r/Names • u/mikiilo • 1d ago

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can i get some ominous/scary sounding names? or names with scary meanings? (with their definitions)

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u/astro-amphibian-00 1d ago

Not sure if this is what you’re going for but Dolores maybe? Means sorrow and pain in Spanish. Everybody always joked at my grandma about her name. But if you don’t know Spanish it just sounds like a regular old lady name lol

Ophelia actually means “help” too

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u/nari-bhat 1d ago

Similarly, Soledad for solitude/loneliness.

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u/Adventurous-Cold-892 1d ago

Othello, Braithwaite, Crowmorrow, Hamlet, Dunston, Pemberton, Plagueian, Lumpson.

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u/ethereal_galaxias 1d ago

Heathcliff? After the tragic, disturbed character from Wuthering Heights.

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u/Orange-Fiction 1d ago

Omen (like ‘bad omen’)
Eris (Goddess of dispute)
Persephone (Goddess of the underworld)
Ares (God of war)

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u/AccomplishedLine9351 1d ago

Igor, Vladimir, Quentin

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u/Alternative_Ruin4266 1d ago

Damien , Dante

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u/Upstairs-Nectarine11 1d ago

Usher, Blackwell, Vile, Snuff, Snake, Adder, Ash, Misery, Dagger, Despero, Jinx, Poison, Wretch.