Discover Beautiful African American Names

Youthful, springlike, born in the spring (Latin).

Form of Aloysius: Famous warrior (Late Latin).

Form of Jabari: Fearless person, brave one; comforter, bringer of consolation (Muslim; Swahili, East Africa).

Created name from African-American culture.

Dweller in the high meadow (Old English).

“Stone meadow” (English origin)

Form of Montague: Dweller at the pointed hill (English, from the French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Created name from African-American culture.

Variation of “Frederick”

No meaning available

This one is dependable (Central Africa).

No meaning available

Form of Primus: First (Latin).

Blend of “Ra” and “Shawn”

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

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

Created name from African-American culture.

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

“Little bald one” (Latin origin, popular in African American culture)

No meaning available

Created name from African-American culture.

English origin, meaning “heather-covered hill”

Blend of the two names Glen, a form of Glenn (dweller in a glen or valley—Irish Gaelic) and Allen (handsome, cheerful, harmonious one—Irish).

Created name from African-American culture.

Hero in good health, or from the hall (Old English).

No meaning available

Blend of “Deon” and “Trey”

Son of Edward (Old English).

Meaning and origin unknown.

Meaning and origin unknown.

Combination of “Le” and “Marcus”

Form of Chea: Red (Cherokee, Native North American).

Variation of “Alonzo”

Form of William: Resolute protector (Old German).

Created name from African-American culture.

Learned (se-KOO—Guinea).

Noble (Swahili, East Africa).

English form of Merlin: Dweller in the fortress by the sea (Welsh); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

From the bent-grass farm (Old English).

“Gift of God” (modern African American origin)

One who hunts; a huntsman (Middle English); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“God is salvation” (Hebrew origin)

Lion-hearted, brave as a lion (Old Franco-German; Old High German).

Created name from African-American culture.

Most noble one; of noble birth (Hebrew; Old Testament).

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

Unique spelling of “Isaiah,” meaning “God is salvation”

No meaning available

“Leader” (French origin)

Meaning unknown (West Africa).

Meaning and origin unknown. Possibly derived from the name of botanic gardens in Jackson, Mississippi—the Mynelle Gardens.

English origin, meaning “son of Ellis”

“Free landholder” (English origin, widely used)

No meaning available

“Tumult” (Celtic origin)

“Bearer of the heavens” (Greek origin)

Form of Koffi: Born on Friday (Ga [Gao], Ghana).

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

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

“Remembered by God” (variation of Zachary)

No meaning available

No meaning available

“Overseer” (English origin)

French form of Michael: Who is like God? (Hebrew).

No meaning available

Bailiff (Middle English).

Unique blend of “La” and “Quan”

Hard worker (Bondei, Tanzania).

Meaning unknown (African-American); name found among enslaved men in New England at the time of the Revolutionary War.

Unique African American name

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

Red-haired person (Welsh); surname or family name given for a first or middle name:

Wall builder; mason (Old English).

Scribe; one who copies books (English).

Spanish form of Robert: Bright or shining with fame (Old English).

Modern virtue name, meaning “lord”

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

“Island meadow” (English origin)

Form of Tyrone: Sovereign (Greek).

God's gift (Hausa, West Africa).

Born on Tuesday (eh-BO—Fante, Ghana).

Strength of God; God will strengthen (Hebrew; Old Testament—prophet for whom a book in the Old Testament is named).

Famous for land (Old German).

Combination of “Jar” and “-ell” suffix

Word name—the street (French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

“Crowned” (modern American origin)

Unique blend of “Ed” and “Rick”

Meaning and origin unknown.

Form of Valery or Valerian: Strong, healthy, powerful (Late Latin).

Form of Jared: Descendant; the inheritor (JARE-ed—Hebrew).

Form of Gyantwaka: By what one plants, the planter (gy-an-twak-ah—Iroquois, Native North American).

Form of Rudolf: Famous wolf (Old High German).

Of unique birth or origin (origin unknown).

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

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

Keeper of records (English and Scottish, from the Old French); surname or family name given for a first or middle name.

Light; to illuminate (Arabic, North Africa; Islam—one of the ninety-nine names of Allah).

Handsome, cheerful, harmonious one (Irish Gaelic).

Modern African American name with a unique sound

Form of Quinton: Fifth child (Latin).