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Many older names could come across as Gothic in certain situations. For instance, Victoria and Sebastian are not innately Gothic sounding, but if used by an ethereal couple clothed in flowing black reclining in an elegant, crumbling, haunted mansion surrounded by fog and circling ravens, then the names would taken on part of the Gothic atmosphere.

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Many Gothic names seem Gothic due to association.Technically, Gothic could be thought of as an aesthetic and cultural movement that occurred during the late medieval and Renaissance periods, but it could also refer to the east Germanic tribes that were the original Goths. Alternatively, Gothic architecture could be called "Opus Francigenum." Much of what I think of when I hear the term Gothic would be considered Gothic Revival, Victorian Gothic or Neo-Gothic. If this is the feel that you are going for, then perhaps you could look at antiquated names that give off the ambiance of a bygone era.

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More recently the term Gothic has come to be associated with alternative subcultures as well as gothic rock music, and pop culture references like Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Addams Family.

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Gothic by association:
Vlad
Mordred
Mephistopheles
Mephisto
Faustus
Goethe
Dorian
Raven
Dreven
Dante
Heathcliff
Azriel
Raphael
Wolfgang
Balthazar
Ignatius
Orestes

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Lilith
Yolanda
Belladonna
Salem
Circe
Erzsébet
Elizabeth Bathory
Hecate
Yama
Kali