Discover Beautiful African American Names

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Shawn or Sean, the Irish form of John: God is gracious (rah-SHON—Hebrew; New Testament).

Created name from African-American culture.

“Lover of horses” (Greek origin)

Form of Dedrick: Ruler of the people (Old German).

Wolf counsel (Old English).

No meaning available

Form of Meldrick: Powerful (Old English).

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

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

No meaning available

Blend of “Day” and “Von”

Little, wealthy one (Anglo-French).

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

Unique spelling of “Marquis”

All-knowing; wise one (Latin).

Form of Emery: Industrious ruler (English, from the Old German).

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Owner of a grassy plain; territory (Middle English, from the German).

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Masculine form of Tifaine, the French form of Theophania: Manifestation of God (Greek).

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

Disciple of St. Columba (Scottish Gaelic).

Meaning and origin unknown.

From the king's meadow (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Blend of “De” and “Monte,” meaning “mountain”

“Watchman” (German origin)

No meaning available

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

No meaning available

Unique blend of “De” and “Quandre”

Blend of two names such as Winston (from the friend’s estate or town—Old English) and Bernard (brave as a bear—Old German).

No meaning available

Form of Francis: Free man, or Frenchman (Latin).

No meaning available

“Great” (short form of Augustus)

“Gift of God” (modern African American origin)

Great king of the Zulus who, in 1818, united the people of South Africa against colonial control; also called Shaka (Zulu, South Africa).

Form of Vincent: Conquering one (Latin).

“Hill settlement” (English origin)

Virtue name, modern African American origin

Form of Damian, a form of Damianos: Tamer; one who makes men gentle (Greek).

No meaning available

Dweller in the country (German); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Ruling raven (Old German).

Divine, god-like; temple (dayv-al—Hindi, India; Sanskrit).

“Son of Japheth” (modern American origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Lafayette: One who dwells near a beech tree (French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Goes through one place to another, referring to a shooting star (Shawnee, Native North American).

Form of Roger: Famous spearman (Old High German).

No meaning available

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Combination of “Ke” and “Andre,” meaning “manly”

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

“Heir” (Scandinavian origin)

Benevolent; content, happy (nah-EEM—Arabic, North Africa).

No meaning available

“Fair” (Irish origin)

Unique modern name

“Old town” (English origin)

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Form of Gary: Spear; spearman (Old English).

Brother (Latin).

Spanish origin, meaning “of the sea”

Dweller in the dell (English).

Dweller at the hall or manor house (Old English).

Created name from African-American culture.

Form of Baron: Son of strength; vigor; potency (Middle English; Old French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Vaughn: Small one (Old Welsh).

“Gray-haired” (English origin)

“The king” (French origin)

Dweller at the rocky meadow (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Black-eyed one (Irish Gaelic); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

From Ella’s hill or foreign hill (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Mack’s stream” (Scottish origin)

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Shakil: Handsome, well developed (Arabic, North Africa).

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

No meaning available

Modern virtue name, meaning “lord”

Meaning and origin unknown.

Created name from African-American culture.

Endowed with great physical strength and skill, a definition based on the title character of Edgar Rice Burroughs' book Tarzan of the Apes.

Conquering one (Latin).

Form of Eugene: Well born, noble (Greek).

This one is dependable (Central Africa).

Dweller on the plain or fields (Irish; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Young wolf” (Irish origin)

Law man (Scottish, from the Old Norse); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Arabic origin, meaning “kind, gentle”

Worth, merit (Arabic, North Africa).

Place name—a country in North America.

Form of Otha: Prosperous (German).

No meaning available

Shining brightly; glorious one (Old English).

“Steward” (English origin)

Form of Mitchell, a form of Michael: Who is like God? (Hebrew).

Shortened form of “Montel” or “Montez”