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Help[Opinions] Still working on my list of "Names of Women in Horror," this is the list so far! All suggestions appreciated!
I've been asking this question all over the internet and social media for almost a year- "What female names do you associate with horror, and if possible, why?"- and these are the answers I've received! If you feel there are any glaring omissions, please let me know!
The Women's Names of Horror (so far):
1. Abigail- Abigail; King Diamond album; The Crucible
2. Ada- Resident Evil series
3. Agatha- "Spooky name" or "witchy"
4. Agnes- Black Christmas
5. Akasha- Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned
6. Alcina- Resident Evil series
7. Alessa- Silent Hill series
8. Alice- Alice in Wonderland; Friday the 13th; Resident Evil (film series); Alice Krige
9. Amanda- Saw series
10. Amelia- Trilogy of Terror; Underworld
11. Amity- a virtue; Sharp Objects; Jaws
12. Amy- Gone Girl; Amy Irving
13. Angela- Sleepaway Camp; Silent Hill series; Rec series (Ángela)
14. Annabel Lee- Edgar Allan Poe
15. Annabelle- The Conjuring and Annabelle film series; House on Haunted Hill
16. Annette- Resident Evil series; Annette O'Toole
17. Annie- Misery; Halloween; The Birds; Hereditary
18. Asa (traditionally a male name in English)- Mario Bava's Black Sunday
19. Asami- Takashi Miike's Audition
20. Ashley- Resident Evil series; Until Dawn
21. Barbara- Night of the Living Dead (Barbra); Barbara Steele; Barbara Crampton; Barbara Shelley, et. al.
22. Bathsheba- Biblical figure; The Conjuring
23. Bellatrix- Harry Potter series
24. Bertha- Jane Eyre; The Others; Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
25. Beverly- Stephen King's It
26. Blair- Linda Blair; The Blair Witch Project
27. Blanche- Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?; A Streetcar Named Desire; Blanche Baker
28. Blythe- Janus Blythe; Blithe Spirit; Drew Blythe Barrymore; Blythe Auffarth
29. Brenda- Urban Legend; Scary Movie franchise; Friday the 13th
30. Buffy- Buffy the Vampire Slayer; traditionally a nickname for Elizabeth
31. Candace- Candace Hilligoss, Carnival of Souls actress
32. Carlotta- The Phantom of the Opera; Vertigo
33. Carmilla- Early vampire story by John Polidori
34. Carol Anne- Poltergeist
35. Carolyn- Carolyn Jones; Pitch Black; The Conjuring; Carolyn Craig
36. Carrie- Stephen King's Carrie
37. Cassandra- Cursed mythological prophetess
38. Catherine- Wuthering Heights; The Silence of the Lambs; et. al.
39. Charlie- Shadow of a Doubt (nickname for Charlotte); Hereditary
40. Cheryl- The Evil Dead; Silent Hill series
41. Christine- Stephen King's Christine; Carrie; The Phantom of the Opera; Drag Me to Hell
42. Circe- Mythology; Game of Thrones (Cersei)
43. Claire- Resident Evil series
44. Clarice- The Silence of the Lambs; Hannibal; Fahrenheit 451 (Clarisse)
45. Claudia- Interview with the Vampire
46. Cleo- Miss Cleo; Cleopatra in Freaks
47. Clytemnestra- Mycenaean queen, ax murderess, sister of Helen of Troy
48. Coraline- Neil Gaiman's Coraline
49. Cordelia- Shakespeare's King Lear; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; AHS: Coven
50. Cornelia- Romancero; The Uninvited actress Cornelia Otis Skinner (this is all I could find on Cornelia, but it was suggested multiple times)
51. Cybil- Silent Hill series
52. Dahlia- Silent Hill series; nickname for murder victim Elizabeth Short; a flower
53. Daisy- The Wicker Man; a flower
54. Daphne- Scooby-Doo; Daphne du Maurier
55. Darla- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
56. Deborah- Deborah Kerr; The Taking of Deborah Logan; Deborah Kara Unger
57. Delilah- Biblical figure
58. Demeter- Mythology
59. Desdemona- Shakespeare's Othello
60. Diane- Poltergeist; Twin Peaks; Mulholland Drive
61. Dolores- Harry Potter series; Shutter Island; Lolita; Ed Wood
62. Donna- Twin Peaks; Prom Night; Halloween series; AHS: 1984
63. Dovima- mononymous 20th century supermodel (she abbreviated her birth name, Dorothy Virginia Margaret) who, along with cartoon character Morticia Addams, was a partial inspiration for Vampira, Lily Munster, etc.
64. Drew- Actress Drew Barrymore
65. Drusilla- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
66. Eleanor- Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House; The Haunting (1963, 1999); Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House
67. Electra- Mythology; Mourning Becomes Electra; The World is Not Enough (Elektra); Carmen Electra
68. Elise- Insidious franchise
69. Elizabeth- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, et. al.
70. Ellen- Alien franchise; Ellen Burstyn; Stephen King's Rose Red; Hereditary
71. Elsa- Elsa Lanchester, Bride of Frankenstein actress
72. Elvira- TV/movie persona of Cassandra Peterson
73. Emily Rose- The Exorcism of Emily Rose
74. Emily- The Exorcism of Emily Rose; Until Dawn
75. Erin- You’re Next; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ’03
76. Esther- Orphan; biblical figure
77. Evangeline- Longfellow’s Tales of Acadie
78. Eve- Biblical figure
79. Fay- Fay Wray, King Kong actress; homonym of "fae," meaning faeries
80. Fiona- So Weird; AHS: Coven
81. Francine- Dawn of the Dead
82. Frederica- The Silence of the Lambs
83. Gale (not Gail/Gayle)- Scream series
84. Geraldine- Coleridge's Christabel; Geraldine Chaplin; Wait Until Dark
85. Ginger- Ginger Snaps
86. Ginny- Friday the 13th series
87. Grace- A virtue; The Others; Ready or Not
88. Gretel- folklore
89. Hannah- 28 Days Later; Until Dawn
90. Heather- Heather Langenkamp; Silent Hill series; Heather Donahue of The Blair Witch Project; a flowering shrub
91. Helen- Night of the Living Dead; Candyman; I Know What You Did Last Summer; mythological figure
92. Hermione- Harry Potter series
93. Hilda- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
94. Hypatia- Historical figure
95. Jane- Jane Eyre, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, etc.
96. Janet- Janet Leigh; The Rocky Horror Picture Show
97. Jeanette- Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines
98. Jennet (not Janet)- The Woman in Black
99. Jennifer- Jennifer Tilly; Jennifer's Body; Jennifer Love Hewitt
100. Jessica- Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice; Let's Scare Jessica to Death; Until Dawn; Black Christmas (Jess)
101. Jezebel- Biblical figure
102. Jill- Resident Evil series; Jill Larson
103. Joan- Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'Arc); Joan Bennett; Joan Crawford; Joan Collins; The Blackcoat's Daughter; Hereditary
104. Jocasta- Mythology
105. Judith- biblical heroine; John Carpenter's Halloween; Vertigo (Judy); Night of the Living Dead (Judy)
106. Judy- Vertigo; Night of the Living Dead
107. Juno- The Descent
108. Justine- Frankenstein; Raw
109. Kayako- Ju-On series
110. Kendra- Dead Space
111. Kirie- Junji Ito’s Uzumaki
112. Lamora- Lamora (1973)
113. Laura- Laura (1944); Silent Hill series; Twin Peaks
114. Laurie- Halloween series; Piper Laurie; Laurie Holden
115. Lavinia- Semi-historical figure; Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus; Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror; Color Out of Space
116. Lenore- Edgar Allan Poe
117. Ligeia- Edgar Allan Poe
118. Lila- Psycho
119. Lilith- Biblical figure, common vampiric character
120. Lily- A flower, commonly signifying death; Lily Munster
121. Linda- Linda Blair; Linda Hamilton; The Evil Dead; Halloween (Lynda); Linda Cardellini
122. Lisa- Resident Evil series; Silent Hill series; Wait Until Dark
123. Lizbeth- pseudonym of American murderess Lizzie Borden; Clive Barker's Undying; The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Lisbeth)
124. Lizzie- American suspected murderess Lizzie Andrew Borden
125. Lorraine- The Shining; The Conjuring series; paranormal investigator/proclaimed medium Lorraine Warren; French region
126. Lucille- Crimson Peak
127. Lucretia- semi-historical/mythological figure
128. Lucy- Dracula
129. Lydia- The Birds; Beetlejuice; The Others
130. Madeleine- Vertigo
131. Mandy- Mandy; All the Boys Love Mandy Lane; The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, etc.
132. Marceline- Adventure Time
133. Margaret- Stephen King's Carrie
134. Marilyn- Marilyn Monroe; Marilyn Eastman; Marilyn Burns; Marilyn Chambers
135. Marion- Robert Bloch's/Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
136. Mary- Bloody Mary, Mary Shelley, Mary Lambert, et. al.
137. Maud- St. Maud
138. Maudette- True Blood
139. Maxine- X, Pearl, MaXXXine
140. Medea- Mythology
141. Medusa- Mythology
142. Megan- Megan Fox; M3gan; The Blob '88 (Meg)
143. Melanie- Du Maurier's/Hitchcock's The Birds; The Girl with All the Gifts; The Babysitter
144. Melisandre- Game of Thrones
145. Melusine- Mythological/semi-historical figure
146. Mercy- virtue; The Witch; Mercy Brown vampire incident
147. Mina- Dracula
148. Minnie- Rosemary’s Baby
149. Mircalla- Polidori's Carmilla; Vampire Lovers/Lust For A Vampire
150. Mitsuko- Koushun Takami's Battle Royale
151. Morella- Edgar Allan Poe
152. Morticia- The Addams Family
153. Nancy- A Nightmare on Elm Street; The Craft; French city
154. Natalie- Urban Legend; Hell Fest; Natalie Portman
155. Nicole- Dead Space; Nicole Kidman
156. Norma- Psycho; Bates Motel; Carrie; The Box; Twin Peaks; famous opera
157. Olga- Freaks (1932) star Olga Baclanova; Suspiria (1977); Suspiria (2018)
158. Pamela- Friday the 13th; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre; True Blood; Pamela Franklin
159. Patricia- Jeepers Creepers; Split; Patricia Velasquez; Patricia Arquette; Patricia Quinn
160. Pearl- X and Pearl
161. Penny- "Penny dreadful," et. al.
162. Pepper- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ’03; AHS: Asylum
163. Persephone- Mythology
164. Phoebe- Charmed; The Babysitter; Monster Squad
165. Phyllis- Black Christmas; Last House on the Left; Phyllis Kirk; Double Indemnity
166. Piper- Piper Laurie; Charmed
167. Prudence- Charmed; Sabrina the Teenage Witch
168. Radha- Actress Radha Mitchell, star of Silent Hill, The Crazies, Pitch Black, etc.
169. Raven- Edgar Allan Poe
170. Rebecca- Daphne du Maurier's/Hitchcock's Rebecca; Rebecca De Mornay; The Roommate; The Crazies (Becca)
171. Regan (not Reagan)- The Exorcist, Shakespeare's King Lear
172. Rhiannon- Mythology; Fleetwood Mac song
173. Rhoda- The Bad Seed
174. Ripley- Alien
175. Rose- Get Out; Doctor Sleep
176. Rosemary- Rosemary's Baby; common herb
177. Sabrina- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
178. Sadako- Ringu series
179. Salem- Salem, Massachusetts; Sabrina the Teenage Witch
180. Sally- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre; The Nightmare Before Christmas
181. Samantha- Bewitched; Until Dawn; Samantha Eggar
182. Samara- The Ring
183. Sarah- The Terminator franchise; Sarah Michelle Gellar; The Craft; The Initiation of Sarah
184. Selena- 28 Days Later
185. Shelley- Mary Shelley, Shelley Duvall, Barbara Shelley, Shelley Winters, The Evil Dead, Twin Peaks (Shelly), etc.
186. Sherry- Resident Evil series; a fortified wine
187. Sidney (the traditionally male spelling, not Sydney)- Scream series
188. Sue Ann- Ma
189. Sue- House of Wax; Carrie
190. Suki/Sookie- True Blood; The Witches of Eastwick; typically a nickname for Susan, Suzanne, or Susanna(h)
191. Susan- Susan Hill; Salem's Lot; Susan Sarandon; Carrie (Sue); The Dark Tower; Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver)
192. Susie/Suzie/Suzy- Wait Until Dark; Suspiria
193. Suzanne- Suzanne Pleshette; Night of the Demons; To Die For
194. Sybil- Mythology; an oracle or mystic
195. Tabitha- Bewitched
196. Tamara- The Strangers
197. Tangina- Poltergeist
198. Tatum- Scream; Tatum O'Neal
199. Theodora- Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House; The Haunting (1963, 1999); Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House
200. Therese- Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines; Trilogy of Terror
201. Thomasin- The VVitch
202. Tiffany- Child's Play series
203. Tina- A Nightmare on Elm Street; Halloween 5: The Return of Michael Myers; Friday the 13th series; Carrie (novel)
204. Tomie- Tomie series
205. Tristana- The Rec series
206. Ulalume- Edgar Allan Poe
207. Ursula- The Little Mermaid
208. Uxia- Dagon
209. Vampira- TV/film persona of Maila Nurmi
210. Velma- Scooby-Doo
211. Vera- Vera Miles; Vera Farmiga; And Then There Were None; Peter Jackson's Braindead
212. Veronica- Veronica Cartwright; Veronica Carlson; The Fly; Verónica
213. Violet- A flower; AHS: Murder House; Suddenly, Last Summer
214. Violetta- Band My Darling Violetta
215. Virginia- Friday the 13th series
216. Vivian- American Horror Story: Murder House
217. Wednesday- The Addams Family
218. Wendy- The Shining
219. Wilhelmina- Dracula
220. Willow- Buffy the Vampire Slayer; The Wicker Man; a deciduous tree
221. Winifred- The Shining (Wendy); Hocus Pocus
222. Winona- Winona Ryder
223. Yvette- Clue
224. Zelda- Zelda Rubinstein; Pet Sematary; Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Edit: I've decided to add Lila (Psycho), and Ginny and Virginia (Friday the 13th), which brings the list to an even 200! Still open to more suggestions, though!
Edit: Added Alcina, Medea, Morella, Persephone, and Demeter.
Edit: Added Daisy, Minnie, Evangeline, Ulalume, and Electra/Elektra
Edit: Added Winifred!
Edit: Added Diane, Maudette, Tangina, and Uxia.
Edit: Added Blair! Can't believe I overlooked that one.
Edit: Added Drew, Blythe (Blithe) and Francine.
Edit: Added Erin, Pepper, and Yvette.
The Women's Names of Horror (so far):
1. Abigail- Abigail; King Diamond album; The Crucible
2. Ada- Resident Evil series
3. Agatha- "Spooky name" or "witchy"
4. Agnes- Black Christmas
5. Akasha- Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned
6. Alcina- Resident Evil series
7. Alessa- Silent Hill series
8. Alice- Alice in Wonderland; Friday the 13th; Resident Evil (film series); Alice Krige
9. Amanda- Saw series
10. Amelia- Trilogy of Terror; Underworld
11. Amity- a virtue; Sharp Objects; Jaws
12. Amy- Gone Girl; Amy Irving
13. Angela- Sleepaway Camp; Silent Hill series; Rec series (Ángela)
14. Annabel Lee- Edgar Allan Poe
15. Annabelle- The Conjuring and Annabelle film series; House on Haunted Hill
16. Annette- Resident Evil series; Annette O'Toole
17. Annie- Misery; Halloween; The Birds; Hereditary
18. Asa (traditionally a male name in English)- Mario Bava's Black Sunday
19. Asami- Takashi Miike's Audition
20. Ashley- Resident Evil series; Until Dawn
21. Barbara- Night of the Living Dead (Barbra); Barbara Steele; Barbara Crampton; Barbara Shelley, et. al.
22. Bathsheba- Biblical figure; The Conjuring
23. Bellatrix- Harry Potter series
24. Bertha- Jane Eyre; The Others; Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
25. Beverly- Stephen King's It
26. Blair- Linda Blair; The Blair Witch Project
27. Blanche- Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?; A Streetcar Named Desire; Blanche Baker
28. Blythe- Janus Blythe; Blithe Spirit; Drew Blythe Barrymore; Blythe Auffarth
29. Brenda- Urban Legend; Scary Movie franchise; Friday the 13th
30. Buffy- Buffy the Vampire Slayer; traditionally a nickname for Elizabeth
31. Candace- Candace Hilligoss, Carnival of Souls actress
32. Carlotta- The Phantom of the Opera; Vertigo
33. Carmilla- Early vampire story by John Polidori
34. Carol Anne- Poltergeist
35. Carolyn- Carolyn Jones; Pitch Black; The Conjuring; Carolyn Craig
36. Carrie- Stephen King's Carrie
37. Cassandra- Cursed mythological prophetess
38. Catherine- Wuthering Heights; The Silence of the Lambs; et. al.
39. Charlie- Shadow of a Doubt (nickname for Charlotte); Hereditary
40. Cheryl- The Evil Dead; Silent Hill series
41. Christine- Stephen King's Christine; Carrie; The Phantom of the Opera; Drag Me to Hell
42. Circe- Mythology; Game of Thrones (Cersei)
43. Claire- Resident Evil series
44. Clarice- The Silence of the Lambs; Hannibal; Fahrenheit 451 (Clarisse)
45. Claudia- Interview with the Vampire
46. Cleo- Miss Cleo; Cleopatra in Freaks
47. Clytemnestra- Mycenaean queen, ax murderess, sister of Helen of Troy
48. Coraline- Neil Gaiman's Coraline
49. Cordelia- Shakespeare's King Lear; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; AHS: Coven
50. Cornelia- Romancero; The Uninvited actress Cornelia Otis Skinner (this is all I could find on Cornelia, but it was suggested multiple times)
51. Cybil- Silent Hill series
52. Dahlia- Silent Hill series; nickname for murder victim Elizabeth Short; a flower
53. Daisy- The Wicker Man; a flower
54. Daphne- Scooby-Doo; Daphne du Maurier
55. Darla- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
56. Deborah- Deborah Kerr; The Taking of Deborah Logan; Deborah Kara Unger
57. Delilah- Biblical figure
58. Demeter- Mythology
59. Desdemona- Shakespeare's Othello
60. Diane- Poltergeist; Twin Peaks; Mulholland Drive
61. Dolores- Harry Potter series; Shutter Island; Lolita; Ed Wood
62. Donna- Twin Peaks; Prom Night; Halloween series; AHS: 1984
63. Dovima- mononymous 20th century supermodel (she abbreviated her birth name, Dorothy Virginia Margaret) who, along with cartoon character Morticia Addams, was a partial inspiration for Vampira, Lily Munster, etc.
64. Drew- Actress Drew Barrymore
65. Drusilla- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
66. Eleanor- Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House; The Haunting (1963, 1999); Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House
67. Electra- Mythology; Mourning Becomes Electra; The World is Not Enough (Elektra); Carmen Electra
68. Elise- Insidious franchise
69. Elizabeth- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, et. al.
70. Ellen- Alien franchise; Ellen Burstyn; Stephen King's Rose Red; Hereditary
71. Elsa- Elsa Lanchester, Bride of Frankenstein actress
72. Elvira- TV/movie persona of Cassandra Peterson
73. Emily Rose- The Exorcism of Emily Rose
74. Emily- The Exorcism of Emily Rose; Until Dawn
75. Erin- You’re Next; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ’03
76. Esther- Orphan; biblical figure
77. Evangeline- Longfellow’s Tales of Acadie
78. Eve- Biblical figure
79. Fay- Fay Wray, King Kong actress; homonym of "fae," meaning faeries
80. Fiona- So Weird; AHS: Coven
81. Francine- Dawn of the Dead
82. Frederica- The Silence of the Lambs
83. Gale (not Gail/Gayle)- Scream series
84. Geraldine- Coleridge's Christabel; Geraldine Chaplin; Wait Until Dark
85. Ginger- Ginger Snaps
86. Ginny- Friday the 13th series
87. Grace- A virtue; The Others; Ready or Not
88. Gretel- folklore
89. Hannah- 28 Days Later; Until Dawn
90. Heather- Heather Langenkamp; Silent Hill series; Heather Donahue of The Blair Witch Project; a flowering shrub
91. Helen- Night of the Living Dead; Candyman; I Know What You Did Last Summer; mythological figure
92. Hermione- Harry Potter series
93. Hilda- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
94. Hypatia- Historical figure
95. Jane- Jane Eyre, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, etc.
96. Janet- Janet Leigh; The Rocky Horror Picture Show
97. Jeanette- Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines
98. Jennet (not Janet)- The Woman in Black
99. Jennifer- Jennifer Tilly; Jennifer's Body; Jennifer Love Hewitt
100. Jessica- Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice; Let's Scare Jessica to Death; Until Dawn; Black Christmas (Jess)
101. Jezebel- Biblical figure
102. Jill- Resident Evil series; Jill Larson
103. Joan- Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'Arc); Joan Bennett; Joan Crawford; Joan Collins; The Blackcoat's Daughter; Hereditary
104. Jocasta- Mythology
105. Judith- biblical heroine; John Carpenter's Halloween; Vertigo (Judy); Night of the Living Dead (Judy)
106. Judy- Vertigo; Night of the Living Dead
107. Juno- The Descent
108. Justine- Frankenstein; Raw
109. Kayako- Ju-On series
110. Kendra- Dead Space
111. Kirie- Junji Ito’s Uzumaki
112. Lamora- Lamora (1973)
113. Laura- Laura (1944); Silent Hill series; Twin Peaks
114. Laurie- Halloween series; Piper Laurie; Laurie Holden
115. Lavinia- Semi-historical figure; Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus; Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror; Color Out of Space
116. Lenore- Edgar Allan Poe
117. Ligeia- Edgar Allan Poe
118. Lila- Psycho
119. Lilith- Biblical figure, common vampiric character
120. Lily- A flower, commonly signifying death; Lily Munster
121. Linda- Linda Blair; Linda Hamilton; The Evil Dead; Halloween (Lynda); Linda Cardellini
122. Lisa- Resident Evil series; Silent Hill series; Wait Until Dark
123. Lizbeth- pseudonym of American murderess Lizzie Borden; Clive Barker's Undying; The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Lisbeth)
124. Lizzie- American suspected murderess Lizzie Andrew Borden
125. Lorraine- The Shining; The Conjuring series; paranormal investigator/proclaimed medium Lorraine Warren; French region
126. Lucille- Crimson Peak
127. Lucretia- semi-historical/mythological figure
128. Lucy- Dracula
129. Lydia- The Birds; Beetlejuice; The Others
130. Madeleine- Vertigo
131. Mandy- Mandy; All the Boys Love Mandy Lane; The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, etc.
132. Marceline- Adventure Time
133. Margaret- Stephen King's Carrie
134. Marilyn- Marilyn Monroe; Marilyn Eastman; Marilyn Burns; Marilyn Chambers
135. Marion- Robert Bloch's/Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
136. Mary- Bloody Mary, Mary Shelley, Mary Lambert, et. al.
137. Maud- St. Maud
138. Maudette- True Blood
139. Maxine- X, Pearl, MaXXXine
140. Medea- Mythology
141. Medusa- Mythology
142. Megan- Megan Fox; M3gan; The Blob '88 (Meg)
143. Melanie- Du Maurier's/Hitchcock's The Birds; The Girl with All the Gifts; The Babysitter
144. Melisandre- Game of Thrones
145. Melusine- Mythological/semi-historical figure
146. Mercy- virtue; The Witch; Mercy Brown vampire incident
147. Mina- Dracula
148. Minnie- Rosemary’s Baby
149. Mircalla- Polidori's Carmilla; Vampire Lovers/Lust For A Vampire
150. Mitsuko- Koushun Takami's Battle Royale
151. Morella- Edgar Allan Poe
152. Morticia- The Addams Family
153. Nancy- A Nightmare on Elm Street; The Craft; French city
154. Natalie- Urban Legend; Hell Fest; Natalie Portman
155. Nicole- Dead Space; Nicole Kidman
156. Norma- Psycho; Bates Motel; Carrie; The Box; Twin Peaks; famous opera
157. Olga- Freaks (1932) star Olga Baclanova; Suspiria (1977); Suspiria (2018)
158. Pamela- Friday the 13th; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre; True Blood; Pamela Franklin
159. Patricia- Jeepers Creepers; Split; Patricia Velasquez; Patricia Arquette; Patricia Quinn
160. Pearl- X and Pearl
161. Penny- "Penny dreadful," et. al.
162. Pepper- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ’03; AHS: Asylum
163. Persephone- Mythology
164. Phoebe- Charmed; The Babysitter; Monster Squad
165. Phyllis- Black Christmas; Last House on the Left; Phyllis Kirk; Double Indemnity
166. Piper- Piper Laurie; Charmed
167. Prudence- Charmed; Sabrina the Teenage Witch
168. Radha- Actress Radha Mitchell, star of Silent Hill, The Crazies, Pitch Black, etc.
169. Raven- Edgar Allan Poe
170. Rebecca- Daphne du Maurier's/Hitchcock's Rebecca; Rebecca De Mornay; The Roommate; The Crazies (Becca)
171. Regan (not Reagan)- The Exorcist, Shakespeare's King Lear
172. Rhiannon- Mythology; Fleetwood Mac song
173. Rhoda- The Bad Seed
174. Ripley- Alien
175. Rose- Get Out; Doctor Sleep
176. Rosemary- Rosemary's Baby; common herb
177. Sabrina- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
178. Sadako- Ringu series
179. Salem- Salem, Massachusetts; Sabrina the Teenage Witch
180. Sally- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre; The Nightmare Before Christmas
181. Samantha- Bewitched; Until Dawn; Samantha Eggar
182. Samara- The Ring
183. Sarah- The Terminator franchise; Sarah Michelle Gellar; The Craft; The Initiation of Sarah
184. Selena- 28 Days Later
185. Shelley- Mary Shelley, Shelley Duvall, Barbara Shelley, Shelley Winters, The Evil Dead, Twin Peaks (Shelly), etc.
186. Sherry- Resident Evil series; a fortified wine
187. Sidney (the traditionally male spelling, not Sydney)- Scream series
188. Sue Ann- Ma
189. Sue- House of Wax; Carrie
190. Suki/Sookie- True Blood; The Witches of Eastwick; typically a nickname for Susan, Suzanne, or Susanna(h)
191. Susan- Susan Hill; Salem's Lot; Susan Sarandon; Carrie (Sue); The Dark Tower; Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver)
192. Susie/Suzie/Suzy- Wait Until Dark; Suspiria
193. Suzanne- Suzanne Pleshette; Night of the Demons; To Die For
194. Sybil- Mythology; an oracle or mystic
195. Tabitha- Bewitched
196. Tamara- The Strangers
197. Tangina- Poltergeist
198. Tatum- Scream; Tatum O'Neal
199. Theodora- Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House; The Haunting (1963, 1999); Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House
200. Therese- Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines; Trilogy of Terror
201. Thomasin- The VVitch
202. Tiffany- Child's Play series
203. Tina- A Nightmare on Elm Street; Halloween 5: The Return of Michael Myers; Friday the 13th series; Carrie (novel)
204. Tomie- Tomie series
205. Tristana- The Rec series
206. Ulalume- Edgar Allan Poe
207. Ursula- The Little Mermaid
208. Uxia- Dagon
209. Vampira- TV/film persona of Maila Nurmi
210. Velma- Scooby-Doo
211. Vera- Vera Miles; Vera Farmiga; And Then There Were None; Peter Jackson's Braindead
212. Veronica- Veronica Cartwright; Veronica Carlson; The Fly; Verónica
213. Violet- A flower; AHS: Murder House; Suddenly, Last Summer
214. Violetta- Band My Darling Violetta
215. Virginia- Friday the 13th series
216. Vivian- American Horror Story: Murder House
217. Wednesday- The Addams Family
218. Wendy- The Shining
219. Wilhelmina- Dracula
220. Willow- Buffy the Vampire Slayer; The Wicker Man; a deciduous tree
221. Winifred- The Shining (Wendy); Hocus Pocus
222. Winona- Winona Ryder
223. Yvette- Clue
224. Zelda- Zelda Rubinstein; Pet Sematary; Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Edit: I've decided to add Lila (Psycho), and Ginny and Virginia (Friday the 13th), which brings the list to an even 200! Still open to more suggestions, though!
Edit: Added Alcina, Medea, Morella, Persephone, and Demeter.
Edit: Added Daisy, Minnie, Evangeline, Ulalume, and Electra/Elektra
Edit: Added Winifred!
Edit: Added Diane, Maudette, Tangina, and Uxia.
Edit: Added Blair! Can't believe I overlooked that one.
Edit: Added Drew, Blythe (Blithe) and Francine.
Edit: Added Erin, Pepper, and Yvette.
This message was edited 2/20/2024, 1:34 PM
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I've always found these names to be "haunting":
Evangeline - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Tale of Acadie".
Ulalume - Edgar Allan Poe
Evangeline - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Tale of Acadie".
Ulalume - Edgar Allan Poe
Perfect! Will add them to the list as well. I forgot about Ulalume- and how can you forget a name like that lol- but I wasn't aware of the Longfellow/Evangeline affiliation, thank you!
Rose and Willow are on the list, but Daisy and Minnie are great! I'll add when I get home (on mobile rn)
Edit: Oh I see, you meant to add the references to The Wicker Man as well, my mistake lol
Edit: Oh I see, you meant to add the references to The Wicker Man as well, my mistake lol
This message was edited 2/19/2024, 5:56 PM
Yes that's what I meant :)
There are SO many cool names from Hammer Horror films too, real classics, you should comb through the collection and see if any catch your eye! I will take a look myself tomorrow, but it's bedtime here :)
There are SO many cool names from Hammer Horror films too, real classics, you should comb through the collection and see if any catch your eye! I will take a look myself tomorrow, but it's bedtime here :)
I love Hammer films! I referenced Barbara Steele in the post, but I would also love more movie suggestions as well as names!
Alcina - Resident Evil series
Medea - Greek mythology
Morella - Edgar Allan Poe
Persephone - Greek mythology
Medea - Greek mythology
Morella - Edgar Allan Poe
Persephone - Greek mythology
These are all such pretty names!
Agreed, but I'd steer clear of actually using Medea! lol
These are great, thank you! I can also add Demeter as well as Persephone, it's the name of the ship in Dracula! Good eye.
This message was edited 2/19/2024, 11:54 AM