Discover Beautiful African American Names

Form of William: Resolute protector (Old German).

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

“Divine” (modern American origin)

“King” (Malian origin)

Form of Anthony: Inestimable, priceless one; worthy of praise (Latin).

Dutch origin, meaning “home-ruler,” popularized in African American culture

No meaning available

Form of Ernest, the English form of Ernst: Earnest one; determined (German; Old English).

No meaning available

No meaning available

“Settlement with a leek garden” (English origin)

Place name—Island of the West Indies archipelago, located off the coast of Florida (Spanish).

Strong one (Celtic).

“Honor and respect” (Yoruba origin)

“Dark or swarthy” (Irish origin, popular in African American culture)

From the watch hill (Old English).

No meaning available

Variation of “Tyron,” meaning “king”

Latin origin, meaning “star”

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

Form of Charles: Strong, manly (Latin; Old German).

No meaning available

“Breath” (Hebrew origin)

Form of Jerrold, a form of Gerald: Rules by the spear (German).

No meaning available

“Red meadow” (English origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

Created name from African-American culture.

Dweller near the field overgrown with roses (Dutch); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Household administrator (Scottish, from Middle and Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

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

“Bright, splendid” (Arabic origin)

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

Created name from African-American culture.

Player of the rote—an early medieval stringed instrument (Old French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Durant: The enduring one (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Meaning and origin unknown.

Form of Sharp: Keen, active, quick (English; Irish; Middle English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Sultan (MAHN-sah—Mande, Mali).

From the town near the clearing in the woods (Scottish).

“Heathland” (English origin)

Blend of “Ny” and “Shawn”

Modern African American name

Blend of “Trey” and “Vin”

Arabic origin, meaning “morning star”

“City of the moon” (Hebrew origin)

Son of the champion; son of Neal (English).

Japanese origin, meaning “intelligent”

Blend of two names such as Thomas (twin—Aramaic; Greek; New Testament) and Kevin (gentle, lovable—Irish Gaelic).

Blend of “Ja” and “Corey”

“Narrow road” (English origin)

Blend of two names such as Moses (mercy; saved from the water—Egyptian; Hebrew; Old Testament—referring to the biblical Moses) and Keziah, a form of Ketziah: (a type of cinnamon—(Hebrew; Old Testament—second daughter of Job, born to him after his great affliction).

From the triangular or gore-shaped hill; from the marshes (Old English).

“White hawk” (Welsh origin)

Form of Stewart: Household administrator (Scottish, from Middle and Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Albert: Noble and brilliant or illustrious (Old English).

Dweller by a fortified stronghold (Dutch); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

He who honors God (Greek; New Testament).

Copper color (African-American).

No meaning available

“Thankful” (modern African American origin)

Modern variation of “Eric,” meaning “ever ruler”

Son of Lans (Dutch); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Prosperous friend; rich in friendship (Old English).

Unique African American name

Grower or seller of beans (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Virtue name, modern African American origin

Form of Abduhl: Servant of God (Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa).

God with us (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Spanish form of Melchior: King city; king of light (Judeo-Christian legend).

Form of Arnold: Strong as an eagle (Old German).

From the spearland (Old English).

A form of Lawrence: From the place of the laurel tree; laurel-crowned one (English; Latin); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Meaning and origin unknown. Name found among free black men who lived and worked in late eighteenth-century New England.

Place name—city in twenty-nine states in the United States.

Word name—the French word tres (tray): Three.

“Scribe, bookbinder” (English origin, popularized by Booker T. Washington)

Form of Mustafa: The chosen one (Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa).

“Prayed for” (Hebrew origin)

From the bent-grass farm (Old English).

Tall man’s estate or town (Old English).

Red-haired person (Welsh); surname or family name given for a first or middle name:

“Wise counselor” (English origin)

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Lamont: Law man (Scottish, from the Old Norse); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

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

From the church village (Old Norse).

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

No meaning available

Form of Jerrold, a form of Gerald: Rules by the spear (German).

“Love me” or “loved by God” (Yoruba origin)

Form of Joshua: God is my salvation (Hebrew).

Son of Dick, a form of Richard (Old English; Scottish).

Form of Burkhard: Hardy protection; strong as a castle (German).

“God listens” (Hebrew origin)

Brave spearman (German).

Unique blend of “Xavier” and “-ion” suffix

Created name from African-American culture.

Modern variation of “Jackson,” meaning “son of Jack”

Combination of “La” prefix with “Marcus”

No meaning available