Discover Beautiful African American Names

Good friend; friend of God (Old English).

Home lover’s estate; blunt hill (Old English).

Form of Maxwell: Greatest in excellence; great pool or spring (Irish; Latin; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Divinely strong (German).

No meaning available

Variation of “Cameron”

Combination of “La” and “Monte”

Form of Domingo: Of the Lord (Italian; Spanish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Inspired by the university name

Form of Herman: Army man, soldier (Old German); high-ranking person (Latin).

Form of Steven, a form of Stephen, a form of Stephanos: Crowned one (Greek).

Variation of “Omri,” meaning “my sheaf”

No meaning available

Form of Cadell: Spirit of battle (Irish; Welsh).

“Fertile upland” (Welsh origin)

No meaning available

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

A helper of others (Central Africa).

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Anthony: Inestimable, priceless one; worthy of praise (Latin).

Form of Tobiah: The Lord is good (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Created name from African-American culture.

Unique variation of “Dakarai”

Form of Robin, a form of Robert: Bright or shining with fame (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

French origin, meaning “wool worker”

No meaning available

“God is gracious” (English origin)

A traditional beaded belt that carries the meaning "light of Kenya" (Kikuyu, Kenya).

Powerful ruler (English, from the Old French and Old High German).

“Land of lakes” (Scottish origin)

Form of Patrick: Noble one (Latin).

Form of Husain or Husayn, a form of Hasan or Hassan: Good, handsome, beautiful (Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa).

Form of Festus: Meaning and origin unknown. In the New Testament, the procurator of Judea through whom Paul made his famous appeal to Caesar.

Created name from African-American culture.

Unique African American name, variation of “Zephyr”

“Son of Nicholas” (English origin)

“Gray-haired” (Welsh origin)

Of God’s peace (English).

“Son of the steward” (English origin)

“Brown’s son” (English origin)

No meaning available

Form of Ratcliff: Red cliff or riverbank (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Handful; open hand (Swahili, East Africa).

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

Dweller by a thicket (English; Irish; Middle English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

“Prince” (Arabic origin, popular in African American culture)

Seventh month; fifth month of the Roman calendar; the month Gaius Julius Caesar was born (Latin).

Meaning uncertain (Norman; Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Roman general who defeated Hannibal in the Second Punic War (Latin).

Representative of the initials “B.B.”

Noble and brilliant or illustrious (Old English).

Created name from African-American culture.

“God is gracious” (modern African American origin)

Irish origin, meaning “son of the beige one”

No meaning available

“God is gracious” (modern American origin)

English origin, meaning “famous ruler”

Form of Jason: Healer (Greek).

Form of Beaufort: From the beautiful stronghold (Old French).

“Son of Iver,” popularized in African American culture

Form of Obadiah: Servant of God (Old Testament; Hebrew).

Form of Steven, a form of Stephen: Crowned one (Greek).

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture.

Son of John: God is gracious (Hebrew; New Testament); Anglo-Scottish surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form for a name that begins with “Red,” such as Redford, a form of Radford, a place name in England.

Place name—The original name of ancient Ethiopia; the name of an Ethiopian city from the first to the eighth centuries CE.

Blessed one (Latin).

From the place of the laurel tree; laurel-crowned one (English; Latin).

“One who is like God” (Hebrew origin, popularized in African American culture)

“Courteous” (French origin)

No meaning available

Helper and defender of humankind (French).

“Gentle” (African American origin)

Blend of “Car” and “Dell”

Combination of “Leon” and “Andre”

Sovereign (Greek).

German origin, meaning “wise ruler”

English form of Leroy: King; person given the title of king for his royal bearing or for the part played in a religious pageant (French).

Form of Oliver: Kind, affectionate one (Old Norse; Scandinavian).

Created name from African-American culture.

Form of Wallace: Man from Wales (Old English).

“God is salvation” (Hebrew origin)

Combination of “Le” and “Shawn”

Leathermaker (English; German); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Unique blend with “-vion” suffix

Well born; noble (Greek).

Variation of “Darrell,” meaning “beloved”

Form of McDonnell (MacDonnell): Son of Donhnall (or Donald)—mighty ruler (Irish Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Giver (Hebrew; Old Testament—prophet who rebuked King David).

No meaning available

Unique blend of “D” prefix and “Marr”

Amharic origin, meaning “descendant”

“Stone settlement” (English origin)

Strong, valorous, healthy (Latin).

English origin, meaning “beautiful town”

“He who is loved” (African origin)

Form of Primus: First (Latin).

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