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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.

12 names meaning night in our library · 9 girl, 3 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
Nisha♀

night

Hindi
Nyx♀

night

Greek
Vesper♀

evening star

Latin
Yamini♀

night

Sanskrit

Boy names meaning night

Adrian♂

from Hadria, dark

Latin
Doyle♂

dark stranger

Irish
Kieran♂

little dark one

Irish

Night names by language

The same idea as night, named in 6 different traditions.

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