Discover Beautiful African American Names

Modern African American name

No meaning available

Nobleman, chief (Old English).

“Cart driver” (English origin, widely used)

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

No meaning available

Form of Ewan: Born of the yew tree (Scottish, from the Gaelic).

Red-haired or ruddy-complexioned one (Latin); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Son of Harry: Ruler of the home (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Peaceful (sah-LEEM—Swahili, East Africa).

Created name from African-American culture.

“God of wine and revelry” (modern American origin)

Form of Rosso: Red-haired or red-bearded one (Italian); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Administrator (Latin).

Lion-hearted, brave as a lion (Old Franco-German; Old High German).

No meaning available

“Wolf counsel” (English origin)

“Church” (Scottish origin)

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

No meaning available

Keeper of the grains (English; French).

“Son of Madoc” (Welsh origin)

“God is gracious” (modern African American origin)

Of the cliff (African-American; English).

Clean (New Testament; Hebrew).

Variation of “Irvin”

Form of Adolphus, a Swedish form of Adolph: Noble wolf; noble hero (Old German).

Royal chieftain (Irish).

No meaning available

English origin, meaning “little hawk”

Representation of the letter “B.”

Created name from African-American culture.

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

Boundary marked by clovers; brook near a clay bed (French; German; Old English).

Unique modern name

No meaning available

Form of Yoseph or Joseph: He shall add (Arabic, North Africa; Hebrew; Swahili, East Africa).

Created name from African-American culture.

From the west meadow (Old English).

Created name from African-American culture.

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

Modern African American name

Form of Leon, a form of Leo: Lion (Latin).

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.

“God is gracious” (Russian origin)

No meaning available

No meaning available

Form of Yoseph or Joseph: He shall add (YOO-suf—Arabic, North Africa; Hebrew; Swahili, East Africa).

Place name—Form of Scoville, a form of Escoville in Calvados, Normandy, France.

Unique African American name

“Leaves” (Malawian origin)

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

“Holy stone” (English origin)

Dweller near the field overgrown with roses (Dutch); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Stone bridge (English; Old French); surname or family name given as a first or middle name.

“Nobleman” (English origin)

Form of Mackeggie or Mackaggie: Son of Adam (Scottish Gaelic). Surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Ellsworth: From the estate of a noble one (English).

Blend of “Jar” and “Mar”

English form of Ernst: Earnest one; determined (German; Old English).

“Powerful” (Swahili origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

“Dove” (Hebrew origin)

No meaning available

Combination of “La” and “Shawn”

Meaning and origin unknown.

Industrious, strong (Old German).

“Leader” (English origin)

“Red-haired” (English origin)

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

Blend of “Omar” and “-ion” suffix

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Lamar: Famous for land (Old German).

Courageous protector (Italian, from the German helmut).

No meaning available

Variation of “Omri,” meaning “my sheaf”

Blend of “Tray” and “-on”

White one's estate (Old English).

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

Created name from African-American culture.

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Enslow: A place name in Oxfordshire, England; surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Anthony: Inestimable, priceless one; worthy of praise (Latin).

“Bearer of the heavens” (Greek origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

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

Form of Dumisani: Praise (Xhosa, South Africa).

“Scribe, scholar” (English origin)

Modern African American name with a unique sound

Son of Dick, a form of Richard (Old English; Scottish).

No meaning available

Meaning and origin unknown. Eighteenth-century name found among free black men who lived and worked in New England.

Word name—The time of day when the sun appears above the horizon.

Form of Eli: High (Hebrew).

Form of Jonah: Peace, dove (Hebrew).

Shortened form of “Zephaniah”

Rules by the spear (German).

Black (ahs-WAHD—Arabic, North Africa).

Soldier armed with a spear; maker of spears (Middle English); surname or family name give for a first or middle name.

Created name from African-American culture.

Arabic origin, meaning “crown”