Meaning
The man vampire embodies classic gothic horror: a sharp-featured male figure with pale skin, slicked dark hair, and a dramatic cape draped over formal clothing. Fangs are prominently displayed in a menacing grin or snarl. The overall presentation channels aristocratic vampire elegance—think Dracula or Lestat—with an air of dangerous allure and supernatural power. Red accents often hint at bloodlust.
This character is used in discussions of male vampire characters in media, literature, and folklore. People reference famous vampires like Count Dracula or vampires from their favorite franchises. Like the neutral vampire, it's deployed humorously when someone jokingly claims vampire status due to pale skin, night-owl habits, or energy-draining behavior. The man vampire adds masculine coding to the supernatural creature archetype.
On social media and in entertainment communities, the man vampire appears in Halloween posts, movie discussions, and fan content celebrating vampire media. It's popular in gothic and alternative subcultures, where the aesthetic of the brooding, elegant vampire holds significant appeal. The emoji works for both serious folklore discussion and playful supernatural roleplay.
The man vampire maintains the gothic drama of the vampire family while presenting masculine features. It was approved as part of Unicode Emoji 5.0 in 2017, offering a male counterpart to the vampire archetype.
Common Uses
- • Discussing male vampire characters
- • Halloween and horror content
- • Joking about nocturnal or pale behavior
- • Gothic aesthetic and subculture appreciation
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The modern image of the aristocratic, handsome vampire—like the man vampire emoji represents—owes a huge debt to 20th-century adaptations that softened and romanticized folklore's more monstrous depictions.
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Platform Shortcodes
:vampire_man: :male_vampire: :vampire_man: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🧛‍♂️ |
| HTML (hex) | 🧛‍♂️ |
| CSS | \1F9DB\200D\2642\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDDDB\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F9DB\U0000200D\U00002642\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83E\uDDDB\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F9DB}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F9DB}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2rx7-6bx-7k2-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A7%9B%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x9B 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x99 0x82 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
🧛♂️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পুরুষ ভ্যাম্পায়ার |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 男吸血鬼 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 男吸血鬼 |
| Danish | mandlig vampyr |
| Dutch | mannelijke vampier |
| English | man vampire |
| English (UK) | man vampire |
| Estonian | meesvampiir |
| Finnish | miesvampyyri |
| French | vampire homme |
| German | männlicher Vampir |
| Hindi | पुरुष वैम्पायर |
| Hungarian | férfi vámpír |
| Italian | vampiro uomo |
| Japanese | 男の吸血鬼 |
| Korean | 남자 뱀파이어 |
| Lithuanian | vampyras vyras |
| Malay | puntianak lelaki |
| Norwegian | mannlig vampyr |
| Polish | mężczyzna wampir |
| Portuguese | homem vampiro |
| Russian | мужчина-вампир |
| Spanish | vampiro hombre |
| Spanish (Mexico) | vampiro hombre |
| Swedish | manlig vampyr |
| Thai | แวมไพร์ผู้ชาย |
| Ukrainian | чоловік-вампір |
| Vietnamese | ma cà rồng nam |