Discover Beautiful African American Names

Son of John: God is gracious (Hebrew; New Testament); Anglo-Scottish surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

No meaning available

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

Form of Coolidge or Coleridge: Dweller from the ridge where charcoal was made (Old English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Created name from African-American culture.

No meaning available

Meaning unknown (Gan, Togo).

Blend of “Ra” and “Shawn”

Heir of the valiant warrior (Old English).

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

Judge from the hill (English; Hebrew; Old Testament); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Form of Lamar: Famous for land (Old German).

No meaning available

“Rocky land” (German origin)

Place name—city in New Hampshire. Name given to enslaved men in eighteenth-century New Hampshire.

“Independent” (American origin)

Created name from African-American culture, a form of Dennis, the English form of Denis, the French form of Dionysos, Greek mythological God of wine and revelry.

Born on Tuesday (eh-BO—Fante, Ghana).

Dweller by the burnt land (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

African American adaptation of “Marcel”

No meaning available

No meaning available

Royal chieftain (Irish).

No meaning available

“Spear ruler” (English origin)

Form of Cheney, a form of Chesney: From the name of a place in Yonne, France (Old French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

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

English origin, meaning “son of Harry”

“Bounty” (Celtic origin, adapted in African American culture)

Resolute, brilliant one (Old German).

“To tame” (Greek origin, widely used)

“Great” (short form of Augustus)

“Enduring” (Latin origin, often used in African American culture)

“Son of James” (English origin)

Form of Woodrow: Dweller at the hedge by the forest (Old English).

God with us (Hebrew; Old Testament).

The master (Hindi, India).

Form of Daw: Light (Arabic, North Africa).

Form of Gaspar: Treasure holder (Persian); in the New Testament, one of three kings from the East bearing gifts to the Christ child in Bethlehem.

King (English, from the Dutch); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Place name—Three towns in France.

No meaning available

“Serious, determined” (German origin)

Unique African American name

“Prince” (Arabic origin, popular in African American culture)

Meaning and origin unknown.

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

Form of Virgil: Rod or staff bearer (Latin).

No meaning available

Smooth, polished one; tender (Latin).

Gracious protector; protected by God’s grace (Old English).

“Help” (Hebrew origin)

Keeper of the forest (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

No meaning available

Blend of two names such as David (beloved one—Hebrew; Old Testament, King of Israel) and Lawrence (from the place of the laurel tree; laurel-crowned one—English; Latin).

Dweller in the dell (English).

No meaning available

Blend of “Cor” and “Den”

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

Worth, merit (Arabic, North Africa).

Rightly guided (Arabic, North Africa).

“Watchman” (German origin)

“Gray-haired” (English origin)

Form of Devin: Poet; a man of learning (Irish Gaelic).

Combined names that reflect John the Baptist (French; Hebrew; New Testament).

Little king; kingly (Irish Gaelic).

Ruler (Old German).

Form of Sam: To hear (Hebrew).

Little Steven (Spanish).

Wise ruler (Old English).

Stone bridge (English; Old French); surname or family name given as a first or middle name.

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

No meaning available

“Keeper of the park” (English origin)

Industrious, strong (Old German).

Form of Wallace: Man from Wales (Old English).

Form of Francis: Free man, or Frenchman (Latin).

No meaning available

Form of Reuben: Behold, a son (Hebrew; Old Testament—eldest son of Jacob and Leah).

Jasper stone (Old French).

“Shield wolf” (German origin)

Created name from African-American culture.

Modern African American name with unique spelling

Form of Frederick: Peaceful ruler (Old German).

Form of Jeremiah: God will uplift (Hebrew; Old Testament).

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

“Warlike” (Latin origin)

“Mountain” (modern American origin)

Handsome one (Old French).

Of the cliff (African-American; English).

Unique blend, inspired by “Xavier”

Created name from African-American culture.

Spanish form of Raphael: Healed by God (Hebrew).

From the high settlement (Anglo-Saxon); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Famous friend (Old English).

The Brown family's farm or enclosure (English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Powerful, brave (Old German).

Created name from African-American culture.

“Gushing waters” (Latin origin)