Discover Beautiful African American Names

Form of Keita: Place name—town in Niger, a country in West Africa.

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

Dweller at the hedge by the forest (Old English).

“A Breton” (French origin)

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Shawn or Sean: God is good, gracious (Irish).

Servant of God (Old Testament; Hebrew).

No meaning available

Variation of “Javonte,” a unique African American name

No meaning available

Lively, aggressive; strife (Irish Gaelic); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Word name—From khayim: Life (Hebrew); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Created name from African-American culture.

Unique blend of “Zy” and “Von”

Variation of “Marco” with “Da” prefix

“Red-haired” (English origin)

“Thorny patch” (English origin)

Form of Nathan: Giver (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Man of the North (English; French).

No meaning available

Short land (Dutch).

Spanish form of Robert: Bright or shining with fame (Old English).

No meaning available

From the black meadow or hill (English; Irish; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Terence: Smooth, polished one; tender (Latin).

Variation of “Darren,” meaning “great”

Form of Darrell: Little dear or beloved one (French).

No meaning available

Variation of “Malik,” meaning “king”

Created name from African-American culture.

Heroic character in The Thousand and One Nights, also called The Arabian Nights, a collection of tales from the Islamic Golden Age, compiled by various authors over many hundreds of years.

“Gushing waters” (Latin origin)

“Cliff” (English origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

Form of Lamar: Famous for land (Old German).

No meaning available

Form of Elazar or Eleazar: God has helped (Old Testament—son of Aaron; Hebrew).

Form of Robert: Bright or shining with fame (Old English).

Dweller from the island of Lelli, Lealla—Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England (Anglo-Saxon); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

“Dark-skinned” (Latin origin, widely used in African American communities)

No meaning available

Form of Valery or Valerian: Strong, healthy, powerful (Late Latin).

To destroy (English, from the Greek Perseus); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Gift of God (Hebrew; New Testament—disciple of Jesus).

Blend of “Na” and “Shawn”

Place name—city in Cuba (Spanish).

“Gray-haired” (Welsh origin)

Japanese origin, meaning “thunder and lightning”

Dweller at the mill town (Old English; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Ezekiel: Strength of God; God will strengthen (Hebrew; Old Testament—prophet for whom a book in the Old Testament is named).

Latin origin, meaning “tender, gracious,” used widely

“Northerner” (French origin)

Form of Daniel: God is my judge (Hebrew; Old Testament—major prophet).

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).

“Wise, intelligent” (Arabic origin)

No meaning available

Unique variation of “Kaiser”

Unique African American name with a modern sound

Meaning and origin unknown.

Unique African American name

Akan origin, meaning “born on Saturday”

Born on Sunday (Akan, Ghana; Ewe, Ghana).

Form of Primus: First (Latin).

Stage name of rap artist Coolio, whose friend one day asked him, “Who do you think you are, Coolio Iglesias?”

Blend of “Ba” and “Shaun”

Arabic origin, meaning “helper”

English form of Merlin: Dweller in the fortress by the sea (Welsh); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Place name—city in Georgia.

No meaning available

Blend of “Da” and “Kwan”

King (English, from the Dutch); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

English form of Evert: Strong or brave as a boar; always true (Dutch).

Form of Piers, an Old French form of Peter: Rock or stone (Latin; New Testament).

Form of Hillery, the English form of the French Hilaire, a form of Hilarius: Cheerful one (Latin).

Unique modern name

From the iron one’s estate (Old English).

“Good” (French origin)

No meaning available

Spanish origin, meaning “nobleman”

No meaning available

Form of Almerich: Work-power (German).

No meaning available

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

No meaning available

“Raven” (French origin)

Meaning and origin unknown.

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

Form of Pernell: Little Peter (French).

“Bowman” (English origin)

God is my salvation (Hebrew).

Blend of the two names Glen, a form of Glenn (dweller in a glen or valley—Irish Gaelic) and Allen (handsome, cheerful, harmonious one—Irish).

From the pasture meadow (Old English).

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Ron, a form of Ronald: Mighty power (Old Norse).

Form of Desmond: Gracious protector (English).

“The Lord is my God” (Hebrew origin)

No meaning available

Hebrew origin, meaning “pine tree”

No meaning available