54 Baby Names That Mean Death

Baby names are usually chosen based on their unique meanings or positive connotations that they carry. These baby names meaning death are for those parents who prefer to choose a more enigmatic and mysterious route. Death can have several associations and connotations in various cultures. Some cultures associate grim feelings with the event, while others perceive death to be a new beginning and even associate it with transformation, rebirth, and the cycle of life. Irrespective of its perception, death is an inevitable occurrence similar to birth. Death is often deeply enmeshed with spirituality, rendering it a positive image in many parts of the world.

Hinduism is one such culture that views death as a part of rebirth, reincarnation, or as a process of transition to another state of being. It is the end of the physical body but not of the soul. After the death of the physical body, the soul moves on to live in the ‘astral body,’ and at the right time, the soul will once again be reborn into a body made of flesh (1). Similarly, Buddhism holds the same belief, life is impermanent, but death is not the end of life. According to Buddha, death is ‘the greatest of all teachers,’ ‘the sickness,’ and ‘the most important manifestation of impermanence’ (2).

Picking the name is a significant event after your baby’s birth. Depending on your beliefs and family traditions, you may wish to avoid names that mean death or embrace it by bestowing the baby with such a name. Some parents believe choosing a name signifying death will not bring any malevolence upon the baby. They may see it as a way to accept death’s imminence. The decision to name a child based on ‘death’ should be carefully considered since some may find it too unsettling. However, if you want to give your baby a name meaning death, check out this post for a myriad of options.

Name		Gender	Meaning
Freyja		Girl	Lady of love, beauty and death
Morrigan		Girl	A great emperor queen; The Goddess of death and war
Azreal		Unisex	Angel of death
Loralai		Girl	Name of the Siren of German legends, who sat on the rock and lured sailors to their deaths.
Wraith		Unisex	A ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death
Tanda		Girl	The seer of life and death
Loreley		Girl	A song of the beautiful woman that leads a man to death
Dabria		Girl	An angel of death
Ajuni		Unisex	Eternal; Beyond birth or death
Khalida		Girl	Deathless
Odon		Boy	Person of enduring fame, not subject to death, and who is the personification of force
Abiba		Girl	The first child born after death of grandmother; Abeaba and Abeabah are the variant spellings of Abiba
Ernesh		Boy	Sincere; Battle to the death; Determined; Honest
Javaraya		Boy	God of Death; A name used by tribe community in State of Karnataka
Kalabhiti		Boy	Of whom death is afraid; Long Lived; Immortal; Eternal; Forever
Kaliya		Boy	Of time; Of death; Name of a mythological serpent which was fought by Lord Krishna
Mrithun		Boy	Made Of Earth; Lord of Death
Mritunjay		Boy	One of the many names of Lord Shiva; One who can conquer death; Victory over death
Persefoni		Girl	Bringer of death; A variant of Persephone
Yamajit		Boy	One of many names of Lord Shiva signifying him as the conqueror of death
Abdulbaith		Boy	Servant of resurrect or slave of one who raises death
Ajal		Boy	Specified term or period; Hour of death; Death; Fate; Destiny
Anpu		Boy	God of death
Bhishak		Boy	The Healer; Vishnu; Who Cures the Disease of Birth and Death Cycles
Claeg		Boy	One who is subjected to death; mortal
Dearil		Boy	Call of death; red haired
Ernaline		Girl	Capable; Serious; Battle to the death
Erysichthon		Boy	Someone who has been cursed with an insatiable hunger which finally leads to his death
Janardan		Boy	Liberator from the cycle of birth and death
Jeevak		Boy	Refers to the period from the present until death
Kalakuta		Boy	Potion of death
Kalaraja		Boy	Lord of death
Kalayavan		Boy	As horrible as death
Khaalida		Girl	Deathless, She is immortal
Kritanta		Unisex	God of death
Lawliet		Boy	A character in the Japanese series Death Note
Libitina		Girl	Roman Goddes of funerals and death
Menahem		Boy	One who consoles or provides comfort; A name given to a child born after an older sibling's death
Morana		Girl	A Goddess of winter and death
Mritunjoy		Boy	One who wins over the death
Mrityuanjaya		Boy	One who is victorious over death
Mrityunjai		Boy	The one who is never defeated by death
Nagsri		Boy	Death of snakes
Nirnasha		Boy	One who can never die; deathless
Omisha		Girl	Spirit of birth and death
Thanatos		Boy	He who brings death
Tuwile		Boy	Death is invincible
Azrail		Boy	The Angel of Death
Ilamatecuhtli		Girl	Aztec goddess of fertility and death
Keres		Unisex	Female death-spirits; Death; Terror; Destruction
Iku		Unisex	Death; To live
Marzanna		Girl	Goddess of winter and death
Nex		Unisex	Death; Violent end
Ryuk		Boy	Death God