Bewitching baby names for girls

“Witches don’t look like anything. Witches are. Witches do.”
                                             ~Franny Billingsley, Chime 

Whether or not you believe in the existence of witches, you've likely encountered them on TV, at the movies or in books. We've gathered the names of some of the most well-known witches from these media -- do any of these monikers cast a spell on you?

Film witches

Movie witches run the gamut: from funny (Hocus Pocus' Mary, Sarah and Winnie) to terrifying (Robin Hood's Mortianna), the names are as memorable as the characters themselves. 

• Eglantine Price (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
• Elly Kedward (The Blair Witch Project)
• Gillian and Sally Owens (Practical Magic)
• Glinda, the Good Witch of the North (The Wizard of Oz)
• Katrina Van Tassel (Sleepy Hollow)
• Maleficent (Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty)
• Mary, Sarah and Winifred Sanderson (Hocus Pocus)
• Minnie Castavet (Rosemary’s Baby)
• Mortianna (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
• Tia Dalma (Pirates of the Caribbean)
• Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
  
  

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Television witches

From Bewitched's Samantha Stephens (and Endora, Aunt Clara and Tabitha) to tween sensation Alex Russo from Wizards of Waverly Place, TV has long provided excellent witchy names to steal.

• Alex Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place)
• Angelique (Dark Shadows)
• Brianna Withridge (Smallville)
• Prue, Piper and Phoebe Halliwell and Paige Matthews (Charmed)
  
• Sabrina Spellman (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)
• Samantha Stephens (Bewitched)
• Wilhelmina W. Witchipoo – (H.R. Pufnstuf)
• Willow Rosenberg (Buffy, The Vampire Slayer)

 Gothic baby names

Books and comics

There is no better place to find a classic witch than in a book. With names like Hilda (The Wednesday Witch) and Sycorax (The Tempest), you're sure to find something bewitching!

• Alexandra Spofford, Jane Smart and Sukie Rougemont (The Witches of Eastwick)
• Cassie Blake (The Secret Circle)
• Hermione Granger (Harry Potter series)
• Hilda (The Wednesday Witch)
• Circe (Homer’s Odyssey)
• Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked)
• Galadriel (The Lord of the Rings)
• Agatha Harkness (Marvel Comics)
• Jadis of Charn, the White Witch (Narnia)
• Maharet and Mekare (The Vampire Chronicles)
• Mildred Hubble (The Worst Witch)
• Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
• Morgan La Fey (Excalibur)
• Sycorax (The Tempest)
• Xayide (Neverending Story)
  
  

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