Discover Beautiful African American Names

Fine, fortunate (English, from the Irish Gaelic); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Witness” (Egyptian origin)

Second King of Rome (Latin).

Strong, manly (French).

No meaning available

Blend of “Deon” and “Trey”

Form of Terrell: Ruler of thunder (Old English).

Nobleman (mar-KEE—French; MAR-quis).

Variation of “Armando,” meaning “army man”

Dyer (Middle English).

Created name from African-American culture.

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Levardis, a form of the word veritas: Truth (Latin).

Strong and ardent; battleworthy (French).

Form of Ewan: Born of the yew tree (Scottish, from the Gaelic).

Powerful (Old English).

German origin, meaning “wolf power”

“Beauty” (Swahili origin)

Form of Leroy: King; person given the title of king for his royal bearing or for the part played in a religious pageant (French).

Son of shield (Old English).

No meaning available

Beloved one (Hebrew; Old Testament—King of Israel).

Latin origin, meaning “wrathful”

Dweller at the fifth son's estate (Old French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of the Latin personal name Paschalis: Peaceful one (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Ace: Unity; first in luck or accomplishment (Latin).

No meaning available

Spanish form of Ferdinand: World daring; life adventuring (Gothic).

Courageous protector (German).

“Wise” (Latin origin)

No meaning available

Form of Ronald: Mighty power (Old Norse).

“Meadow land” (English origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

Form of names beginning with “Ed”: Edward (Prosperous guardian—Old English); Edmund (Prosperous guardian—Old English); Edwin (Prosperous friend; rich in friendship—Old English; Edensaw (Glacier—ed-en-saw—Tlingit, Native North American).

“Gift of God” (modern American origin)

Form of Leonard: Lion-hearted, brave as a lion (Old Franco-German; Old High German).

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).

Son of Jeffrey (divinely peaceful—Old French; God’s peace—English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Cliff” (English origin)

Unique blend of “Zay” and “-vion” suffix

Heard by God; hearing; one who hears (Hebrew; New Testament).

Place name—a place in Greater Manchester, England: Settlement of Cara's people; dwellers at the rocky settlement (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Form of a place name—Astbury in Cheshire, England: Dweller from the east manor (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name—sometimes given to honor the eighteenth-century Methodist preacher and circuit rider, Frances Asbury.

Form of Andreas: Strong, manly (Greek).

No meaning available

Noble one (Latin).

Place name—places in England and France: Ancient power; surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Philemon: Loving, friendly (Greek; New Testament).

Form of Wilbert: Resolute, brilliant one (Old German).

Form of Rudolf: Famous wolf (Old High German).

Place name, popular in African American culture

“God is good” (Greek origin)

Dark skinned (French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Jacob: Supplanter; one who takes the place of; protector (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Arabic origin, meaning “thankful”

Created name from African-American culture.

Son of Hendry (Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Hebrew origin, meaning “strong”

Form of Roderick (famous ruler; rich in fame—Old German) or Rodney (famous one’s island—Old English).

“Soldier” (Latin origin)

White, fair one (Old French); usually a female name.

From the wine town (English).

Bold and daring (Old German).

Unique blend of “Tre” and “Bell”

“Flourishing, prosperous” (Arabic origin)

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

Form of Marcus: Little hammer; little warlike one (Latin). Rooted in Mars, the Roman god of war.

Blend of “Ty” and “Quan”

Amharic origin, meaning “descendant”

Modern blend of “El” and “Rico”

“Famous throughout the land” (Italian origin, adapted)

Form of Themba: Hope (TEHM-bah—Xhosa, South Africa).

“Healer” (Greek origin)

No meaning available

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).

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

No meaning available

Jasper stone (Old French).

Dweller by a thicket (English; Irish; Middle English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of William: Resolute protector (Old German).

Pilgrim to Rome (Italian; Late Latin).

Homestead near a river (English).

Charming, clever, beguiling (English).

Famous friend; sea friend (English; Welsh).

Dweller at the thorny estate (English; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Son of Edward (Old English).

No meaning available

No meaning available

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

Latin form of Heracles: Glorious, famous; son of Zeus in Greek and Roman mythology (Greek; Mythology).

From the farm or homestead of Carl (English).

Hebrew origin, meaning “peace”

Form of Cyril: Lordly one (Greek).

Gift of God (Greek).

The sacred text comes into the home (Yoruba, Nigeria).

Seventh month; fifth month of the Roman calendar; the month Gaius Julius Caesar was born (Latin).

“Fit, strong” (Irish origin)

No meaning available

No meaning available