Discover Beautiful African American Names

Modern blend, popular suffix

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Dweller in the valley (Old English); surname or family given for a first or middle name.

Modern African American name

Form of Gale: Lively one (Old English).

Place name—a manor house in Echingham, Sussex, England; surname or family name given for a first or middle name (English).

No meaning available

Blend of “Ja” and “Shaun”

Form of Niall: Champion (Irish Gaelic).

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

No meaning available

Dweller at the thicket or woods (Scottish form of Old French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Beautiful mountain” (English origin)

“Lover of the earth” (Greek origin, adapted)

“Wise, intelligent” (Arabic origin)

Blend of two names such as Bradford (from the broad river crossing—English) and Todd (resembling a fox; sly, cunning—English; Scottish; surname or family name given as a first or middle name).

Blend of “Von” and “-tez” suffix

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

Form of Dana: From the Scandinavian country Denmark (Old Norse).

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

Meaning unknown (Gan, Togo).

“Faith” (Swahili origin)

“Strong decision” (French origin)

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

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From the estate of the keen one’s family (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

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Lion (Latin).

Shortened form of “Xavier”

Place name—Two cities in the United States: Boise, Idaho; Boise City, Oklahoma.

“Young wolf” (Irish origin)

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

Meaning unknown (Nigeria).

Form of Javan: Greece (Hebrew; Old Testament). Javan was a son of Japheth, a son of Noah, whose descendants, after the flood, populated what is now Eurasia.

Blend of “Shi” and “Ron”

“Who is like God” (Hebrew origin)

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

Variation of “Jager,” meaning “hunter”

Helmeted head; helmeted chief (Irish Gaelic); old Irish and Scottish clan name. Surname of the thirty-fifth president of the United States (John F. Kennedy).

No meaning available

Grain grinder (English; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Hollow” (Irish origin, adapted)

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

Italian origin, short for “Lorenzo”

Judge from the hill (English; Hebrew; Old Testament); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Unique African American name

Form of Kwasi or Kwesi: Born on Sunday (Akan, Ghana; Ewe, Ghana).

Combination of “Tre” and “Shawn,” meaning “gracious”

“Supplanter” (modern African American origin)

“Conquering” (shortened form of Vincent)

Rest; comfort (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Resolute, brilliant one (Old German).

Created name from African-American culture.

Sacred (Italian, Spanish).

Blend of “Ja” and “Darius”

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

Meaning and origin unknown.

“God’s gift” (shortened form of Theodore)

No meaning available

Dweller by the mill (French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Darius: King, kingly; one who is wealthy (Hebrew).

Ruling raven (Old German).

Patient, tolerant; one who overlooks the fault of others (Muslim).

Variation of “Gavin”

“Wagon maker” (English origin)

A valiant man does not die in vain (Yoruba, Nigeria).

Watchman, guard (Old English).

Blend of “Bra” and “Vion”

Honored title given to a sovereign (Old French).

Form of McConville: Son of the bald hound (Irish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Northern guardian (Old English).

Form of Jerome: Sacred or holy name (Greek; Latin).

Form of Thomas: Twin (Aramaic; Greek; New Testament).

No meaning available

Copper color (African-American).

“Green valley” (French origin)

Meaning and origin unknown (mal-a-VEE-ya).

Meaning unknown (muh-NOOT—Sudan). Name common among Dinka males in Sudan.

All-knowing; wise one (Latin).

Twin (Aramaic; Greek; New Testament).

Ruler (Zulu, South Africa).

Form of Niall: Champion (Irish Gaelic).

Noble one (Latin).

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Ambrose: Immortal, divine (Greek).

Sultan (MAHN-sah—Mande, Mali).

Blend of two names such as Craig (dweller at the crag or rock—Scottish Gaelic—surname or family name given for a first or middle name) and Gregory (vigilant; watchful one—Greek; Latin).

Blend of “Ca” and “Darius”

Warrior (Old German).

Blond ruler, elf ruler, spirit ruler (Old French).

Unique blend of “Gi” and “-on”

No meaning available

Industrious, strong (Old German).

Populous; prince (ah-MEER—Arabic, North Africa).

Name that honors Saint Elmo, an early bishop and martyr of the Christian faith. He is the patron saint of sailors.

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Andre: Strong, manly (Greek).

From the old manor (Anglo-Saxon); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

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