Put a Spell on Your Friends with These Witch Names

Put a Spell on Your Friends with These Witch Names
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What's Halloween without a witch sighting? And it sure is an easy and fun DIY costume to boot! But don't forget the name to go with your particular pointed hat and broomstick.

We've got lots of inspiration for you to find just the right witch name too. Whether you are going for wacky or scary or historic, here you'll find a long list of female names in general plus famous fictional witches (think Wicked, Hocus Pocus, and Bewitched—movies and TV shows make for great costumes!) and real famous witches from as far back as the 1500s plus a bit of their life stories.

Witch names aren't just for humans either! Could there be a more fitting category of names to draw from you if you are the proud parent of a black cat? We've got plenty to choose from for your feline friend too.

So take a page out of our spell book and get inspired by these 65 scary-good witch names for this Halloween!

Female Witch Names

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  • Amethyst

  • Allegra

  • Aradia

  • Beatrix

  • Blaise

  • Cassandra

  • Circe

  • Clara

  • Cordelia

  • Corinne

  • Evanora

  • Gullveig

  • Fiona

  • Helena

  • Immanuelle

  • Luna

  • Maren

  • Margery

  • Marie

  • Malificent

  • Minerva

  • Ophelia

  • Rhiamon

  • Rose

  • Sukie

  • Sybil

  • Theodora

  • Ursula

Famous Fictional Witch Names

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  • Elphaba from Wicked

  • Glinda the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz

  • The Blair Witch from The Blair Witch Project

  • Winnie, Mary, and Sarah Sanderson from Hocus Pocus

  • Hermione Granger from Harry Potter

  • Sabrina Spellman from Sabrina the Teenage Witch

  • The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz

  • Samantha Stephens from Bewitched

  • Piper, Phoebe, and Prue Halliwell from Charmed

  • Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty

  • Jadis the White Witch from The Chronicles of Narnia

  • Tia Dalma from Pirates of the Caribbean

  • Aggie Cromwell from Halloweentown

Famous Real Witch Names

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  • Mother Shipton: Her real name was Ursula Southeil, but she was known about town as Mother Shipton (and also “Hag Face”). In the 1500s, she was believed to be the child of another witch.

  • Marie Laveau: Deemed the "Voodoo queen of New Orleans," she was rumored to posses magical healing capabilities. For costume inspiration, Angela Bassett brought this figure to life in American Horror Story: Coven.

  • Agnes Sampson: In the late 16th century, Agnes' ties with witchcraft lead to her untimely death during the trials in North Berwick, Scotland.

  • Sybil Leek: Author of her autobiography Diary of a Witch, Sybil became known as "The World’s Most Famous Witch" in 1969.

  • Laurie Cabot: A current psychic, witch, author, and community activist, Laurie goes by "The Official Witch of Salem."

  • Alice Kyteler: This Irish native, accused by her stepchildren of performing witchcraft in 1324, was the first in the country to be tried for sorcery as a heretic.

  • Isobel Gowdie: Not much is known about this 17th-century Scottish woman, other than the fact that she reportedly offered an incredibly detailed testimony at her witchcraft trial, recounting experiences with a "Queen of the Fairies" and shape-shifting.

Witch Cat Names

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  • Kijo (Japanese for "witch")

  • Alita

  • Cordelia

  • Freya

  • Grimalkin

  • Locasta

  • Jade

  • Jinx

  • Salem

  • Tabatha

  • Tabit

  • Tamsin

  • Tituba

  • Thackery Binx

  • Trixie

  • Willow

  • Zelda

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