Discover Beautiful African American Names

Lion (Latin).

Meaning unknown (German); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Green valley” (French origin)

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

Form of Roscoe: From the deer forest (Old Norse).

No meaning available

“Resolute protector” (German origin)

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

No meaning available

Champion (Irish Gaelic).

No meaning available

Form of Chea: Red (Cherokee, Native North American).

“War” (Scandinavian origin)

No meaning available

“At the cross” (English origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

“Healer” (Greek origin)

Blend of “Omar” and “-ion” suffix

Little dark one (Irish Gaelic).

The chosen one (Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa).

Form of Cornelius: Like a horn (Latin).

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

Meaning and origin unknown.

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Alphonso: Noble and ready; eager for battle (Old German).

Form of Quinton: Fifth child (Latin).

Form of Philemon: Loving, friendly (Greek; New Testament).

No meaning available

A town on a hill (English).

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Pulling the branch of a tree; troublemaker (Xhosa, South Africa).

No meaning available

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Form of Hammond: Home; high protection (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name. Name found among free black men who lived and worked in early nineteenth-century New England.

Meaning and origin unknown.

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

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

“Priceless” (variation of Anthony, widely used)

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

“Free man” (German origin)

Form of Marcus: Little hammer; little warlike one (Latin). Rooted in Mars, the Roman god of war.

“Son of Japheth” (modern American origin)

Form of Patrick: Noble one (Latin).

Powerful warrior; army ruler (Old German).

“Manly” (variation of Andrew)

Blend of “Va” and “Shawn”

“Of Marcus” (modern American origin)

Dweller in the valley (Old English).

Meaning uncertain (Norman; Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Shea”

“Hill settlement” (English origin)

Representation of the letter “B.”

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Edwin: Prosperous friend; rich in friendship (Old English).

One who makes himself clear; one who makes his meaning clear; one who is precise (ah-dee-SAH—Yoruba, Nigeria).

“Land of the spear” (French origin)

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

Spanish form of Richard: Powerful ruler (English, from the Old French and Old High German).

No meaning available

Blend of two names such as John (God is gracious—Hebrew; New Testament) and Karen (pure—Greek).

Form of Ray: Honored title given to a sovereign (Old French).

Hebrew origin, meaning “servant of God”

Variation of “Armando,” meaning “army man”

Handsome, cheerful, harmonious one (French; Irish Gaelic).

Form of Dedrick: Ruler of the people (Old German).

No meaning available

English origin, meaning “nobleman, warrior”

English origin, meaning “noble’s son”

No meaning available

Arabic origin, meaning “well-developed,” popularized by Shaquille O’Neal

Russian form of John: God is gracious (New Testament; Hebrew).

Form of Jerrold, a form of Gerald: Rules by the spear (German).

Elf counselor; good counselor; counselor with wisdom and diplomacy (Old English).

Acute hearing (Greek).

Blend of “La” and “Various”

Male form of Winifred: Peaceful friend; blessed peace (Welsh).

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

Form of Lennox: Abounding in elm trees (Scottish Gaelic); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Frederick: Peaceful ruler (Old German).

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

Form of Hillery, the English form of the French Hilaire, a form of Hilarius: Cheerful one (Latin).

Name that honors Saint Julian the Hospitaler, legendary patron of travelers, boatmen, innkeepers, and the like.

No meaning available

No meaning available

Meaning and origin unknown.

“Generous” (Arabic origin)

Form of Emmett: Industrious, strong (Old German).

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

Salvation (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Song, joy (male or female name—Hebrew).

Form of Joseph: He shall add (Hebrew).

Unique blend of “De” and “Marius”

Unique African American name, meaning “beloved”

“Dark-skinned” (Latin origin)

“Thin, lean” (Scottish origin)

Place name—a place in Greater Manchester, England: Settlement of Cara's people; dwellers at the rocky settlement (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Son of Adam” (English origin)

No meaning available

“Lame” (Latin origin, adapted)

No meaning available

Form of Jonah: Peace, dove (Hebrew).