Night Name Generator
Calm names for night, evening and midnight
Generate 1,000 night names: real names that mean night such as Layla, Nisha and Nyx, words for night, evening and midnight from many languages, night birds and night flowers, and calm fantasy names like Tobin Evenmoor and Wren of the Quiet Hour.
About night names
Only a small group of given names literally mean night. Layla and Leila come from the Arabic word for night, Nisha, Rajani and Ratri are Sanskrit words for it, and Nyx, Nox and Nótt are the Greek, Roman and Norse figures who personify it. Evening has its own set: Vesper is Latin for evening and for the evening star, Hesperus is its Greek counterpart, Sandhya is Sanskrit for twilight, and Ilta is the Finnish word for evening and is also used as a given name.
The rest of this list of 1,000 widens the circle without leaving the hour. There are plain words for night, dusk and midnight from dozens of languages (Noche, Yoru, Usiku, Mezzanotte, Mitternacht), family names built on them such as Abendroth and Wieczorek, night birds, moths and flowers that open after sunset, a few bright stars, and the old vocabulary of late hours: Compline, Gloaming, Small Hours.
For stories and games there are invented fantasy names too: surnames like Evenmere, full names like Maren Duskwater, bynames such as Wren of the Quiet Hour and places like The Late Lantern Inn. The tone throughout is calm and nocturnal, not gothic. If the meaning matters to you, confirm it in a name dictionary, because many entries are night by association and not by translation.
How to choose night names
- Decide first whether you need a literal meaning or a mood. Layla, Nisha, Rajani and Nyx mean night; Nightingale, Moonflower and Vega only belong to it.
- Most of the foreign entries are ordinary words, not given names. Noche, Yoru and Usiku suit a pet, a boat, a character or a username better than a birth certificate.
- For a fantasy character, let one half carry the night. Tobin Evenmoor and Calla Moonsedge work because the given name is plain.
- Match the hour to the character: dusk names such as Vesper and Gloaming feel gentle, midnight names such as Mezzanotte and Ziye feel deeper and stiller.
- Say the name aloud and check the spelling of accented forms like Nótt or Crépuscule before you put them in print.
Frequently asked questions
What names actually mean night?
Layla, Leila and Laila come from the Arabic word for night. Nisha, Rajani and Ratri are Sanskrit words for night, and Ratri is also the night goddess of the Vedic hymns. Nyx is the Greek goddess of night, Nox is her Roman counterpart, and Nótt is the Norse personification of night.
Which names mean evening, dusk or twilight?
Vesper is the Latin word for evening and the evening star, and Hesperus and Hespera come from the matching Greek word. Sandhya is Sanskrit for twilight and Ilta is Finnish for evening. Twyla is usually connected with twilight, although its origin is uncertain.
Are there names that mean midnight?
Midnight is rare as a given name, so the list leans on words and family names. Mezzanotte is Italian for midnight and Mitternacht is German; both are real surnames. Medianoche, Minuit and Mayonaka are the Spanish, French and Japanese words, and Midnight itself is a familiar name for black cats and horses.
How is this different from the dark name generator?
Dark names lean gothic: villains, underworld gods and brooding surnames. This list stays with the quiet side of night, so you get lullabies, lamplighters, owls and evening stars, with entries like Blue Hour, Evensong and The Late Lantern Inn. Use the two together if your character needs both.
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All 1,000 night names
A: 56 names
- A Minute to Twelve
- A Thousand Small Lights
- Aadhi Raat
- Abend
- Abendrot
- Abendroth
- Adhiambo
- Aegle
- Afiafi
- After Dark
- After Hours
- After Supper
- After the Rooks Fly Home
- Afterglow
- Ahiahi
- Ahlam
- Aisling
- Akşam
- Alcor
- Alcyone
- Aldous Lanternlea
- All the Town Asleep
- Altair
- Amaya
- Amayo
- Ambrose Vesperwood
- Amurg
- Anadwo
- Andromeda
- Angel's Trumpet
- Annika Starbarrow
- Anochecer
- Anoitecer
- Ansel Taperstead
- Anselm Owlhurst
- Aquila
- Arcturus
- Arianrhod
- Arrats
- Artume
- Asterelle
- Asteria
- Asterion
- Asterwen
- Astraea
- Astraeus
- Atardecer
- Athene
- Aumoe
- Aunt of All Lullabies
- Aurelio Starlow
- Aveline Quietfold
- Avond
- Ayla
- Aylin
- Aysel
B: 32 names
- Balow
- Bam
- Bamhaneul
- Bard of the Banked Fire
- Barn Owl
- Bat-Flight
- Bats Over the Orchard
- Bay of Moored Boats
- Beatrix Sleepwell
- Bedtime
- Before Cockcrow
- Bellhush
- Berceuse
- Between Two Bells
- Blindman's Holiday
- Blue Hour
- Blueharrow
- Blynken
- Bonasera
- Bonfire Night
- Brahma Kamal
- Bram Sicklegarth
- Breath of the Cool Dark
- Breksta
- Bridge of Moths
- Brink of Dreaming
- Briony Mothwick
- Brother Compline
- Buonanotte
- Bushbaby
- Byeol
- Byeolbit
C: 47 names
- Calla Moonsedge
- Calm of the Evening
- Candle-Lighting
- Candlelight
- Candlewick Stairs
- Candlewood
- Cape Lastlight
- Capvespre
- Cassiopeia
- Catnap
- Celaeno
- Cereus
- Chandni
- Chandra
- Chang'e
- Chatzot
- Chausiku
- Citlali
- City of a Thousand Lamps
- Clementine Dusklace
- Closing Time
- Compline
- Compline Abbey
- Compline by the Sea
- Conticinium
- Cool of the Night
- Corncrake
- Corona Borealis
- Corwin Lampmoor
- Cosima Nightgarden
- Counter of Crickets
- Counterpane
- Court of the Roosting Doves
- Cousin Candle-End
- Cradlesong
- Crepuscolo
- Crépuscule
- Crepusculum
- Crescent
- Cricket
- Cricket Meadow
- Cricket Song
- Crickets in the Barley
- Curfew
- Curfew Gate
- Cyfnos
- Cygnus
D: 39 names
- Dalbam
- Dalbit
- Dama de Noche
- Dame Half-Moon
- Dämmerung
- Dapit-hapon
- Datura
- Daughter of the Evening Star
- Deep as Indigo
- Delphine Nightmoss
- Đêm
- Deneb
- Dew on the Doorstep
- Dewbarrow
- Dewfall
- Dewhollow
- Dewmeadow
- Dimma
- Dimmet
- Dog Star
- Dogwatch
- Dormouse
- Draumnjörun
- Dreamer
- Dreamhollow
- Dreamy
- Drowse
- Drowsy
- Duchess of Dimmed Windows
- Dunstan Thirdbell
- Dusk
- Dusk Harbor
- Duskbarrow
- Duskfall
- Duskfield
- Dusklight
- Duskling
- Duskwillow
- Dusky
E: 48 names
- Earthshine
- Echo of Evensong
- Edge of Sleep
- Edric Candlefold
- Eha
- Eight Bells
- Electra
- Elephant Hawk-Moth
- Eleventh Hour
- Elowen Hushmere
- Emberdown
- Emberlow
- Embers and Ash-Glow
- Emeric Duskwright
- Emperor Moth
- Emrik After Dark
- Emrys Duskmantle
- Endymion
- Entardecer
- Erev
- Erytheia
- Estelle
- Estrella
- Estrellita
- Euphrone
- Eve
- Evenbrook
- Evenfall
- Evenholt
- Eveniel
- Evening
- Evening Primrose
- Evening Rain Lily
- Evening Star
- Evening Stock
- Evening's End
- Evenlea
- Evenmere
- Evenora
- Evensong
- Evensong Chapel
- Evenstar Rising
- Evensward
- Eventhia
- Eventide
- Every Shutter Closed
- Eveward
- Evie
F: 25 names
- Far Side of Sunset
- Farlamp
- Father Evenfall
- Feasgar
- Feierabend
- Fennec
- Fenwick Nightreed
- Fields of Dewfall
- Firefly
- Firefly Hollow
- Firelight
- First Star
- First to See Vega
- First Watch
- Flittermouse
- Florian Lamphollow
- Forest of Sleeping Owls
- Fort Evenwatch
- Forty Winks
- Four O'Clock
- Fourth Watch
- Foxes on the Lane
- Friend to Fireflies
- Frogmouth
- Frost by Morning
G: 24 names
- Gabi
- Garden of Night Jasmine
- Garrick Lastlight
- Gau
- Gauerdi
- Gece
- Geminid
- Gentle as Dusk
- Ghasaq
- Ghoroub
- Gibbous
- Glimmer
- Gloamara
- Gloaming
- Gloamridge
- Gloamwater
- Glowbug
- Glowworm
- Godhuli
- Good Evening
- Goodnight
- Grandfather Gloaming
- Greta Hearthdim
- Guest of the Night Inn
H: 50 names
- Habeen
- Halden Gloamfield
- Half a Moon
- Half Past Eleven
- Half-Light
- Hämärä
- Hämarik
- Hanbam
- Harbor of Homeward Lights
- Harvest Night
- Hatinggabi
- Hawk Moth
- He Who Wakes the Owls
- Henning Latchwold
- Henrike Nightorchard
- Herald of the First Star
- Hesper
- Hespera
- Hesperethusa
- Hesperia
- Hesperine
- Hesperion
- Hesperis
- Hesperos
- Hesperus
- Higure
- Hilde Under the Stars
- Hina
- Hine-nui-te-pō
- Hoàng Hôn
- Hollis Moonbarrow
- Homeward by Starlight
- Honeysuckle
- Hoot
- Hooty
- Hoshi
- Hoshiko
- Hoshizukiyo
- Hour of Low Lamps
- House of Quiet Clocks
- Huanghun
- Hülya
- Hush
- Hush Hill
- Hush of the Harbor
- Hushabye
- Hushfield
- Hushgrove
- Hwanghon
- Hypnos
I: 21 names
- Ignatius Owlwright
- Ilargi
- Ilse Who Counts the Stars
- Ilta
- Iltarusko
- Ilunabar
- Imbrunire
- Indigo
- Indigofell
- Indigomere
- Inkdrop
- Inkspot
- Inkwater
- Inkwell
- Inky
- Ione Vespertine
- Isaura Tallowdale
- Isle of Long Evenings
- Isra
- Izar
- Izayoi
J: 5 names
- Jajeong
- Jeonyeok
- Jingye
- Jioni
- Jorund Starwatch
K: 16 names
- Kakapo
- Kasimir Gloamwell
- Katydid
- Kaumudi
- Keeper of the Last Lamp
- Keskiyö
- Khonsu
- Kingdom of the Gentle Dark
- Kinkajou
- Knight of the Night Watch
- Kokeb
- Kshanada
- Kshapa
- Kveld
- Kveldulf
- Kvöld
L: 74 names
- Lady of the Sleeping Swans
- Laila
- Lailah
- Lake Eiderdown
- Lamp-Lighting
- Lamplea
- Lamplight
- Lamplighter
- Lamplighter Row
- Lamps Lit
- Lampwright
- Lanotte
- Lantern Night
- Lantern on the Stair
- Lanternfold
- Lanternwick
- Last Awake in the Village
- Last Call
- Last Light
- Late as the Stars
- Lateharbor
- Latewood
- Layal
- Layali
- Layl
- Layla
- Laylabird
- Layliel
- Laylith
- Laylora
- Leander Bluedusk
- Leila
- Leilune
- Lelit
- Leonid
- Leyla
- Leyli
L, continued
- Liesel Lullaby
- Lighting-Up Time
- Lightning Bug
- Lights Out
- Lilah
- Linnea Dewfold
- Linus Quietlamp
- Listener at the Shutters
- Little Owl
- Little Yawn
- Lloer
- Long Blue Evening
- Longest Night
- Lord of the Soft Dark
- Lorena Hazebourne
- Lowmoon
- Lucan Moonmarsh
- Lullabelle
- Lullaby
- Lullaby in Blue
- Lullay
- Lullbrook
- Lullwater
- Luna
- Luna Bean
- Luna Moth
- Lunamere
- Lunaria
- Lunaveth
- Lunesse
- Lunette
- Lunita
- Lunorien
- Luscinia
- Lusco-Fusco
- Lusine
- Lyra
M: 71 names
- Machweo
- Madrugada
- Maeve Dewlantern
- Mahina
- Mahtab
- Maia
- Malam
- Manheru
- Mani
- Marama
- Maren Duskwater
- Marisol Evenwater
- Marta of the Midnight Ferry
- Matins
- Mattias Longnight
- Mayari
- Mayonaka
- Medianoche
- Mehtap
- Meia-Noite
- Merope
- Mezzanotte
- Middernacht
- Middle Watch
- Midnatt
- Miðnætti
- Midnight
- Midnight Blue
- Midnight Crossing
- Midnight Mitten
- Midnight Muffin
- Midsummer Night
- Midwatch
- Midwinter Night
- Milky Way
M, continued
- Minuit
- Mirabilis
- Mirelle Wanecombe
- Mist at the Late Ferry
- Mitjanit
- Mitsuki
- Mitternacht
- Mizar
- Mizuki
- Moon on the Millpond
- Moon Orchid
- Moonbeam
- Moonbow
- Moondrop
- Moonflower
- Moonglow
- Moonharrow
- Moonlight
- Moonlinden
- Moonlit
- Moonmeadow
- Moonpetal
- Moonrise
- Moonrise Landing
- Moonset
- Moonwake
- Moonwatcher
- Moonwell Garden
- Moonwort
- Morpheus
- Moth-Hour
- Mothbury
- Mother Moonrise
- Moths at the Glass
- Mothwing
- Mount Vesper
N: 104 names
- Nacht
- Nachtigall
- Nachtmann
- Najma
- Naktis
- Nakts
- Natt
- Nattfari
- Náttmál
- Nautical Twilight
- Near Side of Dawn
- Nephthys
- New Moon
- Nich
- Nicotiana
- Nidra
- Night Ferry
- Night Gladiolus
- Night Heron
- Night Jasmine
- Night Kitchen
- Night Market
- Night Owl
- Night Phlox
- Nightbrook
- Nightcap
- Nightertale
- Nightfall
- Nightharbor
- Nighthawk
- Nightingale
- Nightjar
- Nightjar Common
- Nightlight
- Nightlinden
- Nightlong
- Nightmarket Street
- Nightmeadow
- Nightsong
- Nightward
- Nightwillow
- Nightwind Rising
- Nighty-Night
- Nimeh Shab
- Nisha
- Nishakar
- Nishant
- Nishapati
- Nishi
- Nishigandha
- Nishith
- Nishitha
N, continued
- Njóla
- No Moon Tonight
- Noapte
- Noc
- Noche
- Nochecita
- Noctara
- Noctavian
- Noctessa
- Noctiluca
- Noctis
- Noctua
- Noctule
- Nocturiel
- Nocturna
- Nocturne
- Nocturne Hall
- Nocturne in Silver
- Nod
- Noemi Starfallow
- Noeul
- Noite
- North Star
- Nos
- Noswaith
- Nótt
- Nottalie
- Nottata
- Notte
- Nottingham Catchfly
- Notturno
- Nottvar
- Nox
- Noxander
- Noxeline
- Noz
- Nuit
- Nuitalie
- Nuitessa
- Nut
- Nychta
- Nyctanthes
- Nyctea
- Nyctimene
- Nyctoria
- Nyeredzi
- Nyktelios
- Nyota
- Nyssara
- Nyx
- Nyxander
- Nyxie
O: 30 names
- Oboroyo
- Ocaso
- Odalys Starcroft
- Odette Murmurbeck
- Odile of the Evening Bell
- Õhtu
- Oíche
- Oidhche
- Old Hob the Lamplighter
- One Candle Left
- One Window Still Lit
- Oneiros
- Öö
- Orion
- Orionid
- Osric Lowstar
- Otieno
- Ottilie Starhaven
- Otus
- Overnight
- Owl Green
- Owl-Light
- Owl-Time
- Owlbert
- Owlcote
- Owlet
- Owlivia
- Owls in the Belfry
- Owlsford
- Owlwood
P: 27 names
- Page of the Pillow Court
- Parijat
- Pasithea
- Past Bedtime
- Peeper
- Perrin Dimlamp
- Perseid
- Petra Hushaby
- Petrus by Candlelight
- Phantasos
- Philomela
- Phoebe
- Piper of the Sleeping Town
- Pipistrelle
- Pleiades
- Pleione
- Pō
- Polar Night
- Polaris
- Północ
- Poorwill
- Port Eventide
- Pradosh
- Prince of the Second Sleep
- Province of Hesperia
- Půlnoc
- Purnima
Q: 9 names
- Quarter to Midnight
- Queen of Quiet Roads
- Queen of the Night
- Quiet as Midnight
- Quiet Hours Library
- Quietmoor
- Quietude
- Quietwater
- Quilts Turned Down
R: 25 names
- Raat
- Rain on a Dark Roof
- Rajani
- Rajanigandha
- Rajanish
- Rajni
- Rakesh
- Ratree
- Ratri
- Ratri Devi
- Ravi Evensong
- Reader by Rushlight
- Realm of Folded Sails
- Repose
- Rest Easy
- Reverie
- Rhyme for the Tucked In
- Road of Lowered Lamps
- Rockabye
- Rökkvi
- Rosalind Latebloom
- Rowan Stillmoor
- Roya
- Rushlight Alley
- Rüya
S: 128 names
- Sable
- Sablebrook
- Sablefield
- Sahar
- Samar
- Samir
- Samira
- Sandhya
- Sandman
- Sanjh
- Sanna Before Dawn
- Saoirse Moonwell
- Sapna
- Sayantan
- Sayantani
- Sayantika
- Sayo
- Sayoko
- Schemering
- Scops Owl
- Screech Owl
- Sea of Slack Water
- Şebnem
- Second Watch
- Selena
- Selendra
- Selene
- Selenicereus
- Selenwe
- Selunith
- Senja
- Sera
- Seraluna
- Serata
- Serataine
- Serein
- Seren
- Serena
- Serenade
- Serenade at the Gate
- Serenade Square
- Seven Sisters
S, continued
- Seven Stars Rising
- Shaam
- Shab
- Shabaneh
- Shabnam
- Shafaq
- Shalim
- Shamgah
- Sharvari
- She Who Hums at Moonrise
- Shefali
- Shepherd of the Night Flock
- Shire of Nodding Poppies
- Shortest Night
- Shyama
- Signe Darkwater
- Silent Night
- Silkmoth
- Simya
- Singer to the Sleeping Hills
- Sirius
- Sister of the Small Hours
- Sitara
- Skumring
- Slateshaw
- Sleep Tight
- Sleepmoor
- Sleepwalker
- Sleepy Reach
- Sleepyhead
- Slow as Evening
- Slumber
- Slumber Cove
- Slumberfield
- Small Hours
- Snoozer
- Snow After Sundown
- Soft as Moth Wings
- Softly Past Twelve
- Softpaw
- Soir
- Soirée
- Soirelle
S, continued
- Solace
- Soma
- Somneth
- Somnus
- Son of the Long Night
- Soren Dormerheath
- Soumrak
- Starbright
- Starbrook
- Stardust
- Starfall Ferry
- Stargazer
- Stargazer's Rise
- Starhollow
- Starlight
- Starlit
- Starmeadow
- Starrise
- Starry Night
- Stars Over Water
- Starshine
- Starwake
- Stella
- Stellina
- Sterope
- Still as the Pond
- Stillmeadow
- Stillness
- Stillwater
- Strix
- Stroke of Twelve
- Suha
- Summanus
- Summer Evening
- Sumrak
- Sundown
- Sunniva Evenbright
- Svefngaman
- Swapna
- Swapnil
- Sweet Dreams
- Sweet Rocket
- Sweven
T: 82 names
- Tacita
- Takipsilim
- Tam of the Hayloft
- Tamasi
- Tamsin Nightferry
- Tara
- Tariq
- Tasogare
- Tawny Owl
- Taygeta
- Te Pō
- Teller of Bedtime Tales
- Tengah Malam
- Thaddeus Evenhand
- The Banked Hearth
- The Candle Clerk
- The Dew Gatherer
- The Drawn Curtain
- The Dream Courier
- The Drowsy Fox
- The Dusk Fiddler
- The Evening Ferryman
- The Evening Star Inn
- The Eventide Abbess
- The Girl Who Walks at Dusk
- The Hour Keeper
- The Lantern Mender
- The Late Bell Ringer
- The Late Lantern Inn
- The Midnight Baker
- The Midnight Loaf
- The Moonlit Weaver
- The Moth and Moon
- The Moth Tender
- The Night Gardener
- The Night Miller
- The Nightingale's Apprentice
- The Nightingale's Rest
- The Nodding Bell
- The Owl and Candle
- The Owl Speaker
T, continued
- The Quiet Kettle
- The Quiet Sentinel
- The Seven Sleepers
- The Sleeping Heron
- The Sleepless Scribe
- The Slumber Singer
- The Star Counter
- The Starlit Cartographer
- The Twilight Porter
- The Vesper Chorister
- The Weathervane at Rest
- The Woodsmoke Tavern
- Thessaly Moonford
- Third Bell
- Three Lamps Burning
- Tide Under Moonlight
- Tobin Evenmoor
- Tonight
- Tower of the Late Reader
- Tramonto
- Tráthnóna
- Triyama
- Tsuki
- Tsukikage
- Tsukiko
- Tsukiyo
- Tsukuyomi
- Tuberose
- Twelfth Night
- Twelve Strokes
- Twilby
- Twilenne
- Twilford
- Twilight
- Twilmere
- Twinkle
- Twitterlight
- Two Owls Talking
- Twyla
- Twyndel
- Tymon Pewterstrand
U: 7 names
- Ubusuku
- Uncle Owl-Light
- Under a Quiet Sky
- Underwing
- Unelma
- Until Morning
- Usiku
V: 32 names
- Vakaras
- Vakarė
- Vakaris
- Vakars
- Vale of First Stars
- Večer
- Vechernitsa
- Vechir
- Vega
- Velvet
- Velvetpaw
- Vespaline
- Vesper
- Vesper Bay
- Vespera
- Vesperelle
- Vesperholt
- Vesperidge
- Vesperon
- Vespers in the Valley
- Vesperugo
- Vespian
- Vespie
- Vespre
- Vibhavari
- Videvik
- Vigil
- Vigil Tower
- Vigilia
- Village of Early Stars
- Vittoria Plumtarn
- Vradi
W: 19 names
- Walker Between Bells
- Wanxia
- Warden of the Blue Hour
- Wee Hours
- When the Owls Call
- Whetu
- Whippoorwill
- White Campion
- White Night
- Whole Sky Awake
- Wieczór
- Wieczorek
- Wilhelmina Eventhorpe
- Wind in the Night Reeds
- Winkie
- Winter Evening
- Wren of the Quiet Hour
- Wuye
- Wynken
X: 1 name
- Xingye
Y: 24 names
- Yalda
- Yamini
- Yesternight
- Yeying
- Yö
- Yogiri
- Yohualli
- Yoi
- Yokaze
- Yonaka
- Yoru
- Yosame
- Yotsuyu
- Yozakura
- Yozora
- Ysolde Vespermoor
- Yueye
- Yūgure
- Yume
- Yumeko
- Yūnagi
- Yūyake
- Yuzuki
- Yvaine Stillnight