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.