Dog Names That Mean Shadow

By Marvin Tang · iDogNames editorial · curated meaning theme

Names meaning shadow, dark, or twilight.

Shadow-meaning names suit black-coated breeds and the dogs whose personalities lean watchful, quiet, or mysterious. The English word "Shadow" itself is one of the top 50 dog names of the last 30 years (Disney's Homeward Bound boosted it). Norse Hel (goddess of the underworld), Greek Erebus (primordial darkness), Egyptian Anubis (god of the underworld), Hebrew Layla ("night"). The list pulls names meaning shadow, dark, night, twilight, or eclipse.

82 dog names with meaning related to "shadow"

#	Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
1	Achlys	Mist, Darknesss	Female	Greek
2	Black	Dark	Unisex	English
3	Blake	Dark	Male	English
4	Blakeley	From The Dark Meadow	Unisex	English
5	Bron	Brown Or Dark	Unisex	English
6	Chevalier	Knight	Male	French
7	Chevy	Knight	Unisex	French
8	Chhaya	Shade	Female	Indian
9	Ciar	Dark	Female	Gaelic
10	Ciara	Dark	Female	Gaelic
11	Ciarra	Dark	Female	Gaelic
12	Ciera	Dark	Female	Gaelic
13	Condon	Dark Haired Wise Man	Male	English
14	Corby	Dark	Unisex	Latin
15	Dade	Rich, Wealthy, Dark One	Female	Greek
16	Dewayne	Dark, black	Male	Gaelic
17	Donovan	Dark chieftain	Male	Gaelic
18	Dooley	Dark Hero	Male	English
19	Dorjan	Dark Man	Male	Hungarian
20	Douglass	From The Dark River. The Scottish Douglas Clan Had Two Historical Branches: (Black Douglases And Red Douglases.) The Lords Of These Clans Figure In Sir Walter Scott's Novels.	Male	English
21	Doyle	Dark stranger	Male	Gaelic
22	Duane	Dark, black	Male	Gaelic
23	Duff	Dark, black	Male	Gaelic
24	Dug	From The Dark Water	Unisex	Scottish
25	Dugan	Dark man	Male	Gaelic
26	Duglas	Dark Stranger	Male	Celtic
27	Dunn	Dark Skinned	Male	English
28	Dunstan	Dark stone	Male	English
29	Dwayne	Dark, black	Male	Gaelic
30	Kanika	Dark cloth	Female	African
31	Karyan	The Dark One	Female	Armenian
32	Keara	Dark	Female	Gaelic
33	Keir	Little dark one	Male	Gaelic
34	Keira	Dark	Female	Gaelic
35	Keiran	Little dark one	Male	Gaelic
36	Kera	Dark	Female	Gaelic
37	Kiarra	Small, Dark	Female	Celtic
38	Kiera	Dark	Female	Gaelic
39	Kieran	Little dark one	Male	Gaelic
40	Kierra	Dark	Female	Gaelic
41	Kira	Dark	Female	Gaelic
42	Kyran	Little dark one	Male	Gaelic
43	Laila	Dark beauty	Female	Arabic
44	Lailie	Nightfall	Female	English
45	Lancelot	Knight Of Arthur And Lover Of Guinevere	Male	French
46	Layla	Night	Female	Arabic
47	Lela	Dark-haired beauty	Female	Persian
48	Lindsay	Uncertain, perhaps dark lake	Female	Gaelic
49	Lynelle	Variant Of Ancient Welsh Given Name. In Arthurian Legend Lynette Accompanied Sir Gareth On A Knightly Quest.	Female	English
50	Lynna	Abbreviation Of Lynnette Who Accompanied Sir Gareth On A Knightly Quest In Arthurian Legend: Variant Of The Irish Gaelic Word Lann Meaning House: Church.	Female	English

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