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Names Meaning Dark or Black Usually, when a name means "black", it's referring to hair color. Darcy, means, literally 'descendant of the dark one'. The implyed meaning is actually 'descendant of the dark-haired one', not that Darcy's ancestor was some kind of evil, dark character.

Name	Approx. pronounciation	Meaning	Other forms
Bran	BRAN	raven	-
Branduff	BRAN duf	raven-black	brandubh
Branigan	BRAN i gin	raven	Branagáin
Brenna	BREN na	raven	-
Canavan	CAN uh vin	black head	Ó Ceandubháin
Carey	CAIR ee	dark	Ó Ciardha
Ciara/Kira	KEE ah ra/KEER a	dark; black	Kiera
Cronan	CRO nin	dark; swarthy	Crónán
Darcy	DAR see	descendant of the dark one	Dorchaidhe
Devnet	DEV net	fawn	Damhnait
Donagh	DUN a	brown warrior	Donnchadh; Duncan
Donnegan	DUN nig in	brown	Donnegain
Dunla	DUN la	brown lady or lady of the fortress	Dunlaith
Donleavy	dun LEE vee	brown one of the mountain	Don Slébe
Donn	DUN or DOWN	brown	-
Donnagan	DUN a gin	brown one of the hound packs	Donncuan
Donnan	DUN nin	little brown one	Donnán
Donovan	DUN i vin or DON i vin	dark brown; swarthy	Donnabhán
Dorrie	DOR ee	dark man	short form of Feardorcha
Dougal	DOO gil	dark strander	Dubhgall
Douglas	DUG lis	black and blue/green/grey	Dubhglas
Dowd	DOWD	dark; black	Dubhda
Doyle	DOYL or DOY ul	descendant of the dark stranger	Dubhgaill
Dualta	DOO ul ta	dark limbed	Dubhaltach
Duane	DWAIN	descendant of the dark one	Dwayne; Dubhain
Dudley	DUD lee	dark man of the two sides	Dubhdaleithe
Duff	DUF	black; dark	Dubh
Dugan	DOO gin	dark lad	Dubhgán
Duvessa	du VES a	dark lady of the waterfall	Dubheasa
Feardorcha	far DUR a kha	dark man	Dorrie
Gorman	GOR min; GUR a mawn	dark; swarthy	Gormán
Keernit	KEER nit	dark lady	Ciarnait
Keir	KEER	dark; black	Ciar
Kerry	KEH ree	descendant of the dark one	Ciarraí- a county in Ireland
Kerwin	KER win	descendant of the dark one	Ciardhubháin
Kieran	KEER in	dark; black	Ciarán
Kirby	KUR bee	dark son	Ciarmhac
Oran	OR in	grey-brown	Odhrán
Orna	OR na	grey-brown lady	Odharnait
Tynan	TY nin	dark	Teimhnín

Kindly contributed by Katie Doyle