Discover Beautiful African American Names

“Fifth” (Latin origin)

Form of Halsall: Nook of land (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Curtis: Courteous one; court-bred (Old French).

French form of Peter: Rock or stone (Latin; New Testament).

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

“Dark-skinned” (Latin origin)

Modern African American name

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture.

Field of spears (English).

King (English, from the Dutch); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Edge of the river” (English origin)

No meaning available

“Supplanter” (modern African American origin)

“Thunder ruler” (modern American origin)

Form of Woli: Prophet (Yoruba, Nigeria).

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

Form of Nathan: Giver (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Unique African American name

From Roman mythology; the twin of Romulus, founder of Rome.

Form of Zachariah: Jehovah has remembered (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Form of Ebenezer: Stone of help (Hebrew: Old Testament).

Form of Lyman: Man of the meadow (Middle English).

Form of Brutus: Heavy; dull  (Latin); one of the assassins of Julius Caesar.

Blend of “Ky” and “Ron”

Form of McCoy: Son of fire (Irish; Manx; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

A good spear thrower (Old English).

“Pierce valley” (French origin)

“Spear ruler” (English origin)

“Son” (Scottish origin)

Dweller near the crane in a woodland clearing (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Hubert: Brilliant mind or spirit (Old German).

French origin, meaning “lawyer,” adapted in African American culture

“Stone meadow” (English origin)

Wolf counsel (Old English).

Handful; open hand (Swahili, East Africa).

Unique spelling of “Isaiah,” meaning “God is salvation”

“Decisive” (Arabic origin)

Sanskrit origin, meaning “king”

Created name from African-American culture.

Form of Emlen, a form of Emlyn: Common Welsh name of unknown meaning (EM-lin).

No meaning available

Blessed one (Latin).

No meaning available

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

Royal chieftain (Irish).

Descendant; the inheritor (JARE-ed—Hebrew).

Created name from African-American culture.

Meaning and origin unknown.

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

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

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

Powerful protector (German); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Unique African American name, variation of “Zephyr”

Hero in good health, or from the hall (Old English).

“Long hill” (English origin)

Famous friend (Old English).

Form of Juan, the Spanish form of John: God is gracious (Hebrew; New Testament).

“Crowned” (modern American origin)

Vain (Latin).

English form of Merlin: Dweller in the fortress by the sea (Welsh); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

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

“Son of Adam” (English origin)

No meaning available

Unique modern name

From the church village (Old Norse).

“Green or freshwater” (Scottish origin)

“Independent” (American origin)

Modern name with “x” suffix

Place name—city in Cuba (Spanish).

No meaning available

Form of Corliss: Benevolent (English).

Form of Bernard: Brave as a bear (Old German).

“Dear friend” (English origin)

No meaning available

Nobleman, chief (Old English).

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

“One who builds” (modern American origin)

“Bear” (English origin)

“God is gracious” (English origin)

Form of Donald: Mighty world ruler (Scottish Gaelic).

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.

“God listens” (Hebrew origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

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

“One who divides goods fairly” (Arabic origin)

Form of Darren: Little great one (Irish Gaelic).

Combination of “Ta” and “Shawn”

Created name from African-American culture.

Blend of “De” and “Montae”

Form of Bran: Raven—a symbol of continued life or rebirth (Old Celtic).

Form of Reginald: Mighty and powerful; judicious; wise counselor (Latin; Old English; Old German).

Form of Jacob: Supplanter; one who takes the place of; protector (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Donald: Mighty world ruler (Scottish Gaelic).

Variation of “Javonte,” a unique African American name

“Warrior” (African origin)

Master (Arabic, North Africa).