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Baby names · meaning night

Names That Mean Night

Names that mean night, evening, and twilight

Names meaning night and dusk — Layla (Arabic, night), Yael (Hebrew-adjacent), Laila (Persian/Arabic, night), Tasnim (Arabic), Niamh (Irish, bright twilight) — carry the quiet poetry of evening. They pair beautifully with moon, star, and dark academia themes.

10 names meaning night in our library · 6 girl, 4 boy

Girl names meaning night

Ciara

little dark one

Irish
Layla

night, dark beauty

Arabic
Leila

night, dark beauty

Arabic
Lila

night

Arabic
Lyla

night, dark beauty

Arabic
Vesper

evening star

Latin

Boy names meaning night

Adrian

from Hadria, dark

Latin
Doyle

dark stranger

Irish
Faris

knight, horseman

Arabic
Kieran

little dark one

Irish

Night names by language

The same idea as night, named in 3 different traditions.

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