Discover Beautiful African American Names

Form of Caesar: Long-haired or hairy; through use, emperor (Latin).

Form of Keita: Place name—town in Niger, a country in West Africa.

Created name from African-American culture.

“Wise protector” (German origin)

“Sea warrior” (Irish origin)

Meaning and origin unknown.

Form of Maccabees: Supporters of Judas Maccabeus, the leader of a successful revolt of Jewish patriots against Syria in 166 B.C.E. (MAK-ah-BEE—Hebrew).

Brother (Latin).

Healer (Greek). In Greek mythology, Jason was a prince who led the Argonauts on a quest to find the Golden Fleece.

Kind, willing; wise man (Arabic, North Africa; India).

Meaning and origin unknown.

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Adonis: Handsome lord (Greek).

Surname or family name given for a first or middle name: Calf (Irish).

Form of Jamie, a form of James, the English form of Jacob from the Old Spanish Jayme: Supplanter; one who takes the place of; protector (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Place name—A small country on the coast of West Africa, whose name means edge of the water (Ewe, Togo).

No meaning available

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

Variation of “Marco” with “Da” prefix

Word name—Term used to address a young boy.

Form of Timothy: He who honors God (Greek; New Testament).

Protected by Thor, the ancient Norse god of thunder (English).

Dweller at the fifth son's estate (Old French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Heinrich: Ruler of a home or private property (Old German).

The master (Hindi, India).

Consecrated to God; devoted to God (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Short land (Dutch).

“Settlement with a leek garden” (English origin)

Fortified enclosure; farm near a fort (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Elazar or Eleazar: God has helped (Old Testament—son of Aaron; Hebrew).

Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Shea”

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture.

Military officer; keeper of horses (Middle English).

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

From the estate of the noble one (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Hebrew origin, meaning “carried by God”

Consecrated, dedicated (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Son of Garret or Garrett: A good spear thrower (Old English).

Name created by writer Oscar Wilde for his title character in The Portrait of Dorian Gray—thought to be influenced by inhabitants of Doris (Dorians), a mountainous region of Greece (English).

“Tortoise” (Japanese origin, popularized by Kobe Bryant)

Form of Vincent: Conquering one (Latin).

English form of Denis, the French form of Dionysos, Greek mythological God of wine and revelry.

“Woodcutter” (English origin)

Unique spelling of “Farren,” meaning “adventurous”

Beloved man (Anglo-Saxon); surname or family given for a first or middle name.

Bald one (Late Latin).

Meaning and origin unknown.

Variation of “Irvin”

No meaning available

Form of Akello: I have brought, bring forth (ah-KEHL-oh—Alur, Uganda).

Pre-eminence (Hebrew; Old Testament—father-in-law of Moses).

Form of Al-Hakim: The wise (al-hah-KEEM—Qur’an or Koran; Arabic, North Africa).

Form of Chapman: Merchant (Middle English; Old English).

Scottish form of John: God is gracious (EE-an—New Testament; Hebrew).

Form of DaCosta: One who dwells on a slope (Galician; Italian; Jewish [Sephardic]; Portuguese); surname or family name given as a first or middle name.

Modern African American name

“Patience” (Igbo origin)

Form of Lamar: Famous for land (Old German).

Virtue name, modern African American origin

“Forest worker” (English origin)

Blend of “Jay” and “-lin,” a unique African American name

“Jehovah is God” (Hebrew origin)

No meaning available

Named after Shaka Zulu, the Zulu king

Blend of two names such as Boyce (word name—English, Irish, and Scottish forms of bois: wood, dweller by the wood—Old French—surname or family name given for a first or middle name) and Reid (one who has red hair—Scottish; surname or family name given for a first or middle name).

Combination of “Quan” and “-trell”

Variation of “Devonte” with “-tay” ending

Who is like God? (Hebrew).

Dark one (Latin); from Adria, an ancient town in central Italy.

Father is exalted (EE-bra-heem—Hausa, Nigeria).

Dweller at the fortress or stronghold (Old English; Old French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

“Youthful” (Latin origin)

One who lives by a stream; one who lives in the county of Cumberland; surname or family name given for a first or middle name (Scottish).

Form of Jay: Blue jay (Old French).

Hebrew origin, meaning “strength of God”

Son of Roy (English; French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

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

English origin, meaning “maker of cords”

“Son of Jordan” (English origin)

Unique spelling variation of “Vaughn” with “Le” prefix

Form of Arthur: Noble one; bear-man; brave as a bear (Welsh; English).

Dweller at the sandy ford (English).

“To be pampered” (Yoruba origin)

Variation of “Raul” with “-ston” suffix

Place name—village in Cumbria, England: Fortress homestead (broo-um—Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“West meadow” (English origin)

Variation of “Cameron” with “K”

“Arrow maker” (English origin)

Form of James, the English form of Jacob from the Old Spanish Jayme: The supplanter or one who takes the place of—Hebrew; Old Testament.

From the pool or waterfall (Old Welsh).

Meaning and origin unknown.

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

“The inspirer” (African origin)

French origin, meaning “brotherly,” popular in African American culture

Unique modern name

No meaning available

Blend of “Ky” and “Ron”

Blend of “Tor” and “-ion” suffix

His name is of God (Hebrew; Old Testament).