If you’re expecting an October baby, or looking to name a new pet or fictional character, we have curated the best spooky names just for you. Choosing a scary name for your little one is like crafting a little masterpiece of macabre. So grab your cauldron, dust off your spell book, and let’s brew up some bewitching baby names…or pet names.. or character names!

• Arachna – Arachna is an urban superhero with spider powers of mysterious origin.
• Banshee – Screaming spirit
• Barnabas – First name of vampire from the television series and film Dark Shadows
• Beelzebub – Another name for the devil
• Bellatrix – Evil death eater in the Harry Potter series of books and films.
• Betelgeuse – Scary spirit from the film of the same name.
• Blair – Reference to the film The Blair Witch Project
• Blackbeard – A pirate ghost
• Boris – Legendary horror film actor, Boris Karloff
• Bones – Skeletal parts of a body
• Boo – Exclamation of scare
• Buffy – Character from the film and television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Carrie – Telekinetic teen character in Stephen King’s novel and film(s) of the same name.
• Casper – A friendly ghost character in comics and cartoons.
• Chaos – Extremely disorganized
• Chucky – Murderous doll in the film series of the same name.
• Circe – A sorceress who could turn men into animals.
• Clarice – Main FBI agent character in the novel and film Silence of the Lambs.
• Crimson – The color of blood
• Cruella – Cruella DeVil is the villain from the Disney film, 101 Dalmations and 102 Dalmations
• Cyclops – One-eyed monster
• Damien – Boy character from the film The Omen
• Darth – Villains Vader & Maul from the Star Wars series of films and television shows.
• Desdemona – Meaning “Of the Devil,” this is the name of Othello’s wife in the Shakespeare play Othello
• Dexter – Main character from the television series about a sympathetic serial killer.
• Draco – Dragon, Dreadful
• Dracula – Vampire from the novel and film of same name.
• Drusilla – A character from the film and television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Edgar – An English name meaning “Rich Spear,” this name is the moniker of one of the first horror authors, Edgar Allan Poe.
• Elvira – Television host, dubbed “Mistress of the Dark.”
• Endora – Mother-in-Law witch from TV show, Bewitched
• Fang – Long tooth, primarily in animals.
• Fester – To become rotten, Name of the uncle from TV show and film, The Addams Family
• Frankenstein – Novel by Mary Shelley about a Doctor named Frankenstein who created a monster from body parts. The name is often associated with the monster, himself.
• Freddie – Freddie Kruger is the villain from the “Nightmare on Elm Street” film series.
• Gomez – Father from the cartoon, then subsequent television series and film, The Addams Family
• Ghidora – 3-headed Monster
• Hades – Another name for hell, or Greek god of the underworld.
• Hannibal – Hannibal Lecter is the iconic villain from the novel and film series, Manhunter/ Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal

  

• Hecate – Name of a witch rom Shakespeare’s tragedy, MacBeth
• Hemlock – A highly poisonous European plant of the parsley family,
• Herman – Monster father from the television series The Munsters
• Hilda – A witchy name
• Hulk – Scary superhero in Marvel comics
• Ichabod – Ichabod Crane, character from novel, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
• Igor – A character, sometimes a hunch-backed assistant, to many types of Gothic villains, most prominently portrayed by Bela Lugosi in the films Son of Frankenstein and The Ghost of Frankenstein.
• It – The name of the killer clown in Stephen King’s novel of the same name; hairy cousin character in the television series and film The Addams Family
• Ivy – A “poisonous” plant that irritates the skin.
• Lestat – Lestat de Lioncourt is a fictional character appearing in several novels by Anne Rice, including Interview with a Vampire.
• Lily – Vampire mother from TV’s “The Munsters”
• Lilith – A “She-Demon” in Mesopotamian and Judaic mythology, supposedly the first wife of Adam.
• Lucifer – Name of a biblical angel who fell to earth.
• Lurch – Butler from TV’s “The Addams Family”
• Maleficent – Evil Godmother in Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.” She is the self-proclaimed “Mistress of all Evil.”
• Marley – Jacob Marley was the main ghost in the Charles Dickens’ story, A Christmas Carol
• Merlin – Camelot Sorcerer
• Midnight – 12:00 a.m.
• Misty – Out of the Mist
• Morgana – The sorceress in Arthurian legend.
• Morte – Death in Latin
• Morticia – Mother character from television and film series The Addams Family
• Nebula – Dark Mist
• Nocnitsa – Meaning “nightmare.” In Slavic mythology, Nocnitsas are female demons who sit on people’s chests while they sleep, causing terrifying nightmares.
• Norman – Mother-killer and hotelier in the novel and film Psycho
• Nosferatu – Famous Vampire
• Nyx – Of The Night
• Ouija – Mystical board used to connect with spirits.
• Phantom – Ghost
• Poe – Edgar Allan Poe, famous horror/suspense author
• Pugsley – Son from TV/film “The Addams Family”
• Quasimodo – Name of title character in the novel and film The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  

• Rasputin – Rasputin was a Russian mystic, best-known for befriending and influencing the imperial family of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia.
• Raven – Black bird, and the name of a poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
• Reaper – Character known to come take your soul when it’s time for death.
• Regan – Possessed child character from the film, The Exorcist
• Ricin – A poison found naturally in castor beans.
• Ripper – Jack the Ripper was a serial killer in Victorian England.
• Rosemary – Main character in the horror film, Rosemarie’s Baby
• Rune – Small stones with symbols on them used for fortune telling.
• Sabrina – The Teenage Witch character in comics and television.
• Salem – Sabrina’s powerful black cat, named after Salem, Massachusetts, a town with a history of accusing women of being witches.
• Samantha – Witch wife from the television series Bewitched
• Samara – Main character from the horror film, The Ring
• Sasquatch – Bigfoot
• Scarface – Al Capone’s Nickname
• Shadow – A dark area or shape produced by an object body coming between rays of light and a surface.
• Skull – Head Bone
• Spike – Character from the film and television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Storm – Bad weather, tempest
• Svenghouli – Television horror show host
• Tabitha – Child witch character from the television series Bewitched
• Tempest – Storm
• Thing – Disembodied hand from TV/film The Addams Family
• Thorn – Spiky point on a plant or flower.
• Twilight – The time of day at dusk. Also the name of the first novel in a series of books by Stephenie Meyer about Vampires and Werewolves.

  

• Voodoo – a religion combining elements of Roman Catholic ritual with traditional African magical and religious rites, characterized by sorcery and spirit possession.
• Vlad – Vlad III of Wallachia was commonly known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula and the inspiration for the Dracula vampire character.
• Voldemort – Scary character from the Harry Potter novels and film series.
• Wednesday – Daughter in the television series The Addams Family and Wednesday.
• Wolverine – Scary wolfman from comics  and film series X-Men
• Zelda – Witchy aunt from the comics and television series Sabrina the Teenage Witch
• Zombie – Living Dead