Discover Beautiful African American Names

Modern African American name with a distinctive style

No meaning available

“Son of Edward” (English origin)

Unique combination of “Ja” and “Shawn”

Place name—places in England and France: Ancient power; surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Variation of “Mario,” meaning “warlike”

Little Peter (French).

Created name from African-American culture.

Champion (Irish Gaelic).

Unique African American name with “-ion” suffix

Created name from African-American culture.

Modern African American name

Variation of “Zion,” meaning “highest point”

“The island” (French origin)

Intelligence; spirit (Old English).

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Dennis, the English form of Denis, the French form of Dionysos, Greek mythological God of wine and revelry.

“Wise river” (Irish origin)

Wry or crooked mouth (Scottish Gaelic); also a Scottish clan name.

Combination of “Ja” and “Quan”

No meaning available

Form of names beginning with “Vin,” such as Vincent (conquering one—Latin) and Vinton (from the wine town—English).

No meaning available

“Friendly village” (English origin

Form of Otis: Acute hearing (Greek).

“Wise, intelligent” (Arabic origin)

Famous bearer (Italian).

Gray-haired one (Old Welsh); from Celtic mythology.

Form of Elwin: Godly friend (Old English).

Unique African American name

“Gray-haired” (English origin)

“Traveler” (German origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

No meaning available

Variation of “Marco” with “De” prefix

Dweller near the wide riverside meadow or from the wide island in the river (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Meaning and origin unknown.

Form of Bonar: Kind, gentle, good (Old French).

“God will uplift” (Hebrew origin)

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

“Place of alder trees” (French origin)

“Field of roses” (Dutch origin)

Giver of light (Greek; New Testament).

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

Meaning unknown (Guyana).

Blend of “Deon” and “Trey”

English origin, meaning “famous”

Form of Themba: Hope (TEHM-bah—Xhosa, South Africa).

Dweller from the island of Lelli, Lealla—Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England (Anglo-Saxon); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Modern variation of “Tariq”

Spanish form of Stephen or Steven: Crowned one (Greek).

No meaning available

Old, wise protector or friend; friendly (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

No meaning available

“Round hill” (Scottish origin)

Gift of God (Hebrew; New Testament—disciple of Jesus).

Helper and defender of humankind (French).

Dweller near the wood; woodsman; woodworker (French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Hebrew origin, meaning “field of God”

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Darius: King, kingly; one who is wealthy (Hebrew).

No meaning available

Strong, stern (Latin).

No meaning available

Unique blend of “Ty” and “Rail”

“Noble” (variation of Marquis)

“Son of Japheth” (modern American origin)

Meaning and origin unknown; surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

One who hunts; a huntsman (Middle English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Theophilus: Beloved of God (Greek; New Testament).

No meaning available

Cold spring; cool, clear spring (Old English).

Modern name with unique spelling

“Champion” (Irish origin)

Broad clearing (Old English).

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Sam: To hear (Hebrew).

No meaning available

Blend of “Ja” and “Vaughn”

Our God, our Lord (Yoruba, Nigeria).

No meaning available

Unique African American name

No meaning available

Meaning and origin unknown.

God is my judge (Hebrew; Old Testament—major prophet).

Praised (Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa).

Form of Oswald: Divinely powerful (German, borrowed from the English).

No meaning available

“Behold, a son” (Hebrew origin)

Italian origin, African American variation of “Dante”

No meaning available

Form of names beginning with “Ed”: Edward (Prosperous guardian—Old English); Edmund (Prosperous guardian—Old English); Edwin (Prosperous friend; rich in friendship—Old English; Edensaw (Glacier—ed-en-saw—Tlingit, Native North American).

Place name, popular in African American culture

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

Word name—Term used to address a young boy.

Mighty with the spear (Old English).

Son of Lans (Dutch); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

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

Strong man; ferocious warrior (Americanized form of the Italian family name Taliaferro; English form of Telfer from the Old French taille(r); Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.