Black cat names

"Beautiful lady"; deadly nightshade

Italian origin, female, 4 syllables

"Dark-haired"

Irish origin, female, 2 syllables

Dense black hardwood

English origin, female, 3 syllables

A Spanish name of Gothic origin

Spanish origin, female, 3 syllables

Goddess of witchcraft, crossroads and the night

Greek origin, female, 3 syllables

A charm, or a streak of bad luck

English origin, female, 1 syllable

Black liquorice candy

English origin, female, 3 syllables

A night spirit of ancient folklore

Hebrew origin, female, 2 syllables

After Morgan le Fay, the Arthurian enchantress

Welsh origin, female, 3 syllables

Phantom queen of Irish myth, linked to crows

Irish origin, female, 3 syllables

Matriarch of the Addams Family

English origin, female, 3 syllables

Goddess of the night sky

Egyptian origin, female, 1 syllable

Goddess of the night

Greek origin, female, 1 syllable

Latin name for the River Severn; TV's teenage witch

Latin origin, female, 3 syllables

The black ink of brush calligraphy

Japanese origin, female, 2 syllables

After Wednesday Addams; Woden's day

English origin, female, 2 syllables

Jackal-headed guardian of the dead

Egyptian origin, male, 3 syllables

The black panther of Kipling's The Jungle Book

Hindi origin, male, 3 syllables

The Aristocats' piano-playing kitten

French origin, male, 3 syllables

The talking black cat of Hocus Pocus

English origin, male, 1 syllable

"Raven"

Irish origin, male, 1 syllable

For a cat who's always brewing something

Latin origin, male, 2 syllables

Black with a hidden glow

English origin, male, 1 syllable

From kosmos, "the ordered universe"

Greek origin, male, 2 syllables

Primordial god of darkness

Greek origin, male, 3 syllables

Ruler of the underworld

Greek origin, male, 1 syllable

Half of "hocus pocus"

English origin, male, 2 syllables

"Thought"; one of Odin's two ravens

Norse origin, male, 2 syllables

"Little dark one"

Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

Sherlock Holmes's criminal mastermind

Irish origin, male, 3 syllables

"Memory"; Odin's other raven

Norse origin, male, 2 syllables

"Black"; also a Roman emperor

Italian origin, male, 2 syllables

The big black cat

English origin, male, 2 syllables

An elegant ghost

English origin, male, 2 syllables

Roman god of the underworld; the cat in Poe's "The Black Cat"

Latin origin, male, 2 syllables

The other half

English origin, male, 2 syllables

After Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote "The Black Cat"

English origin, male, 1 syllable

God of storms, deserts and chaos

Egyptian origin, male, 1 syllable

After Star Wars' dark lord

English origin, male, 2 syllables

A clever black bird

English origin, unisex, 1 syllable

When the sun goes dark

English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

"Pressed out"; the darkest coffee

Italian origin, unisex, 3 syllables

A book of spells

French origin, unisex, 2 syllables

"Witch"; a spell or curse

German origin, unisex, 1 syllable

Small, dark and memorable

English origin, unisex, 1 syllable

Glossy black gem made from fossilized wood

English origin, unisex, 1 syllable

The black cat of Kiki's Delivery Service

Japanese origin, unisex, 2 syllables

"Black"

Japanese origin, unisex, 2 syllables

The darkest hour

English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

"Black"

French origin, unisex, 1 syllable

Dark seaweed sheets used in sushi

Japanese origin, unisex, 2 syllables

Glossy black volcanic glass

Latin origin, unisex, 4 syllables

A sign of things to come

Latin origin, unisex, 2 syllables

Banded black stone; Greek for "claw"

Greek origin, unisex, 2 syllables

The dark spice

English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

The black bird of folklore and omens

English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

The heraldic word for black

English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

Town of the 1692 witch trials; from Hebrew for "peace"

English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

A perennial black-cat favourite

English origin, unisex, 2 syllables