Discover Beautiful African American Names

Courteous one; court-bred (Old French).

“Thin, lean” (Scottish origin)

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

Form of Linwood: Dweller from the pool or waterfall near the forest (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Upper estate or town (Old English).

“Great” (short form of Augustus)

Keeper of the enclosed hedge (Old English).

“Fair” (Irish origin)

Meaning and origin unknown; surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Botanical name used for both boys and girls (Old English).

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Youkioma: Almost perfect (Hopi, Native North American).

Variation of “Lamont” with an “e” ending

Form of names beginning with “Vin,” such as Vincent (conquering one—Latin) and Vinton (from the wine town—English).

Created name from African-American culture.

“From Scotland” (Scottish origin)

Blend of “Rae” and “Kwon”

“Son of Japheth” (modern African American origin)

No meaning available

Variation of “Gavin”

“Handsome or beautiful” (modern American origin)

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

He is beauty; handsome one (Arabic, North Africa).

White one's estate (Old English).

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

Created name from African-American culture.

Created name from African-American culture.

From the settlement of freemen (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Blend of “De” and “Montae”

Form of Sharp: Keen, active, quick (English; Irish; Middle English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Rocky land” (German origin)

Form of Terence: Smooth, polished one; tender (Latin).

Son of Hall: Dweller at the hall or manor house (Old English).

English origin, meaning “famous ruler”

Blend of “Say” and “Vion”

Form of Hilliard: Battle brave; war guard (Old German).

Form of David: Beloved one (Hebrew; Old Testament—King of Israel).

Created name from African-American culture.

“High mountain” (Hebrew origin)

Form of Bernard: Brave as a bear (Old German).

Intelligence; spirit (Old English).

No meaning available

From the wealthy one’s hill or hill castle (Anglo-Scottish, from the Old French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

From the high or hedged forest (Old English).

“Wild garlic island” (Scottish origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

Blend of “Ja” and “Vaughn”

To wander (Latin).

No meaning available

“Oarsman” (French origin)

No meaning available

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

Mighty with the spear (Old English).

Great chief (Old Welsh); surname or family given for a first or middle name.

Place name—The original name of ancient Ethiopia; the name of an Ethiopian city from the first to the eighth centuries CE.

“Son of Jeffrey” (English origin)

“In honor of God” (Igbo origin)

Stable, tranquil (Latin).

“Ruler’s counselor” (Scottish origin)

God with us (Hebrew; Old Testament).

Brother (Latin).

Dweller from the colony by the lake or pool—Lincoln, a city in Lincolnshire, England; surname or family name given for a first or middle name. Surname of the sixteenth president of the United States (Abraham Lincoln).

No meaning available

Form of Alvah: Exalted one (Hebrew).

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

No meaning available

Judge (Hebrew; Old Testament—fifth son of Jacob by Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant).

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Baron: A title of nobility (English; French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Created name from African-American culture.

No meaning available

Mighty power (Old Norse).

Of unique birth or origin (origin unknown).

Dweller in a glen or valley (Irish Gaelic).

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

Latin origin, meaning “strong, healthy”

Latheworker; woodworker (Latin; Middle English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Name created by writer Oscar Wilde for his title character in The Portrait of Dorian Gray—thought to be influenced by inhabitants of Doris (Dorians), a mountainous region of Greece (English).

From the Welsh "du": Black; dark one.

No meaning available

Son of Anders, the Scandinavian form of Andrew: Strong, manly (Greek); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Weaver (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Fair town” (modern African American origin)

Combination of “Le” and “Quon”

Blend of two names such as Joseph (God will add or increase—Hebrew) and Van, a form of Evan, a form of John—God is gracious—Hebrew; New Testament).

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

Ruler (Zulu, South Africa).

Place name—city in Italy.

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

Variation of “Wendell,” meaning “wanderer”

Son of Donald: Mighty world ruler (Scottish Gaelic); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

“Witness” (Egyptian origin)

From the grove of trees (Old English).

No meaning available

Form of Paul: Little; small in stature but big in love and constancy (Amharic, Ethiopia; Latin; New Testament).

Blend of “Ra” and “Shawn”

Created name from African-American culture.

Form of Badoro: A plant from the Niger river (Bambara, West Africa)).

“Peace” (Igbo origin)

Blend of “Terry” and “-ion” suffix