Discover Beautiful African American Names

No meaning available

Fuller or thickener of cloth (Middle English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Noble and ready; eager for battle (Old German).

“White hawk” (Welsh origin)

Prosperous friend; rich in friendship (Old English).

“Crown” (Greek origin)

Long stick; a tall, thin person (Middle English).

No meaning available

Form of Honorius: Man of honor (Latin).

No meaning available

Place name—city in Georgia.

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

Meaning and origin unknown.

“Brewer” (English origin)

African origin, meaning “noble”

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

No meaning available

No meaning available

“Eager for battle” (Spanish origin, popularized)

Combination of “Jer” with “-rell” suffix, unique to African American culture

No meaning available

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

Form of Quincy: Dweller at the fifth son’s estate (Old French).

Free holder of land (Middle English).

John's town (Middle English; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Blend of “Ba” and “Shaun”

“The river that swallows all rivers” (African origin, widely adapted)

Variation of “Callan,” meaning “rock”

No meaning available

No meaning available

“Wide island” (French origin)

No meaning available

Form of Crandall: Son of Randal, Reginald, or Ronald (Gaelic; Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Grain thresher; dweller near the grain-winnowing fans or marshlands (Middle English).

“Son of Iver,” popularized in African American culture

“Son of Japheth” (modern American origin)

Unique name blending “De” with “various”

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

Created name from African-American culture.

Vain (Latin).

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Sean, the Irish form of John: God is gracious (Hebrew; New Testament).

Form of Terrell: Ruler of thunder (Old English).

Created name from African-American culture.

“Beauty” (Arabic origin)

Gatekeeper (French, from the Latin).

No meaning available

Son of life; man of religion (Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Modern African American name

Created name from African-American culture.

Friend of all; noble friend; friend of the elves (Old English).

No meaning available

Peaceful ruler (Old German).

No meaning available

Variation of “Javonte,” a unique African American name

Justice (Swahili, East Africa).

Dweller in the dell (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.

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

Rest; comfort (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Form of Alvah: Exalted one (Hebrew).

“Little hills” (variation of Terence)

Form of names that begin with “Al.” Alain, Alan, Allan, Allen: Handsome, cheerful, harmonious one (Irish).

“Brave lion” (German origin)

Form of Purvis: To provide food (French).

Created name from African-American culture.

Blend of two names such as Fay (raven—Irish Gaelic) and Bernard (brave as a bear—Old German).

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Follet: One who is mad (French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Wilbert: Resolute, brilliant one (Old German).

Variation of “Hakim,” meaning “wise”

Torrent; rapid stream (Latin).

No meaning available

Our God, our Lord (Yoruba, Nigeria).

No meaning available

Modern variation of “Xavier”

The child is like a crown that brings honor to a king (Youruba, Nigeria).

Form of Niall: Champion (Irish Gaelic).

Form of Anthony: Inestimable, priceless one; worthy of praise (Latin).

No meaning available

Blend of “Que” and “Shon”

“Dark-skinned” (Latin origin, widely used in African American communities)

Meaning unknown (Guyana).

Dweller in a house with an upper floor (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

No meaning available

“Pilgrim” (English origin)

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Tsalani: Goodbye, farewell (tsah-LAH-nee—Ngoni, Southern Africa).

Form of Golding: Son of the golden one (Old English).

“Church land” (English origin)

“Praised” (Hebrew origin)

Bailiff (Middle English).

Place name—a manor house in Echingham, Sussex, England; surname or family name given for a first or middle name (English).

Form of Charles: Strong, manly (Latin; Old German).

Dweller in the valley (Old English).

“Steward” (Scottish origin)

Man from Wales (Old English).

“Warlike” (Latin origin)

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

Son of Hendry (Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Blend of “Qu” and “Arian”

“Flourishing, prosperous” (Arabic origin)