention evil mind
- 24) Yui (Angel Beats!)- means “tie” or “connect” but it can also be written with characters that mean “darkness” and “evil”
- 25) Kurumi Tokisaki (Date A Live)- means “walnut” in Japanese but if written in a different way, it has characters that mean “darkness” and “death”
- 26) Yuriko (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)- means “lily child” but it can be written differently, containing the characters meaning “nightmare child”
- 27) Kali (Lost Universe)- Kali is the name of a Hindu goddess who is known for demolishing demons and drinking their blood
- 28) Kanade (Angel Beats!)- means “sound” or “music” in Japanese but in an alternative spelling, it has the characters that mean “cold” and “stab”
- 29) Moka Akashiya (Rosario + Vampire)- means “red flower” or “pink” but with a different spelling, it can mean “black” and “evil”
- 30) Satsuki Kiryuin (Kill la Kill)- “Satsuki” is the Japanese word for “May” but the name can also mean “cold” and “moon” with different characters
- 31) Arachne (Soul Eater)- means “spider” in Greek
- 32) Kagura (Gintama)- means “god entertainment” but another meaning can be “flower” and “grave” if written with different characters
- 33) Mei Misaki (Another)- “Mei” means “to cry”, “to sing” or “to scream” in Japanese. And while “Misaki” means “beautiful blossom”, it can also be written with characters meaning “dark” and “to bloom”
- 34) Satellizer el Bridget (Freezing)- means “satellite” in English
- 35) Kureha Tsubaki (Yurikuma Arashi)- means “deep pink”, it can also be written using characters that mean “blade” and “dark”
- 36) Mahiru Hiragi (Seraph of the End)- means “daytime” but the name has an alternate spelling that uses characters meaning “evil” and “death”
- 37) Frederica Baumann (Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World)- means “peaceful ruler” in Germain, but in Japanese, the name is written with characters that mean “dark” and “nightmare”
- 38) Lilith Asami (Trinity Seven)- “Lilith” means “of the night” in Hebrew mythology
- 39) Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)- “Erza” means “perseverance” and “honor” in Hebrew but in Japanese, it can be written with characters meaning “death” and “slaughter”
- 40) Rias Gremory (High School DxD)- “Rias” means “garnet” in Greek mythology but the name is written with characters with the meanings “demon” and “death”
- 41) Ai Enma (Hell Girl)- “enma” is the king of the underworld in Japanese mythology
- 42) Medusa Gorgon (Soul Eater)- In Greek mythology, Medusa is a popular character who has snakes for hair and can petrify anyone who looks at her
- 43) Shinobu Kocho (Demon Slayer)- means “recall” or “stealth” or “to endure”
- 44) Rin Nohara (Naruto)- means “severe”, “cold” and “dignified”
- 45) Sunako Nakahara (The Wallflower)- means “the dark side”
- 46) Zesshi Zetsumei (Overlord)- means “end of death, end of life”
- 47) Yami (To Love-Ru)- means “darkness”
- 48) Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors)- her name comes from a goddess from Irish mythology
- 49) Koko Hetmakyar (Jormungand)- means “here” or “near” in Japanese but it can also mean “night” or “black foot”
- 50) Tsui Ling (Stigma of the Wind)- means “the end of life”
- 51) Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach)- “Kuchiki”, written in kanji, means “decayed tree”
- 52) Kanna (Inuyasha)- means “godless world”
And that was the list of top 50+ anime girl names with dark meanings. Stay tuned with us as we bring you exciting anime contents such as this.
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