40 Fang-tastic Halloween Names for Your Baby Boo

EEK! October is here, which means it’s finally time to get your ghoul on with some fun-filled pumpkin carving, spooky crafting and, most importantly, Halloween costume planning. If you’re having a Halloween baby, there’s one more thing you might want to check off your list to make the season extra special—finding the perfect Halloween name for the newest and cutest addition to your boo-crew. Not sure where to start? Have no fear—our hair-raising Halloween name ideas are here.

40 Frightening Halloween Names for Baby

Deciding what to call baby can be quite the challenge. But when it comes to Halloween girl names and boy names, the choices are as plentiful as a fully grown pumpkin just waiting to be picked from the patch. Plus, there are so many places to find inspiration, from famous characters in Halloween films and freaky figures in folklore to the gothic aesthetic.

The best part? We’ve gathered up the most wicked-awesome Halloween baby names to make your search quicker than you can say, “trick or treat!” So read on to find out more about our fang-tastic picks—if you dare…

Spooky Halloween Names

What is it that makes the Halloween season so exciting? Is it the ghost stories? Is it the spine-tingling chill in the air? Or is it the thought of finally getting to binge-watch your favorite Halloween flicks—and potentially name baby after one of them?

“I remember thinking about Lydia being a possibility for our girl name, and telling my husband it reminded me of Beetlejuice,” says The Bump community forum member KnoxBride06, “I remembered how much I loved that movie.”

If Halloween movie marathons are your favorite fall tradition, then taking name ideas from an iconic film character—like lots of parents on The Bump—is a no-brainer. From Carrie to Jack (“all work and no play!”), you can find creepy-cool Halloween names that are perfect for a little future horror fanatic below. (Check out the rest of our spooky names for more movie-menace inspiration).

Scary Halloween Names

Halloween has been around for centuries, and with it comes chilling tales that have stood the test of time. They’ve been repeated so much, they almost feel real (eep!). There are tons of scary baby names inspired by the fiends that appear in them, from Banshee to Beelzebub, all the way to Kek and Kuchisake-Onna (aka “The Slit-Mouthed Woman” in Japanese urban legend). Love a good fright and want something truly sinister? These terrifying Halloween names have those eerie vibes nailed.

• Samara
• Hades
• Banshee
• Dracula
• Beelzebub
• Uruk-hai
• Kek
• Kuchisake-Onna
• Nosferatu
• Llorona

Gothic-Inspired Halloween Names

Halloween-themed names don’t always have to be frightful, of course. They can be soft, elegant and darkly romantic too—and if that’s the kind of feel you want in a moniker, then gothic’s the way to go. Whether Onyx, Raven, Shelley or Poe stirkes a cord, you can expect dark magic with these lovely Halloween names.

Cute Halloween Names

Having your little one around this time of year calls for a name that’s creepy and cute! Just ask parents on The Bump with their own baby-boo on the way: “If it’s a girl, I’m going with Cruella Brunhilda Morticia,” says forum member itsmegin, “If it’s a boy, Casper Igor.”

If you aren’t nearly as sure about the one, though, you’ll find lots of cute Halloween name options for your little monster right here. With a spooky costume or a themed onesie to match, baby will be the season’s sweetest treat.

Fun Facts About Halloween Baby Names

• More than just a pumpkin: The “Jack” in Jack-o’-Lantern comes from a figure in Irish folklore called “Stingy Jack”—a crook who trapped the Devil. Legend has it that when Jack died, he was sentenced to roam Earth with nothing but a hollow turnip lit by burning coal—and so the “Jack-o’-Lantern” was born.

• Why Wednesday? Wednesday wasn’t just an adorable day-of-the-week name idea for Charles Addams, who created The Addams Family in the ‘60s. In true gothic spirit, he took the famous moniker from the 19th-century nursery rhyme line, “Wednesday’s child is full of woe.”

• Jason—a misunderstood moniker: Everyone knows Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th, but the name couldn’t be further from its killer reputation. In Greek, Jason is a variant of Iason, which comes from the word iasis meaning “healing.” Decades after the slasher film hit movie theaters, Jason is still one of the most peaceful and gentle boy names on the charts.

• An iconic Hollywood invention: Did you know that Igor never actually existed in the original Frankenstein tale? He was completely made up by Hollywood for film adaptations of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. In the real story, Victor Frankenstein works alone.

• Casper wasn’t always cool: Just when Casper the Friendly Ghost made its debut in the 1930s, Casper was already on its way out of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Top 1,000 list. Almost a hundred years later, it’s finally making a spooky comeback!

To find more Halloween-inspired baby name ideas, check out lists on TheBump.com.