Vampire emoji 🧛
🧛 is the vampire: pale skin, fangs, a high-collared cape, sometimes a widow’s peak. It means vampires — Dracula, Twilight, Halloween costumes, gothic aesthetics — and…
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What the vampire 🧛 emoji means
🧛 is the vampire: pale skin, fangs, a high-collared cape, sometimes a widow’s peak. It means vampires — Dracula, Twilight, Halloween costumes, gothic aesthetics — and, jokingly, someone who avoids daylight or stays up all night (“I’m basically a 🧛 during exams”). 🧛♀️ woman vampire and 🧛♂️ man vampire are the gendered forms and, unlike the zombie, vampires take skin tones. Added in Emoji 5.0 (2017). Its companions on the Halloween list: 🦇 bat, 🩸 blood drop, ⚰️ coffin and 🧄 garlic.
Unicode name: vampire · U+1F9DB · Emoji 5.0 (2017) · group: People & Body.
How people use it
- Vampires: books, films, Halloween
- Night owls: nocturnal jokes
- Goth aesthetic: with 🖤 🦇
- Blood donation and dentists: tongue-in-cheek
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| vampireU+1F9DB | Gender-neutral vampire | |
| woman vampireU+1F9DB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F | Female vampire | |
| man vampireU+1F9DB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F | Male vampire | |
| batU+1F987 | The bat | |
| drop of bloodU+1FA78 | Blood | |
| zombieU+1F9DF | Zombie |
Questions people ask
What does 🧛 mean?
A vampire — literally, or someone nocturnal and sun-averse.
What does 🧛♀️ mean from a girl?
Usually a night-owl joke or a gothic aesthetic; around Halloween, a costume.
Is there a Dracula emoji?
🧛♂️ man vampire is drawn as the classic caped Dracula on most platforms.
What does 🧛🏻♂️ mean?
🧛🏻♂️ is the man vampire emoji with a light skin tone modifier. It carries the same meaning as the default 🧛 vampire — vampires, Dracula, Halloween, or a nocturnal person — but with a skin tone that you can choose from five options.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
