If you're a Halloween-loving parent — or are expecting your child to arrive around the holiday — what better way to make the magic of 31 Oct. last all year than to name your baby something spooktacular? Ranging from names in popular Halloween [1] movies to those based off All Hallows' Eve legends and ones that have elements of magic, we've rounded up a bunch of baby names for girls [2] and boys (though so many of these are great for any baby [3]) that are inspired by the spooky season.
Scroll through to find your favourite!
Halloween Names For Boys
- Addams (The Addams Family)
- Balthazar (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
- Bates (Psycho)
- Billy (Hocus Pocus [5])
- Binx (Hocus Pocus)
- Bram (Bram Stoker)
- Burton (Tim Burton)
- Casper (Casper)
- Chucky (Chucky)
- Crane (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
- Cullen (Twilight [6])
- Damien (The Omen)
- Dexter (Dexter)
- Draco (Harry Potter [7])
- Edward (Edward Scissorhands)
- Freddy (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Georgie (It)
- Griffin (Practical Magic)
- Hannibal (Silence of the Lambs)
- Harvey (Casper)
- Herman (The Munsters)
- Ichabod (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
- Igor (Frankenstein)
- Jack
- Jason (Friday the 13th)
- Jasper (Twilight)
- Norman (Psycho)
- Regan (The Exorcist)
- Rune
- Salem (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
- Sanderson (Hocus Pocus)
- Thorn
- Wolf
Halloween Names For Girls
- Agatha (Halloweentown [9])
- Autumn
- Blair (The Blair Witch Project)
- Buffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Carrie (Carrie)
- Cat
- Elena (Vampire Diaries)
- Esme (Twilight)
- Eve
- Glenda (Wizard of Oz)
- Hallow
- Hazel
- Hermione (Harry Potter)
- Luna (Harry Potter)
- Marnie (Halloweentown)
- Mary (Hocus Pocus)
- Matilda (Matilda)
- Morticia (The Addams Family)
- Piper (Halloweentown)
- Raven
- Rosemary (Rosemary's Baby)
- Sabrina (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
- Samara (The Ring)
- Sarah (Hocus Pocus)
- Tabitha (Scary Movie)
- Tarot
- Wanda (Wanda)
- Wednesday (The Addams Family)
- Willow
- Winnie (Hocus Pocus)