Discover Beautiful African American Names

Italian origin, meaning “brave”

From the burned hill (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Adolf: Noble wolf; noble hero (Old German).

Form of Tindall: Dweller near the River Tyne (Scottish); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

African origin, unique name

Meaning and origin unknown. Name found among free black men who lived and worked in early nineteenth-century New England.

Form of Paris: Character in Greek mythology.

Hebrew origin, meaning “pure”

From the brushwood hill (English).

Father of the multitude (Hebrew; Old Testament—first of the patriarchs, father of the Hebrew nation, ancestor of the Hebrews and Arabs). Name found among enslaved men in the South during the mid-nineteenth century.

Meaning and origin unknown.

Unique modern name

Blue jay (Old French).

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

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

Little, wealthy one (Anglo-French).

Form of Walter: Powerful warrior; army ruler (Old German).

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture.

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

Created name from African-American culture.

“Army ruler” (English origin)

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

“Watchman” (German origin)

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

No meaning available

From the spearland (Old English).

No meaning available

Unique blend with “-vion” suffix

Created name from African-American culture.

Son of Fergus: Very choice one; strong man (Irish Gaelic).

Word name: The end (Latin).

Noble and ready; eager for battle (Spanish variation of the German Alphonso).

English form of Elijah: Jehovah is my God (Hebrew; Old Testament—Prophet who was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire.

No meaning available

French form of Dominic: Belonging to God (Latin).

No meaning available

“Wise protector” (German origin)

No meaning available

No meaning available

Variation of “Gavin”

Stylized form of “Javon”

Spanish form of Reginald: Mighty and powerful; judicious; wise counselor (Latin; Old English; Old German).

“Mack’s stream” (Scottish origin)

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Uther: According to medieval legend, a king of Britain who was the father of King Arthur (Old English).

Variation of “Zion,” meaning “highest point”

Form of Aristaeus: One pertaining to a noble (ahr-ih-STAY-us—Greek). From Greek mythology.

Form of Hamadi: Praised (Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa).

“God’s protection” (German origin)

Unique variation of “Amari”

Form of Honorius: Man of honor (Latin).

Dignity (JAH-hee—Swahili, East Africa).

No meaning available

Form of Brian: Strong one (Celtic).

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

Unique modern name

Free man (Old English).

“Ruler of the household” (German origin)

No meaning available

Blend of “Sha” and “Von”

Form of Bonar: Kind, gentle, good (Old French).

“Follower of Christ” (Greek origin)

Unique modern name

Form of Vaughn: Small one (Old Welsh).

Calf herdsman (English).

Form of Al-Hakim: The wise (al-hah-KEEM—Qur’an or Koran; Arabic, North Africa).

Form of Heinrich: Ruler of a home or private property (Old German).

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

Meaning and origin unknown.

Unique African American name, variation of “Zephyr”

Unique blend of “Ed” and “Rick”

“Broad clearing” (English origin)

Unique spelling of “Malik,” meaning “king”

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

“Brown’s son” (English origin)

No meaning available

“Leaves” (Malawian origin)

Form of Darius: King, kingly; one who is wealthy (Hebrew).

Dweller at the fortified army camp (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Modern name, meaning “thankful”

Dweller by a fortified stronghold (Dutch); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Counsel power” (variation of Reginald)

“To tame” (Greek origin, widely used)

Meaning and origin unknown.

Form of Romanus: Man from Rome (French; Latin).

“Little fire” (Celtic origin)

Form of Gomer: Complete; to end; vanishing (Hebrew).

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Leroy: King; person given the title of king for his royal bearing or for the part played in a religious pageant (French).

Modern African American name

One who praises (Latin).

Created name from African-American culture.

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).

“Of Mars, warlike” (modern African American origin)

Form of Lawrence: From the place of the laurel tree; laurel-crowned one (English; Latin).

Form of Rashid: Rightly guided (Arabic, North Africa).

“Spring” (English origin)

“Leader” (English origin)

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

Form of Cliff, a form of Clifford: From the cliff ford; one who dwells at the ford near the cliff (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.