African american boy names

African american boy names starting with B

Braylon – An invented name, using the same sounds found in names such as Braden and Jalen

African american boy names starting with C

Cleavon – Cliff, a rock at the edge of a sea

African american boy names starting with D

Daquan – Combination of the popular name elements Da and quan

Dedrick – From a surname that was derived from the given name DIEDERIK

African american boy names starting with E

Elroy – A red-haired youth who is a King

African american boy names starting with H

Haben – Pride, pleasure, satisfaction

African american boy names starting with I

Ivory – From the English word for the hard, creamy-white substance that comes from elephant tusks and was formerly used to produce piano keys

African american boy names starting with J

Jalen – An invented name. In America it was popularized in the 1990s by basketball player Jalen Rose (1973-), whose name was a combination of those of his father James and maternal uncle Leonard

Jaquan – Combination of the popular name elements Ja and quan

Jaylen – Variant of JALEN. It can also be a feminine elaboration of JAY (1)

Jaylin – Variant of JALEN. It can also be a feminine elaboration of JAY (1)

Jaylon – Variant of JALEN

Jelani – Possibly a form of the Arabic surname (al-Jilani), notably borne by the 12th-century Persian Sufi leader Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (or Abdul Qadir Gilani), indicating he came from the town of Gilan near Baghdad

African american boy names starting with K

Kaseko – To mock or ridicule someone

African american boy names starting with L

Lashawn – A person who has felt the graciousness of the God

Lavar – Lavar is a name popular among African Americans

Lebron – Meaning unknown, probably an invented name. This is the name of basketball player LeBron James (1984-)

African american boy names starting with M

Marques – Variant of MARQUIS

Marquis – From a noble title that derives from the Old French word marche ‘march, borderland’. The title originally referred to someone who ruled on the borderlands of a realm

Marquise – Variant of MARQUIS. Technically, marquise is the feminine form of the title marquis

African american boy names starting with R

Roshaun – A glowing and shining light