160 Popular Japanese Girl and Boy Names With Dark Meanings

There is a wide variety of lovely Japanese names to pick from, and you may have even heard a name that you’re curious about. There are some names with ominous connotations among the many lovely Japanese names.

It doesn’t matter if you’re trying to find a name with a sinister connotation or just curious about the potential sinister meaning of the name you’ve come across. Here is a list of 160 of the most sinister Japanese names for boys and girls that we hope you enjoy perusing.

Japanese Boy Names With Dark Meanings

• Akuji: evil deed
• Akujin: evil god
• Akuma: Satan
• Akumu: nightmare
• Akutenshi: evil angels
• Akuto: villain
• Angu: dark
• Ankoku: gloom
• Antan: gloomy
• Antantaru: gloomy
• Kuragari: darkness
• Kurai: dark and gloomy
• Kuraim: dark and gloomy
• Kurashi: dark
• Kurayami: darkness
• Kureru: to get dark
• Kuro: black
• Kurogane: black metal
• Kuroi: black
• Kuroishi: black
• Kuroppoi: dark
• Kyoaku: a great evil
• Kyou: bad luck
• Owari: end
• Rei: zero
• Satsujin: murder
• Shi: death
• Shoaku: evil
• Suppai: sour
• Taihen: awful
• Warui: sinful
• Yakedo: burn
• Yaku: misfortune
• Yami: darkness
• Yamiyo: dark night
• Yasha: night devil
• Yokoshima: wicked
• Kyuushi: sudden death
• Anzen: black, unclear, or gloomy
• Anzhong: in the dark
• Ashi: evil
• Fuzen: mischief or sin
• Hantai: oppose
• Heifu: dying
• Heifuu: evil
• Heishi: falling dead
• Higa: untrue and evil
• Hotoke: a dead person
• Hougyo: demise
• Inei: dark or shadow
• Inuyasha: dog demon
• Itai: painful
• Botsugo: after death
• Boutoku: blasphemy or cursed soul
• Bushuugi: disaster, death, or sorrow
• Chi: blood
• Chousei: passing
• Chuuyou: dying young
• Daaku: dark
• Dame: no good
• Ebiru: evil
• Ensei: going afar and death
• Iya: dislike
• Jashin: an evil or dark god
• Jiko: trouble
• Jisei: passing away
• Kagai: harm
• Kage: shadow
• Kaijuu: a monster
• Kakon: source of evil
• Kakure: passing away
• Kanashii: sad
• Kiken: danger
• Kirai: hate or dislike
• Kisei: death
• Kitanai: dirty
• Koe: scary
• Kowa: scary
• Kowai: dreadful
• Maga: wickedness and disaster
• Makeru: lose
• Manote: evil influence
• Mari: rebellion
• Mazui: bad
• Mei: dark
• Mondai: problem
• Monsuta: monster
• Muzukashii: difficult
• Namida: tear
• Negatibu: negative
• Nikushimi: hatred
• Noushi: brain death
• Orochi: large snake

Japanese Girl Names With Dark Meanings

• Kiyohime: female serpent demon
• Koko: night or black foot
• Kubanda: a demon
• Kumori: cloudy or shadow
• Kurai: dark
• Kurami: dark beauty
• Kuroi: black
• Lefu: sickness
• Akuhei: evil
• Akumu: nightmare
• Amanozako: monstrous goddess
• Amaya: night rain
• Amida: goddess of death
• Aooni: blue demon
• Baku: lion-headed ghost
• Bukko: death
• Chimi: mountain demon
• Chiyo: bloody night
• Daikokuten: god of darkness
• Datenshi: fallen angel or Satan
• Echidna: snake or viper
• Eimin: the eternal sleep
• Erai: terrible
• Fuyu: born in winter
• Hidoi: horrible
• Hisa-Me: female demons of death
• Inma: a demon appearing in a dream
• Itami: pain
• Ixqui: blood woman
• Kaguya: shining night
• Kaida: little dragon
• Kaiki: death anniversary
• Kanashii: sadness
• Ki: ghost or demon
• Kibi: monster and apparition
• Kimera: ghost flame
• Kishiyami: knight of the dark
• Ma: devil, demon, or an evil or bad spirit
• Mamono: demon, monster, or goblin
• Mari: rebellion
• Mayonaka: in the dead of night
• Mika: the new moon
• Muga: nothing
• Myou: dark
• Nariko: thunder child
• Niju: demon of ill health
• Obake: goblin, monster, or apparition
• Oiwa: a vengeful female ghost
• Okakure: death
• Orochi: big snake
• Oujou: passing on to the next life
• Rakumei: losing one’s life
• Rin: a cold yet dignified one
• Sayoko: evening child
• Seikyo: death
• Seishi: life and death
• Senge: death of a priest
• Senshi: death in battle
• Shi: death
• Shibotsu: death
• Shibou: to die or pass away
• Shichi: the proper place to die
• Shigo: after death
• Shiin: cause of death
• Shikei: death penalty
• Shikyo: death
• Shini: dying
• Shisha: casualty and deceased
• Shoushi: death by fire
• Shouten: death