Black Dog Names

Is your dog as dark as night? Give him or her one of these beautiful names for black dogs.

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Ace
Meaning: One Or Expert
Ash
Meaning: Success
Batman
Meaning: A superhero protector of Gotham City in DC Comics.
Beltza
Meaning: Black in Basque.
Black Jack
Meaning: Gambling card game.
Black Keys
Meaning: Rock and blues band.
Black Pearl
Meaning: Mysterious, valuable treasure.
Black Widow
Meaning: Deadly female spider.
Blackberry
Meaning: bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
Blackjack
Meaning: a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship
Blackout
Meaning: partial or total loss of memory
Carbon
Meaning: An element in carbon dioxide.
Charcoal
Meaning: a very dark grey color
Checker
Meaning: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
Chess
Meaning: Checkmate; free; four members of an army
Coal
Meaning: burn to charcoal
Dark
Meaning: Little Or No Light
Dice
Meaning: Like the dice you roll
Domino
Meaning: Black and white
Duke
Meaning: Leader, commander, governor of a province
Dusk
Meaning: Between Day And Night
Ebony
Meaning: Dark Black-wooded Tree
Eclipse
Meaning: be greater in significance than
Eight Ball
Meaning: Pool game answer ball.
Fog
Meaning: confusion characterized by lack of clarity
Galaxy
Meaning: Large System Of Stars
Graphite
Meaning: used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
Inky
Meaning: of the color of black ink
Jet
Meaning: To move or travel rapidly, especially if jet-propelled.
Knight
Meaning: Warriors in mythology
Kuro
Meaning: Ninth Son
Licorice
Meaning: deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots
Luna
Meaning: The divine embodiment of the moon in greek mythology
Magic
Meaning: Mystical powers in mythology.
Midnight
Meaning: 12:00 AM
Mist
Meaning: Particles Of Water
Morticia
Meaning: Gothic, dark beauty.
Mountain
Meaning: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
Musta
Meaning: Black, dark, mysterious, deep.
Nebula
Meaning: A luphomoid assassin in marvel comics.
Night
Meaning: Evening
Nightfall
Meaning: the time of day immediately following sunset
Nightshade
Meaning: any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
Nocturne
Meaning: a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
Noir
Meaning: black
Onyx
Meaning: Black Gemstone
Oreo
Meaning: Black and white
Panda
Meaning: large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
Pango
Meaning: Lovely, happy, joyous.
Panther
Meaning: large American feline resembling a lion
Pawn
Meaning: leave as a guarantee in return for money
Pepper
Meaning: The pepper pad a handheld game console.
Pinot
Meaning: A wine made from Pinot grapes.
Preta
Meaning: Hungry ghost spirit.
Preto
Meaning: Black
Raven
Meaning: Dark-colored.
Rook
Meaning: Dark hair; a chess piece.
Sable
Meaning: Cool.
Salem
Meaning: Peace
Shades
Meaning: Sunglasses; a shaded place.
Shadow
Meaning: Shade From Sun
Shady
Meaning: not as expected
Shady Lady
Meaning: Mysterious female figure.
Share
Meaning: the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
Slade
Meaning: From the valley
Smokey
Meaning: Smoky, hazy, foggy, misty.
Sombra
Meaning: Shadow; shade.
Soot
Meaning: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
Space
Meaning: (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
Storm
Meaning: To deliver a violent attack or assault. barrage.
Stormy
Meaning: Impetuous Nature
Svart
Meaning: Black or dark-colored.
Thunder
Meaning: utter words loudly and forcefully
Twilight
Meaning: Dusk
Voodoo
Meaning: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

Staying on the black theme, these names mean dark or are in some way related to the word.