Discover Beautiful African American Names

Unique combination of “Ja” and “Shawn”

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“Steward” (English origin)

Word name—form of Boyce—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.

English origin, meaning “heather-covered hill”

Combination of “Ja” and “Gabriel”

The advancer (Old English).

Combination of “Ja” and “Quan”

Form of Otha: Prosperous (German).

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Jalal: Greatness (jah-LAL—Arabic, North Africa).

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Keeper of the enclosed hedge (Old English).

Dangerous undertaking.

Rich, noble, powerful (English).

Unique African American name

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

Blend of “Da” and “Kwan”

“Hero” (English origin, popularized by musician Pharrell Williams)

“Son of defilement” (Irish origin)

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Helper and defender of humankind (Greek).

English origin, meaning “famous ruler”

Prophet; messenger (Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa).

From the north estate (Old Anglo-French).

Lordly one (Greek).

Form of Erik: Ever powerful; ever ruler (Old Norse).

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

Form of Eli: High (Hebrew).

Unique blend inspired by “Lazaro”

Form of Carl: Freeman, peasant, man (English).

Form of Christian: Follower of Christ, a Christian (Ecclesiastic Greek; Late Latin).

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Created name from African-American culture.

Copper color (African-American).

Who is like God? (Hebrew).

Commander, leader, ruler; prince (ah-MEER-ee—Swahili, East Africa).

A stylized form of “Trevon”

Form of Augustine or Augustus: Exalted one, imperial, revered (Latin).

“Handsome, peaceful” (modern African American origin)

Dweller at the hall or manor house (Old English).

Variation of “Cameron” with “K”

“Resolute protector” (German origin)

“From Leicester” (English origin)

“Faithful, dedicated” (French origin)

Form of Roderick (famous ruler; rich in fame—Old German) or Rodney (famous one’s island—Old English).

Meaning and origin unknown.

Spanish form of Joseph: God will add or increase (Hebrew).

Form of Ebenezer: Stone of help (Hebrew: Old Testament).

Little warrior (Old French).

Supreme deity in Roman mythology; fifth planet from the sun (Latin).

Form of Darshan: Vision; to see, to perceive (Hindi, India; from the Sanskrit).

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

“A Breton” (French origin)

English form of Alan: Handsome, cheerful, harmonious one (Irish Gaelic).

From the pasture meadow (Old English).

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The king is ruler; king of kings (RAH-jesh—Sanskrit).

Tall man’s estate or town (Old English).

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.

Form of Regin: Judgment (reeg-un—Old Norse).

Form of Abram: Exalted father (Hebrew; Old Testament—Abraham’s name before God changed it). Name found among enslaved men in the South during the mid-nineteenth century.

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

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Form of Vernon: Youthful, springlike, born in the spring (Latin).

Form of Keto: Depth (Swahili, East Africa).

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Of the cliff (African-American; English).

“Powerful” (Swahili origin)

Form of Clovis, a form of Louis: Great fighter; famous warrior (French; Old German; Teutonic).

Dweller by the mill (French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Stoneworker (Middle English; Old French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

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Form of Oswald: Divinely powerful (German, borrowed from the English).

Form of Alonzo, a Spanish form of Alphonso: Noble, ready for battle (German).

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“Forest worker” (English origin)

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Wanderer (Old German).

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

Variation of “Tyrell,” a modern African American name

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Disciple of St. Columba (Scottish Gaelic).

Virtue name, modern African American origin

Famous friend (Old English).

Moorish; dark-complexioned one (Late Latin). Rooted in the legendary Christian soldier from the island of Mauritius off the east coast of Africa, who served as captain of the Roman army’s Theban Legion; the patron saint of armies.

From the north forest (Old English).

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Inspired by the university name

Form of Milton: Dweller at the mill town (Old English; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Thin (Irish; Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

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

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

Shield, rim, edge (Middle English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

From the farm or homestead of Carl (English).

“Strong ruler” (variation of Richard)

Form of Clement: Mild, gentle, merciful (Latin).

No meaning available