Names That Mean Shadow

Although this Old Testament name is soft and delicate, it runs the risk of conjuring up the monstrous Godzilla.

Pretty French sound, but there might be a lot of "umbrella" cracks.

The Basque name, meaning shadow, has the virtue of having both an interesting meaning and an obvious pronunciation.

Created by English poet Alexander Pope for a melancholy sprite in the 1712 poem The Rape of the Lock. He likely took the Latin word umbra "shadow". A moon of Uranus is named after the character.

An unusual, haunting name, a distant cousin to the more popular Amber and Ember.

Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician, gave his name to this portraiture technique – although, strangely, no one knows why.