Discover Beautiful African American Names

Form of Donald: Mighty world ruler (Scottish Gaelic).

No meaning available

Courageous; valiant, warlike one (Irish).

Rebel (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Free holder of land (Middle English).

No meaning available

Modern name variation, combining “De” with “Mario”

“Little hill” (English origin)

Heir of the valiant warrior (Old English).

Highly praised (ah-HMED—Arabic, North Africa).

No meaning available

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

Knowing (English).

Elf counselor; good counselor; counselor with wisdom and diplomacy (Old English).

No meaning available

“Young lion” (Latin origin)

Variation of “Javonte” with “-ez” suffix

From the old estate or town (Old English).

Unique modern name

“Wealthy” (Hebrew origin)

Form of Brent: Dweller by the burnt land (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Stoneworker (Middle English; Old French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Place name—city in Japan (KOH-bay).

Meaning and origin unknown.

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

English origin, meaning “son of Harry”

Place name—Form of Scoville, a form of Escoville in Calvados, Normandy, France.

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Ulysses: Wrathful; hater (Latin form of the Greek hero Odysseus).

Meaning and origin unknown.

Prudent, discreet, wise (Irish Gaelic).

“Meadow land” (English origin)

“Wise” (Latin origin)

“Resolute protector” (German origin)

Italian origin, meaning “strong”

No meaning available

Form of Konrad: Brave and wise (German).

Modern take on “Alden,” meaning “old, wise friend”

Created name from African-American culture.

Form of Tarik: Visitor (Swahili, East Africa).

“Young wolf” (Irish origin)

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).

Form of Tad, a form of Thaddeus: Father (Greek; Late Latin; Old Welsh).

Meaning and origin unknown.

Little dear or beloved one (French).

No meaning available

From the earth; from the settlement near the clay pit; mortal (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Meaning and origin unknown. Possibly derived from the name of botanic gardens in Jackson, Mississippi—the Mynelle Gardens.

No meaning available

No meaning available

Form of Stephanos: Crowned one (Greek).

“Bright army” (German origin)

Variation of “Daquan” with unique spelling

Scribe; one who copies books (English).

“Wood or forest” (Latin origin)

No meaning available

Combination of “Ja” and “Gabriel”

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

Short land (Dutch).

Brave with a spear (English).

Trendy combination of “Brae” and “-lon” suffix

Form of Brittany: Place name—a peninsula in northwestern France (Latin).

Place name—town in Niger, a country in West Africa.

“From the farm” (English origin)

Noble staff; God’s staff (Swedish).

Form of Cordier: Make or seller of cord (French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Dweller near the wood; woodsman; woodworker (French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Stacy: Stable; prosperous (Latin).

Swahili origin, meaning “blond”

“Valley” (Scottish origin)

Form of Finley: Little fair-haired valorous one; fair soldier (Irish Gaelic).

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

Blend of two names such as Laurence (from the place of the laurel tree; laurel-crowned one—English, Latin; place name—small town in Italy) and Maurice (Moorish; dark-complexioned one—Late Latin).

Form of Haswell: From the spring near the hazelnut tree (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

No meaning available

Free man (Old English).

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).

Irish form of Miles: Generous (German).

Place name—several places in England: Child's dwelling (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Fair town” (modern American origin)

“Pierce valley” (French origin)

Blend of “Ja” and “Quell”

Strong, valorous, healthy (Latin).

“God is gracious” (modern African American origin)

Strong, stern (Latin).

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

No meaning available

Combination of “Le” and “Marcus”

No meaning available

Form of Brad, a form of Bradford: From the broad river crossing (English).

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.

Great one (Anglo-French).

“Supplanter” (variation of Jacob, modern American origin)

Form of Zekezeke: The boring beetle (zay-kay-zay-kay—Kongo, Central Africa).

“God is salvation” (Hebrew origin, widely used)

Form of Jeremiah: God will uplift (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Prosperous, wealthy one (German).

Form of Cuffee, a form of Koffi: Born on Friday (Ga [Gao], Ghana).

Curly-headed dweller near a clearing in the woods (Anglo-Saxon); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.