Discover Beautiful African American Names

Form of Haile: Meaning and origin unknown (HY-lee).

Form of Ozni: Hearing (OZ-ny—Old Testament—grandson of Jacob; Hebrew).

Dweller near the red swamp (Gaelic); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Variation of “Tyron,” meaning “king”

“Son of Carr” (Scottish origin)

Short land (Dutch).

Form of Malin: Little war-mighty one (Old English).

“Ridge” (English origin)

“West meadow” (English origin)

Great king (Zulu, South Africa).

“Little hills” (variation of Terence)

Form of Donald: Mighty world ruler (Scottish Gaelic).

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

“Priest’s town” (English origin)

No meaning available

Quiet warrior (ka-MAH-oo—Kikuyu, Kenya).

“Sword” (German origin)

Enduring, lasting, steadfast (Italian). From Dante Alighieri, born Durante Alighieri, thirteenth-century Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy.

Form of Durant: The enduring one (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Bald one (Late Latin).

Combination of “Jar” and “-ell” suffix

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

Form of Quinton: Fifth child (Latin).

No meaning available

Prince (West Africa).

Rest; comfort (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Small settlement (Anglo-Saxon; Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Ruler of thunder (Old English); rooted in Thor, the mythological Norse god of thunder (Old Norse).

“Town on a cliff” (English origin)

No meaning available

Form of Thomas: Twin (Aramaic; Greek; New Testament).

No meaning available

Form of William: Resolute protector (German).

Arabic origin, meaning “knight, horseman”

Military officer; keeper of horses (Middle English).

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

Strong, valorous, healthy (Latin).

Son of Jeffrey (divinely peaceful—Old French; God’s peace—English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Created name from African-American culture.

“In honor of God” (Igbo origin)

Form of Juan, the Spanish form of John: God is gracious (Hebrew; New Testament).

Created name from African-American culture.

From a forest of nut trees (French). Name often given in honor of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

No meaning available

“The island” (French origin)

No meaning available

Meaning unknown (Guyana).

Noble staff; God’s staff (Swedish).

No meaning available

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

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

No meaning available

Variation of “Rod” with “-ell” suffix

“High-born” (English origin)

Son of the divine (German).

Dweller in a town with a tannery, from pellis: skin of a fur-bearing animal (Latin).

No meaning available

Unique blend of “Va” and “Rion”

Industrious, strong (Old German).

No meaning available

Blend of two names such as Moses (mercy; saved from the water—Egyptian; Hebrew; Old Testament—referring to the biblical Moses) and Keziah, a form of Ketziah: (a type of cinnamon—(Hebrew; Old Testament—second daughter of Job, born to him after his great affliction).

Form of Jacques, the French form of Jacob: Supplanter; one who takes the place of; protector (Hebrew; Old Testament).

No meaning available

Form of Zekezeke: The boring beetle (zay-kay-zay-kay—Kongo, Central Africa).

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Shakil: Handsome, well developed (Arabic, North Africa).

Reddish-brown-haired and powerful (Old English).

No meaning available

No meaning available

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

“Pierce valley” (French origin)

Form of Ronald: Mighty power (Old Norse).

Fulfillment (Muslim).

“My father is alive” (Igbo origin)

From the black meadow or hill (English; Irish; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Blend of “Ri” and “Shawn”

From the wilds (Latin).

He has flowered, flourished, grown (ah-BUH-buh—Amharic, Ethiopia).

“Follower of Christ” (Greek origin)

Blend of “Ja” and “Shaun”

Hazelnut tree (Old English).

Variation of “Romeo” with an “l” added

Salvation of God (Old Testament—prophet; Hebrew).

“Prayed for” (Hebrew origin)

Form of a place name—Gloucester, such as the city in Massachusetts, city in Canada, and borough in England.

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Vaughn: Small one (Old Welsh).

Dweller in the high meadow (Old English).

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

“Handsome” (Swahili origin)

“Tumult” (Celtic origin)

From the field by the small river (Old English).

Bold, courageous one (Latin).

Form of Jeffrey: Divinely peaceful (Old French).

“Army ruler” (German origin)

“Good, handsome” (Arabic origin)

Masculine form of Chiquita: Little one (Spanish).

Form of Cadell: Spirit of battle (Irish; Welsh).

Summoner to the courts (French; Latin; Middle English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Curtis: Courteous one; court-bred (Old French).

“Righteous, fair” (virtue name, widely used)