Villain Names
Names associated with abductors, butchers, carnage, criminals,
fiends, killers, murderers, slaughterers, thieves, tyrants, villains, etc.
 
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• UNISEX:

  1. AERON: Welsh unisex form of feminine Celtic Agrona, name a goddess of war and death who was portrayed as a masculine figure in Welsh mythology, meaning "carnage, slaughter." 

• MALE:

  1. ACHAN: Aramaic biblical name of a man who stole forbidden items during the assault on Jericho, for which he was stoned to death, meaning "snake." After his crime, he was called Achar, meaning "one who troubles." 

  2. ACHAR: Biblical name given to Achan after his crime of stealing forbidden items during the assault on Jericho, for which he was stoned to death, meaning "one who troubles." 

  3. AEGLAECA: Variant of Anglo-Saxon Aglaeca, meaning both "demon, monster, fiend," and "hero, warrior."

  4. AGLAECA: Name of a character from Beowulf, meaning both "demon, monster, fiend," and "hero, warrior." An Old English dictionary defines áglǽca as follows: "wretch, miscreant, monster, demon, fierce enemy, fierce combatant, miserable being." 

  5. AGRO: From a Celtic word meaning "battle; slaughter."

  6. APPIUS: Praenomen of several Romans, including Appius Claudius Sabinus Inregillensis, the founder of the clan of Claudia. He was born Attius Clausus, and became consul of Rome in 495 BCE. According to Livy, in his History of Rome, Appius was "harsh by nature," having an "innate love of tyranny." The clan name Appius/Attius may be related to the name of the eunuch god Attis, meaning "Papa." 

  7. ARISTODEMOS: "Excellence of the people." Greek name of a ruthless tyrant who ruled Elis for six months, exterminating all opposition and stealing their properties. He was finally assassinated; the Eleans erected a statue at Olympia to Kylon, the man who killed him. The name derives from the Greek elements aristos "excellence" and demos "the people."

  8. ARTEMISIOS: Greek name derived from the name of the Greek goddess Artemis, meaning either "safe" or "butcher."

  9. ARTYOM: Russian form of Greek Artemisios, a name derived from the name of the goddess Artemis, meaning either "butcher" or "safe."

  10. BUSIRIS: Egyptian name of a king who killed visitors to his city, meaning "temple of Osiris."

  11. DEMYAN: Russian form of Greek Damian, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 

  12. DISMAS: "Sunset." Name not actually found in the bible but given by Christians to the thief who was crucified beside Jesus. 

  13. CAIN: "Lance, spear." Biblical name of Adam and Eve's first son who killed his brother Abel. 

  14. DAMIAN: English name derived from Greek Damianos, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 
  15. DAMIÁN: Spanish form of English Damian, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 
  16. DAMIÃNO: Portuguese form of Greek Damianos, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 
  17. DAMIANO: Italian form of Greek Damianos, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 
  18. DAMIANOS: Greek named derived from the element daman, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." Related to Damon.
  19. DAMIANUS: Latin form of Greek Damianos, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 
  20. DAMIEN: French form of English Damian, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 
  21. DAMIJAN: Slovene form of English Damian, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 
  22. DAMION: English variant of English Damian, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 
  23. DAMJAN: Slovene form of English Damian, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 

  24. DAMON: Greek myth name of a friend of Pythias, derived from the element daman, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 

  25. DAMYAN: Bulgarian form of English Damian, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 

  26. DEMYAN: Russian form of Greek Damian, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 

  27. FACHTNA: Irish/Gaelic legend name of the father of Conchobhar, possibly meaning "hostile, malicious." 

  28. GITHINJI: African Embu name meaning "butchers."

  29. GITUKU: African Kikuyu name meaning "notoriously shady and sly."

  30. HEROD: "Hero's song." Biblical name of the king who ordered the slaughter of all male children who were "two years old and under." 

  31. LAELIANUS: Roman name, derived from the Roman family name, Laelius, possibly meaning "lunar." The name is listed among the Thirty Tyrants in the Historia Augusta. He may have been a member of the noble Spanish family called the Ulpii. 

  32. MALEAGANT: Originally a Knight of the Round Table, he later becomes a villain when he abducts Guinevere. She is rescued by Lancelot and Gawain. Maleagant is the son of King Bagdemagus of Gorre. 

  33. MARK OF CORNWALL: King of Kernow (Cornwall). Tristan's uncle. Husband of Iseult who has a secret affair with Tristan. In the Prose Tristan, he is a terrible villain who rapes his niece and then murders her for producing a son, Meraugis. He also murders his brother Baldwin. 

  34. MEGEDAGIK: Native American Algonquin name meaning "kills many."

  35. MERCURY: Myth name of a Roman god who was originally the god of tradesmen and thieves. The first planet of the solar system was named after him. The name is related to the Latin word merx from which we get the words "mercantile," "merchant," "mercenary," and even "mercy."

  36. MORDRED, SIR: A Knight of the Round Table. Illegitimate son and traitor to King Arthur. Brother (or half-brother) to Agravain, Gaheris, Gareth, and Gawain. He is noted for having crowned himself and married Guinevere while Arthur was waging war on Emperor Lucius of Rome. He was killed by Arthur at the Battle of Camlann. 

  37. OTAKTAY: Native American Sioux name meaning "kills many."

  38. PARIS: Greek myth name of the son of Priam who kidnapped Helen and later fatally wounded Achilles. Because it had been prophesied that he would cause the collapse of Troy, his father gave him to a shepherd to be destroyed. The shepherd could not bring himself to kill the baby so he left it in the desert. Five days later he found the infant still alive and decided to "take a chance," and raise the child himself. He called the baby Paris, which was probably derived from pari "wager." 

  39. PARRIS: English variant of Greek Paris, probably meaning "wager." 

  40. RIENCE: Said to be the king of "many isles." He is famous for having trimmed his robe with the beards of eleven kings that he conquered, and for wanting to make Arthur's beard the twelfth; for this reason he is identified with Geoffrey of Monmouth's giant Ritho who had the same modus operandi and who was also killed by Arthur. 

• FEMALE:

  1. AERONA: Feminine form of Welsh unisex Aeron, meaning "carnage, slaughter."

  2. AERONWEN: Welsh compound name consisting of Aeron "carnage, slaughter," and gwen "white."

  3. AERONWY: "River of carnage/slaughter." Welsh compound name consisting of the name Aeron "carnage, slaughter" and the word wy "river."

  4. AGRONA: Celtic myth name of a goddess of strife and war. The name derives from Proto-Celtic *Agronā, literally meaning "carnage, slaughter." 

  5. ALECTO: Latin form of Greek Alekto, myth name of one of the Furies (Gr. Erinyes, Eumenides), meaning "unceasing." Virgil named two others: Megaera "grudging," and Tisiphone "avenging murder."

  6. ARTEMIS: Greek myth name of a daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister to Apollo. The name is of uncertain origin. It may be related to the word artamos "a butcher" or artemes "safe."

  7. ARTEMISIA: Feminine form of Greek Artemisios, a name derived from the name Artemis, meaning either "safe" or "butcher."

  8. DAMIA: Feminine form of English Damian, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 

  9. DAMIANA: Feminine form of English Damian, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 

  10. DAMIJANA: Feminine form of Slovene Damijan, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 

  11. LAMIA: Greek myth name of an evil spirit who abducts and murders children. The name means "vampire" in Latin and "fiend" in Arabic.

  12. LAVERNA: Roman myth name of the goddess of illegally-obtained money, the patroness of charlatans, con men and thieves. Her name may mean "spring-like; to be verdant."

  13. MEDEA: "Cunning." Latin form of Greek Medeia, myth name of the sorceress who helped Jason steal the Golden Fleece from his father. When Jason later abandoned her for another woman, she got revenge by killing two of her own children fathered by him. 

  14. MEDEIA: Original Greek form of Latin Medea, meaning "cunning."
  15. MEDIA: Modern variant of Latin Medea, meaning "cunning."
  16. MEGAERA: Latin form of Greek Megaira, myth name of one of the Furies (Erinyes), meaning "to grudge." Virgil named two others: Alecto "unceasing" and Tisiphone "avenging murder."

  17. PANDORA: "All-gift." Greek myth name of the first mortal woman whose curiosity unleashed evil into the world, composed of the elements pan "all" and doron "gift."

  18. PERSEPHONE: "Person-slayer." Greek myth name of a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, probably composed of the elements perso "person; human being" and phonos "murderer, slayer."

  19. QUELLA: English name derived from the Old English word cweald, meaning "kill."

  20. SARKA (Šárka): "Magpie." Czech/Bohemian legend name of a young maiden who aids the Amazonian-like Vlasta in her slaughter of men in the "Maiden's War." Most sources state that the meaning of the name is uncertain, but it is identical to the Lithuanian word šárka (same accent), and much like the Russian surname Soroka, both of which mean "magpie."

  21. TISIPHONE: "Avenging murder." Greek myth name of one of the Erinyes (Furies), composed of the elements tisis "vengeance" and phone "murder." Virgil named two others: Megaera "grudging," and Alecto "unceasing."

  22. VLASTA: Czech nickname for Slavic names beginning with Vlast-, meaning "power." This is the myth legend name of an Amazonian-like woman who started the "Maiden's war" against men.

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