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* "Fanfic/GodSaveTheEsteem" is a ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' fanfic where half the cast are over-the-top parodies of TheQuincyPunk, with names like "Killer Quinn," "Jake the Snake" and "Hellion" Morgendorffer. While not every punk has a nickname, some [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname are so tied to theirs]] that at point Quinn is shocked to discover that [[ReallyGetsAround ladyty Girl]] actually has a name ([[{{Fanon}} Jackie Wentworth]]).

* ComicBook/{{Raven}} from ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' and ComicBook/{{Starfire}}'s sister Blackfire.
* Black Alice from DC comics.
* ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'' just teems with these. Justified to some extent as some of the characters ''are'' the historical UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler, Nero, Attila, and Elizabeth Bathory, and the vampire knights are given new (themed) names when knighted. In any case, the series has names such as Otto von Todt, Requiem, Thurim and Cryptos, Black Sabbat... Claudia, while giving gothy vibes, just sounds plain in comparison.
* [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Victor Von Doom]].
* The eponymous Brendon D'Arkness of ''ComicBook/{{Brendon}}''.
* ComicBook/XMen character ComicBook/{{Mystique}} has the rather gothy real name of Raven Darkholme.
* Satasha Raventhorne, one of ComicBook/LadyDeath's closest allies. Ironically, Lady Death herself is a subversion: her real name is Hope, which is decidedly less gothic sounding and used just as frequently.
* The Black Order/Cull Obsidian, henchmen of the villainous ComicBook/{{Thanos}}: Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, Black Dwarf, Ebony Maw, and Supergiant. Appropriately, they all have dark-themed designs.
* The Franchise/MarvelUniverse characters Daimon Hellstrom, the ComicBook/SonOfSatan and his sister Satana the Devil's Daughter.
* DC's ''ComicBook/KlarionTheWitchBoy'', whose real name is Klarion Bleak.
* Nico Minoru went by the alias of "Sister Grimm" early on in ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. Her turn as an actual superhero in ''ComicBook/RunawaysRainbowRowell'' has her adopt the identity of "the Gloom".
* DC Comics GodOfEvil ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}.

* The Franchise/MarvelComics characters Daimon Hellstrom, the ComicBook/SonOfSatan and his sister Satana the Devil's Daughter.

* '''Dark'''/'''Shade'''/'''Shadows''' - rarely a given name, may be a name the character has chosen themselves. Names that mean these (such as "Yami" or "Yoru"[[note]]Both are Japanese[[/note]] or are evocative of them (such as "Darcy" or "Layla"[[note]]"night"[[/note]]) also count.

* '''Dark'''/'''Shade'''/'''Shadows''' - rarely a given name, may be a name the character has chosen themselves. Names that mean these or are evocative of them (such as "Darcy" or "Layla"[[note]]"night"[[/note]]) also count.

In both [[RealLife]] and in fiction, a [[MeaningfulName person's name can often tie in to their personality]]. And, let's face it, it's hard to sound dark and edgy with a cheery name like "Stacey Merryweather", or even an ordinary one like "[[TomTheDarkLord Amy Jones]]". {{Goth}}s and other [[DarkIsNotEvil shadowy characters]] in fiction tend to have dark-tinted {{Awesome McCool Name}}s. Usually, they have these names from birth, although, a goth with an [[EmbarrassingFirstName inappropriately cheerful name]] may [[MeaningfulRename change their name]], or insist on people calling them by a nickname. Many goths also tend to have an exotic middle name or three.

In both [[Real Life]] and in fiction, a [[MeaningfulName person's name can often tie in to their personality]]. And, let's face it, it's hard to sound dark and edgy with a cheery name like "Stacey Merryweather", or even an ordinary one like "[[TomTheDarkLord Amy Jones]]". {{Goth}}s and other [[DarkIsNotEvil shadowy characters]] in fiction tend to have dark-tinted {{Awesome McCool Name}}s. Usually, they have these names from birth, although, a goth with an [[EmbarrassingFirstName inappropriately cheerful name]] may [[MeaningfulRename change their name]], or insist on people calling them by a nickname. Many goths also tend to have an exotic middle name or three.

In fiction, a [[MeaningfulName character's name is often tied to their personality]]. And, let's face it, it's hard to sound dark and edgy with a cheery name like "Stacey Merryweather", or even an ordinary one like "[[TomTheDarkLord Amy Jones]]". {{Goth}}s and other [[DarkIsNotEvil shadowy characters]] in fiction tend to have dark-tinted {{Awesome McCool Name}}s. Usually, they have these names from birth, although, a goth with an [[EmbarrassingFirstName inappropriately cheerful name]] may [[MeaningfulRename change their name]], or insist on people calling them by a nickname. Many goths also tend to have an exotic middle name or three.

* One of VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog's many {{Evil Twin}}s is named Shadow the Hedgehog. His fur is just as dark as his name is. (Well, minus the red streaks, but still...)

* ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'': In "Frozen Flame" one of the heroes under Prince Arius' command is a necromancer Called Galadea Sin of Greed.

* ''VideoGame/KingOfTheCastle:'' The Counts of the East embody the stereotype of classic {{Uberwald}} nobility, so many NPC-generated Counts have names that are either of Slavic or East-European origin (especially ones with XtremeKoolLetterz, such as Vazil, Varenika or Zhenya) or stuffy, melancholy-sounding ones like Alyster, Desdomena or Lorelei.

* ''VideoGame/KingOfTheCastle:'' The Counts of the East embody the stereotype of classic {{Uberwald}} nobility, so many NPC-generated Counts have names that are either of Slavic or East-European origin (especially ones with XtremeKoolLetterz, such as "Vazil", "Varenika" or "Zhenya") or stuffy, melancholy-sounding ones like "Alyster", "Desdomena" or "Lorelei".

* Edgar Allan Poe parodied this in his satirical short story "A Predicament", whose heroine is called Signora Psyche Zenobia.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' had a segment called "Goth Talk" with Azrael Abyss and Circe Nightshade. They were visited often by Baron Nocturna.

* A flashback episode of ''Series/RaisingHope'' revealed that when Jimmy was going through "a phase" he insisted on being called "Drakkar Noir" ([[NamesTheSame like the fragrance]]). Largely because of the over-the-top Music/{{KISS}}-type makeup that goes along with it, this has since mutated into a RunningGag.

* BiblicalBadGuy names, to an extent. '''Lilith''' and '''[[LouisCypher Lou/Louis]]''' approach this theme from varoius angles. '''[[NameOfCain Cain]]''' too is a prominent example.
* Any historical figure associated with macabre practices or media, such as '''Joan''' or '''Dante'''.

* Sirius Black from ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Pretty much everyone in the Black and Malfoy families has a name like this. Nymphadora Tonks might be a humorous lampshade, since she has the kind of name a fanfic Sue might have and she [[EmbarrassingFirstName hates it]]. In fact, when questioned why she doesn't go by her middle name, Rowling answered that it was Vulpecula. Seriously, bad naming is InTheBlood or something, since Nymphadora's mother (Andromeda) was the WhiteSheep of the family and she still followed the tradition. (For comparison, on Malfoy side we get a Draco, a Scorpius, and even an Abraxas.)

* BiblicalBadGuy names, to an extent. '''Lilith''' and '''[[LouisCypher Lou/Louis]]''' approach this theme from varoius angles.