Discover Beautiful African American Names

Champion (Gaelic); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of William: Resolute protector (Old German).

Unique African American name with a modern sound

“Valley” (English origin)

Fierce chief or fierce lord, red-haired; ruddy one (Old Welsh).

“Maintains possessions well” (Persian origin, popular in African American culture)

No meaning available

Unique blend of “Gi” and “-on”

No meaning available

Living; generous; form of Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods (Greek). Name found among enslaved black men in eighteenth-century New England.

One who hunts; a huntsman (Middle English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Gray-haired one (Old Welsh); from Celtic mythology.

“Guide” (South African origin)

Short land (Dutch).

Form of Corliss: Benevolent (English).

Form of Richard: Powerful ruler (English, from the Old French and Old High German).

Created name from African-American culture.

Form of Jason: Healer (Greek).

Modern African American name

No meaning available

Spanish and Italian form of Roland: From the famous land (Old German).

Rich and powerful (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Meaning and origin unknown. Eighteenth-century name found among free black men who lived and worked in New England.

No meaning available

“Brown’s son” (English origin)

Variation of “Rod” with “-ell” suffix

Created name from African-American culture.

No meaning available

“Broad clearing” (English origin)

Form of Paul: Little; small in stature but big in love and constancy (Amharic, Ethiopia; Latin; New Testament).

“Laughs” (African origin)

One choice; only choice (Irish Gaelic).

No meaning available

Meaning and origin unknown.

Variation of “Isaac,” meaning “laughter”

Form of Almerich: Work-power (German).

Modern African American name inspired by “martial”

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Cornelius: Like a horn (Latin).

Form of Pompey: Tendril; young shoot (Latin). Name found among free black men who lived and worked in early eighteenth-century New England.

First; first born (male or female—Swahili, East Africa).

Form of names beginning with “Ben”: Benedict (blessed one—Latin); Benjamin (son of the right hand—Hebrew; Old Testament); Bennett (little blessed one—Latin-French).

Created name from African-American culture.

Blend of “Sha” and “Von”

No meaning available

Brother (Latin).

No meaning available

Noble and ready; eager for battle (Old German).

No meaning available

Warrior (Italian).

“Valley” (French origin)

Combination of “Sha” and “Vonte”

No meaning available

Form of Mitchell, a form of Michael: Who is like God? (Hebrew).

No meaning available

From the deer forest (Old Norse).

“Joyful stone” (English origin, commonly used in African American culture)

Beloved, famous, and resolute (German).

“Badger” (English origin)

Dweller from the settlement by the sea (Irish Gaelic); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Blend of “Qu” and “Arion”

“Narrow land” (Irish origin)

“Strength, builder” (African origin)

Form of Norman: Man of the North (English; French).

Unique blend of “Cor” and “-tell”

No meaning available

“Deer wood” (English origin)

Dweller at the fortified army camp (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture.

No meaning available

“Bright army” (German origin)

Unique African American name

Noble and brilliant or illustrious (Old English).

Hebrew origin, meaning “God has heard”

“Fertile upland” (Welsh origin)

Red-haired or ruddy-complexioned one (Latin); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Created name from African-American culture.

No meaning available

Place name—an estate in southwestern Glasgow (English; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Variation of “Sean” with unique spelling

Meaning and origin unknown.

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Shawn or Sean, a form of John: God is gracious (Hebrew; New Testament).

Created name from African-American culture.

No meaning available

Well-known and noble (Latin).

Noble one (Latin).

No meaning available

Courageous; valiant, warlike one (Irish).

Form of Domingo: Of the Lord (Italian; Spanish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Spanish form of Michael: Who is like God? (Hebrew).

Created name from African-American culture.

Form of Nggangga: Doctor, diviner, priest (n-GAHN-geh—Kongo, Central Africa; Tshiluba, Congo).

Powerful (Old English).

“Acquired” (Hebrew origin)

Form of monte or montis: hill or wooded upland; a chase or hunt in the mountains (Latin; Spanish). Surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of William: Resolute protector (Old German).

No meaning available

Unique spelling of “Dwayne,” meaning “dark or swarthy”

Blend of two names such as David (beloved one—Hebrew; Old Testament, King of Israel) and Lawrence (from the place of the laurel tree; laurel-crowned one—English; Latin).

Quiet warrior (ka-MAH-oo—Kikuyu, Kenya).