Discover Beautiful African American Names

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

From the settlement of freemen (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Comedy (Hebrew).

“God is with us” (Spanish origin)

No meaning available

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

No meaning available

Form of Dupré: Dweller of the meadow (French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Barclay: Dweller at the birch-tree meadow (Old English).

Created name from African-American culture.

Place name—from Orsay in Seine-et-Orne, France; surname or family name given for a first or middle name (English, from the French).

No meaning available

“The king” (French origin)

“Land of the noble” (Irish origin, popularized in African American culture)

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

Scribe; one who copies books (English).

No meaning available

Male form of Winifred: Peaceful friend; blessed peace (Welsh).

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Alphonso: Noble and ready; eager for battle (Old German).

“Hero” (English origin)

No meaning available

Unique African American name

“God listens” (Hebrew origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

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

“Gushing waters” (Latin origin)

No meaning available

Meaning and origin unknown.

“Ruler with spear” (German origin)

Conquering one (Latin).

Created name from African-American culture.

Unique blend of “Jah” and “Sir”

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

Noble title (English origin, used as a given name in African American culture)

“Freeman” (German origin)

Spanish origin, meaning “courteous”

No meaning available

Valley enclosure or settlement (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Form of Emmett: Industrious, strong (Old German).

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

Freeman, peasant, man (English).

A stylized form of “Trevon”

Son of the ardent one (Old Welsh).

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

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

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

In mythology, a Titan compelled to hold the world on his shoulders (Greek).

Possessor of dates; date merchant; date trader (Arabic).

No meaning available

“From Leicester” (English origin)

Form of Jabari: Fearless person, brave one; comforter, bringer of consolation (Muslim; Swahili, East Africa).

Son of Jack (a form of John—God is gracious—Hebrew; New Testament); English, Irish, or Scottish surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Meaning and origin unknown; surname or family name given for a first or middle name. Name given to honor the late newspaper publisher John Herman Henry Sengstacke.

Mercy; saved from the water, referring to the biblical Moses (Egyptian; Swahili, East Africa; Wolof, Senegal).

Cloth finisher; sheepshearer (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Prince (West Africa).

Ethiopian form of the biblical David: Beloved one (Hebrew; Old Testament—King of Israel).

“Handsome or beautiful” (modern American origin)

Combination of “Dion” and “Andre”

Judge (Hebrew; Old Testament—fifth son of Jacob by Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant).

Descender (Hebrew); also a female name.

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

Form of Daw: Light (Arabic, North Africa).

Inspired by the university name

“Pilgrim” (English origin)

Spanish form of Raphael: Healed by God (Hebrew).

Created name from African-American culture.

“River man” (Scottish origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

“Sea warrior” (Irish origin)

No meaning available

Dweller at the pointed hill (English, from the French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Form of Kedrick: Gift of splendor (Irish).

“Tumult” (Celtic origin)

Unique modern name

Form of Arvin: Friend of the people (German).

Upright, just one (Old French).

“Dove” (Greek origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

Form of a place name: Loudoun, a county in the state of Virginia; Loudoun, a street in London, England.

Martial one (Italian; Latin).

No meaning available

No meaning available

Form of Nelson: Son of the champion; son of Neal (English).

“One who is blessed” (modern American origin)

“Gravelly homestead” (Scottish origin)

From the north estate (Old Anglo-French).

Form of name beginning with “Mal,” such as Malachi (messenger of God—Hebrew; Old Testament), Malcolm (disciple of St. Columba—Scottish Gaelic), and Malcus or Malvin (polished chief—Irish Gaelic; council friend—Old English).

Resolute spirit or mind (Old German).

Dweller at the crag or rock (Scottish Gaelic); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Arabic origin, meaning “helper”

Meaning unknown (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name—sometimes the name is given to honor the surname of the late great bandleader Count Basie.

No meaning available

Form of Emmett: Industrious, strong (Old German).

No meaning available

Youthful, springlike, born in the spring (Latin).

No meaning available

No meaning available