Black Wolf Name Generator

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500 names for a black wolf: plain dark words like Soot, Obsidian and Evenfall, black and night in other languages such as Svart, Czarny and Yoru, myth names like Skoll, Hati and Nyx, and pack names such as Shadowpelt.

About black wolf names

A black wolf is not a separate kind of wolf. It is a gray wolf, Canis lupus, with a dark coat. Black coats are common in parts of North America, where roughly half the wolves of Yellowstone are black, and much rarer in Europe and Asia. Geneticists have traced the color to a gene variant that passed into wolves from domestic dogs thousands of years ago. Many black wolves also turn gray as they age.

The names here start from the coat. There are plain dark words such as Soot, Anthracite, Lampblack, Evenfall and Owl-Light, and then the same ideas in other languages: Noir, Svart, Musta, Czarny, Fekete, Kara and Kuro for black, Nuit, Nacht, Natt and Yoru for night, Skugga and Kage for shadow. Loup Noir, Czarny Wilk, Blaidd Du and Hei Lang all simply mean black wolf.

Myth and folklore add Skoll and Hati, the wolves that chase the sun and moon in Norse myth, Garm, Nyx, Erebus, and the black dogs of British legend such as Black Shuck and Moddey Dhoo. A smaller share are pack and roleplay names, Nightfang, Shadowpelt and Sootpaw among them, plus coat and eye names like Gray Muzzle and Amber Eyes.

How to choose black wolf names

  • Match the word to the coat. A glossy jet wolf suits Obsidian, Anthracite or Raven Sheen, a smoky or grizzled one suits Soot, Ashfall or Gray Muzzle, and a coat with a cold sheen suits Blue-Black.
  • If you choose a word from another language, look up how it is said before you settle on it, and check it with a dictionary or a speaker before you put it in print.
  • Name a pair from one story: Skoll and Hati chase the sun and the moon, Geri and Freki sit at Odin's feet, and Nyx and Erebus are night and darkness in Greek myth.
  • In a roleplay pack, mix one compound with plainer names. Shadowpelt beside Soot, Hati and Ciaran reads like a pack. Five compounds in a row read like a formula.
  • For a character in a story, a phrase works as a title. Czarny Wilk, Musta Susi and Fekete Farkas are what Polish, Finnish and Hungarian speakers would call a black wolf.

Frequently asked questions

What are good names for a black wolf?

Short dark words carry well: Soot, Basalt, Evenfall, Schorl and Obsidian are all in this list. For something less expected, use another language, such as Svart, Musta, Kuro or Dubh, or a figure from myth such as Skoll, Hati, Garm or Nyx. For a pup, try Little Soot or Sootpaw, and for an old wolf, Gray Muzzle or Silvertip.

Are black wolves a separate species?

No. A black wolf is a gray wolf with a dark coat, and black and gray pups can be born in the same litter. The dark coat is most common in North America and comes from a gene variant that wolves picked up from domestic dogs long ago. That is why the list has names for a wolf that grays with age, such as Gray Muzzle and Silvertip.

Which names here mean black or night in another language?

Noir is French, Nero is Italian, Schwarz is German, Svart is Swedish and Norwegian, Musta is Finnish, Czarny is Polish, Fekete is Hungarian, Kara and Siyah are Turkish, Kuro is Japanese and Dubh is Irish and Scottish Gaelic, all for black. Nuit, Notte, Nacht, Natt and Yoru mean night. Check a word in a dictionary before you rely on it.

How is this different from the fantasy wolf name generator?

The fantasy wolf list is built from invented names and compounds for any wolf. This one is about the black coat, so it leans on color words, soot and stone, languages and night myths, and keeps compounds such as Nightfang and Shadowpelt to a small share. Names like Anthracite, Layla, Coalsack and Halfdan the Black only make sense for a dark wolf.

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A: 17 names

  • Aconite
  • Adder
  • Afagddu
  • After Dark
  • Amber Eyes
  • Angrboda
  • Anino
  • Anthracite
  • Antumbra
  • Anvil
  • Árnyék
  • Asche
  • Ash
  • Ashfall
  • Aska
  • Aswad
  • Ater

B: 36 names

  • Barghest
  • Basalt
  • Bayang
  • Beltz
  • Biotite
  • Bittersweet
  • Bitumen
  • Black Agnes
  • Black Alder
  • Black Bear
  • Black Cardamom
  • Black Cocoa
  • Black Douglas
  • Black Frost
  • Black Garlic
  • Black Hollow
  • Black Iron
  • Black Kite
  • Black Locust
  • Black Pine
  • Black Ridge
  • Black Shuck
  • Black Spruce
  • Black Thunder
  • Black Timber
  • Black Walnut
  • Black Wind
  • Blackletter
  • Blackruff
  • Blaidd Du
  • Blue-Black
  • Bog Oak
  • Bone Black
  • Brandubh
  • Buio
  • Burnt Sugar

C: 48 names

  • Carbonado
  • Carey
  • Carrion Crow
  • Cendre
  • Cenere
  • Ceniza
  • Černý
  • Černý Vlk
  • Charcoal Gray
  • Chernobog
  • Chest Star
  • Chhaya
  • Chimney Sweep
  • Chorny
  • Chornyi Vovk
  • Choshech
  • Chough
  • Church Grim
  • Chyorny Volk
  • Ciar
  • Ciaran
  • Ciemny
  • Cień
  • Cimmerian
  • Cinder
  • Cinder Cone
  • Coal
  • Coal Black
  • Coal Dust
  • Coal Eyes
  • Coal Seam
  • Coalback
  • Coalfang
  • Coalsack
  • Cold Brew
  • Collier
  • Compline
  • Corbett
  • Cowl
  • Crepuscule
  • Crni
  • Crni Vuk
  • Crom Dubh
  • Crowmane
  • Cysgod
  • Czarna Wilczyca
  • Czarny
  • Czarny Wilk

D: 24 names

  • Dark Mask
  • Dark Nebula
  • Darkhowl
  • Darkmuzzle
  • Dead of Night
  • Dolerite
  • Donker
  • Donn
  • Dorcha
  • Dougal
  • Duane
  • Dubh
  • Duffy
  • Dugald
  • Duister
  • Dunkel
  • Dunkler Wolf
  • Dusk
  • Dusk Sentinel
  • Duskfall
  • Duskhowl
  • Duskprowl
  • Dusky
  • Düster

E: 9 names

  • Earth Shadow
  • Ebonclaw
  • Ebonhowl
  • Eclipse
  • Éj
  • Éjfél
  • Ember Eyes
  • Erebus
  • Evenfall

F: 11 names

  • Fekete
  • Fekete Farkas
  • Finster
  • Five O'Clock Shadow
  • Forbidden Rice
  • Foreshadow
  • Forge
  • Freki
  • Frosted Muzzle
  • Fuliggine
  • Fulk Nerra

G: 15 names

  • Gabbro
  • Garm
  • Gece
  • Geomeun Neukdae
  • Geri
  • Geurimja
  • Gloomfang
  • Gold Eyes
  • Gölge
  • Gorg-e Siah
  • Gray Muzzle
  • Gunpowder
  • Gurt Dog
  • Gwyllgi
  • Gytrash

H: 17 names

  • Halfdan the Black
  • Hati
  • Hati Hróðvitnisson
  • Havran
  • Hei
  • Hei Lang
  • Hellebore
  • Henbane
  • Heuk
  • Hiili
  • Hitam
  • Hollín
  • Holló
  • Hornblende
  • Hróðvitnir
  • Huckleberry
  • Hyrrokkin

I: 11 names

  • India Ink
  • Ink Wash
  • Inkpelt
  • Inkstick
  • Iron Gall
  • Ironwood
  • Itim
  • Itzal
  • Itzpapalotl
  • Itztli
  • Ivory Black

J: 6 names

  • Járnviðr
  • Jet
  • Jet Black
  • Jetclaw
  • Juodas
  • Juodas Vilkas

K: 32 names

  • Kage
  • Kage no Okami
  • Kala
  • Kala Bhediya
  • Kalamata
  • Kara
  • Kara Kurt
  • Karabulut
  • Karahan
  • Karanlık
  • Karayel
  • Kauket
  • Kerwin
  • Keskiyö
  • King of Shadows
  • Kivuli
  • Kohle
  • Kolbein
  • Kolbjorn
  • Kolskegg
  • Kömür
  • Korax
  • Korp
  • Korppi
  • Kruk
  • Kül
  • Kurai
  • Kuro
  • Kurogane
  • Kuroi Okami
  • Kuroko
  • Kuzgun

L: 33 names

  • Lady Midnight
  • Lampblack
  • Lantern Eyes
  • Lapsang
  • Last Shadow
  • Layl
  • Layla
  • Lights Out
  • Lignite
  • Little Shadow
  • Little Soot
  • Loba Preta
  • Lobo da Noite
  • Lobo de la Noche
  • Lobo Preto
  • Lodestone
  • Lone Shadow
  • Long Shadow
  • Longest Night
  • Lord of the Long Night
  • Loup de l'Ombre
  • Loup de la Nuit
  • Loup de Minuit
  • Loup Noir
  • Louve Noire
  • Lupa Nera
  • Lupo d'Ombra
  • Lupo della Notte
  • Lupo Nero
  • Lupus Ater
  • Lupus Noctis
  • Lupus Umbrae
  • Lyssa

M: 42 names

  • Mac Tíre Dubh
  • Malam
  • Managarm
  • Mantle
  • Mars Black
  • Mavros Lykos
  • Mayonaka
  • Meia-Noite
  • Melanite
  • Melantha
  • Melas
  • Melns
  • Melns Vilks
  • Mezzanotte
  • Middernacht
  • Midnatt
  • Midnight
  • Midnight Stride
  • Midwinter
  • Mirk
  • Mission Fig
  • Mitternacht
  • Moddey Dhoo
  • Monkshood
  • Moon Eyes
  • Moonless Howl
  • Morana
  • Morfran
  • Morion
  • Mörk
  • Mørk
  • Mørk Ulv
  • Mother Night
  • Mrak
  • Murkstep
  • Must Hunt
  • Musta
  • Musta Susi
  • Musti
  • Myrkr
  • Myrkur
  • Myrkvid

N: 37 names

  • Nacht
  • Nachtwolf
  • Naktis
  • Natt
  • Nattulv
  • Nattvarg
  • Nero
  • New Moon
  • Niflheim
  • Night
  • Night Heron
  • Night on the Ridge
  • Night Warden
  • Nightfall
  • Nightfang
  • Nighthawk
  • Nightside
  • Nighttracker
  • Nightwatch
  • Nightwhisper
  • Nisha
  • Noapte
  • Noc
  • Noční Vlk
  • Nocny Wilk
  • Noir
  • Noire
  • Noite
  • Noki
  • Nori
  • Nörvi
  • Nótt
  • Notte
  • Nuit
  • Nychta
  • Nyeusi
  • Nyx

O: 13 names

  • Obsidian
  • Obsidian Fang
  • Oíche
  • Old Coal
  • Old Night
  • Old Soot
  • Ombre
  • One White Sock
  • Onyx
  • Onyx Eye
  • Orthrus
  • Otso Beltza
  • Owl-Light

P: 13 names

  • Pango
  • Pepel
  • Pimeä
  • Pitch Dark
  • Pitchmaw
  • Polar Night
  • Północ
  • Polnoch
  • Popiół
  • Poppyseed
  • Preto
  • Prowl
  • Pumpernickel

R: 10 names

  • Raaf
  • Raat
  • Rajani
  • Raven
  • Raven Sheen
  • Ravenpelt
  • Ravenruff
  • Ravn
  • Red-Eye
  • Ristretto

S: 77 names

  • Saaya
  • Sable
  • Sable Back
  • Sadza
  • Sayo
  • Sazha
  • Scáth
  • Schaduw
  • Schattenwolf
  • Schorl
  • Schwarz
  • Schwarzbier
  • Schwarze Wölfin
  • Schwarzer Wolf
  • Scoria
  • Scuro
  • Senka
  • Serigala Hitam
  • Shab
  • Shachor
  • Shadow
  • Shadow of the Pines
  • Shadow on the Snow
  • Shadowmaw
  • Shadowpelt
  • Shadowstride
  • Shadowtrail
  • Shinya
  • Shroud
  • Shuck
  • Shungite
  • Silent Shadow
  • Silvertip
  • Singe
  • Siyah
  • Siyah Kurt
  • Sjena
  • Skoll

S, continued

  • Skriker
  • Skugga
  • Skuggi
  • Skygge
  • Sloe
  • Small Hours
  • Smithy
  • Smoke Gray
  • Smokejaw
  • Smoky Quartz
  • Smolder
  • Snowflake Obsidian
  • Sombre
  • Soot
  • Sootmuzzle
  • Sootpaw
  • Soranus
  • Sort Ulv
  • Spinel
  • Stín
  • Storm Petrel
  • Stormcloud
  • Stormhide
  • Stovepipe
  • Sumi
  • Summanus
  • Sundown
  • Surt
  • Surtr
  • Svart
  • Svart Ulv
  • Svart Varg
  • Svartalf
  • Svarthöfði
  • Svartr
  • Svartur
  • Svartur Úlfur
  • Swart
  • Sweart

T: 14 names

  • Tektite
  • Ténèbres
  • Tenebrous
  • Tezcatlipoca
  • Third Watch
  • Thunderhead
  • Tinieblas
  • Tma
  • Totality
  • Touchstone
  • Tsukiyo
  • Tuhka
  • Tywyll
  • Tzel

U: 4 names

  • Ugol
  • Umbra
  • Umbrage
  • Usiku

V: 6 names

  • Varjo
  • Vespertine
  • Vigil
  • Vine Black
  • Volcanic Glass
  • Voron

W: 11 names

  • Warden of the Dark Wood
  • Węgiel
  • Wepwawet
  • Whippoorwill
  • Whitby Jet
  • White Blaze
  • Winter Coat
  • Wisht Hound
  • Wolframite
  • Wolfsbane
  • Wrought Iron

X: 1 name

  • Xolotl

Y: 9 names

  • Yakisugi
  • Yellow Eyes
  • Yeth Hound
  • Ying
  • Yohualli
  • Yoru
  • Yoru no Okami
  • Yösusi
  • Yozora

Z: 4 names

  • Zalam
  • Ze'ev Shachor
  • Zwart
  • Zwarte Wolf