Dark elf may refer to:
- Dökkálfar or dark elves, a type of elf in Norse mythology.
- Svartálfar or black elves, a type of elf in Norse mythology
- Moriquendi, a fictional race of elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium
- Drow, or dark elves, a fictional subrace of elves in Dungeons & Dragons
- The Dark Elf Trilogy, a series of novels by R. A. Salvatore set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe
- Dark Elves, a type of elf in the Warhammer fantasy series
- Drukhari a.k.a. Dark Eldar, their Warhammer 40,000 counterparts
- Dunmer, a type of elf in the Elder Scrolls fantasy series