African American Submitted Names

Chanice f African American (Modern)
Variant of Shanice.... [more]

Chaniece f African American (Rare)
Variant of Shanice.

Chaniqua f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Shaniqua.

Chanique f African American (Rare), Afrikaans
Variant of Shanique, the spelling perhaps influenced by Chanel.

Chantanesha f African American

Chante f African American
Unaccented version of Chanté.

Chantessy f African American
Possibly the feminine version of Channing combined with the name Tess.

Chaquella f African American (Rare)

Chaquinita f African American

Charae f African American (Modern, Rare), American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sharae.

Charaty f African American
Variant of Charity.

Charcandrick m African American
Charcandrick West- running back for the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL.

Charlandra f African American (Rare)
Combination of Charlene and the popular suffix andra.

Charlese f African American, English (American)
Variant of Charlize.

Charlesetta f African American (Rare)
Feminine form of Charles.

Charleston m & f African American, Portuguese (Brazilian), American
Transferred use of the surname Charleston.

Charlisha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine elaboration of Charles using Lisha. See also Charlesia.

Charliza f African American (Modern, Rare)
Presumably, an elaboration of Charlize. (See also Charlisa).

Charmin f English (Rare), African American
Possibly a variant of Charmaine.

Charrod m African American (Rare)

Chartate f African American

Charvi f Indian, African American

Chasmyn f African American (Rare)
Variant of Jasmine, possibly influenced by Chasity.

Chatani f African American

Chaunacy f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Shaughnessy.

Chauntasia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Probably a combination of Chanté with the suffix tasia (from names such as Anastasia or Fantasia).

Chaunté f African American
Variant of Shaunte.

Chauntea f African American (Modern)
Variant of Chanté.

Chauntee f African American (Modern)
Variant of Chanté

Chaunti f African American
Variant of Shauntay.

Chavon f African American (Modern, Rare)
Anglicized form of Siobhán.

Chazmin f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Jasmin 1.

Chekesha f African American (Modern)
Possibly derived from the Swahili verb -chekesha meaning "to joke, to kid, to make laugh" (the causative form of -cheka "to laugh").

Chelcy f African American
Variant of Chelsea.

Chenae f African American
Variant of Shanae.

Chenay f English, African American
Variant of Shanae.

Cheneka f African American
Variant of Shaniqua.

Chenelle f English (American), African American, Trinidadian Creole, Afrikaans
Variant of Chanel.

Chenille f English (Rare), African American (Rare)
From the English word for the soft fabric, which is borrowed from French chenille "caterpillar" (literally "little dog").

Chenique f African American
Perhaps a variant of Shaniqua.

Chequita f African American
Variant of Chiquita.

Cherelle f English, African American
Altered form of Cheryl using the popular name suffix elle. See also Cherrelle.

Chevonda f African American (Rare)
Variant of Shavonda.

Chimere f & m African American
From the brand of perfume called Chimère, which was introduced by Prince Matchabelli in 1979. The French word chimère means "chimera". This is the middle name of American R&B singer Ne-Yo (1979-), real name Shaffer Chimere Smith.

Chiniqua f African American
Possibly a variant of Shaniqua.

Chiqui f English (American, Rare), African American
Diminutive of Chiquita.

Chiquita f English (American, Modern, Rare), African American
Means "little girl" in Spanish, from the Spanish chica "girl" combined with the diminutive suffix ita.... [more]

Chiquitta f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Chiquita.

Chrisean m & f African American

Chudney f African American (Modern, Rare)
Used by American singer Diana Ross for her daughter born 1975. According to Ross, it originated as a misspelling of the word chutney, which refers to a type of condiment, and is derived from Hindi चाटना (chāṭnā) "to lick, to eat with appetite".... [more]

Cincere m & f African American (Rare)
Variant of Sincere.

Ci'niya f African American (Modern)

Cinsere m & f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sincere.

Claireece f Literature, African American (Rare)
Variant of Clarice. This is the given name of Claireece Precious Jones in the book 'Push' and the movie 'Precious'.

Clareese f English (American, Rare), African American (Rare)
Variant of Clarice or Clarisse.

Clasterfair m American (South), African American
This name is found in generations of families. Clusters of the name can be found in Louisiana, in particular, but remains rare. It is said to be terminology to refer to royal members, similar to King or Duke would be used.

Claudell m & f African American
Perhaps an elaborated form of Claude.

Cleaster f African American

Cleavon m African American (Rare)
Meaning "cliff". Adaptation from names containing the element cleav with the suffix -on.

Cleotha m & f African American (Rare)
This was borne by American singer Cleotha "Cleedy" Staples (1934-2013), a member of the Staple Singers musical group.

Clintona f African American
Feminine form of Clinton.... [more]

Clintonia f African American
Variant of Clintona.

Clydene f African American
Clydene Jackson is a performer, musician, songwriter, vocalist, and arranger. Feminine form of Clyde.

Coffey m African American (Rare)
Possibly a form of Cuff. This is borne by American country and western singer-songwriter Coffey Anderson (1978-).

Conique f African American

Consciousness m & f African American
Dominick Elsean Alford

Contrell m African American (Rare)
Gifted Royal

Corant m African American

Cordae m African American
Invented name, blending the initial sound found in names such as Cordell, Cordero and Cortez with the popular phonetic element day.

Cordero m English (American, Modern), African American
From Spanish cordero meaning "lamb", perhaps via the Spanish surname Cordero (which originally denoted either a shepherd or someone thought to resemble a lamb)... [more]

Cordozar m African American

Corenthia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Corinthia.

Corietta f African American

Corletta f African American (Rare)

Coronda f African American (Rare)
Likely an invented name, possibly a combination of Corinna and Rhonda. Also compare Sharonda.

Cozell m African American (Rare)

Crestal f African American (Modern, Rare)

Cubie m African American (Rare)

Curtisa f African American (Rare)
Feminine form of Curtis.

Cymere m African American (Rare)
Variant of Symere.

Cymphonique f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Symphony using the suffix -ique (e.g., from Monique). Cymphonique Miller is a famous bearer.

Cymphony f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Symphony.

Cyniah f African American

Dachelle f African American
An invented name, blending the popular phonetic prefix da and Michelle.

Daekwon m African American (Modern)
Apparently a combination of the phonetic elements day and quan.

Daequan m African American (Rare)
Variant of Daquan.

Daffany f African American
Variant of Daphne.

Dahntay m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dante. A notable bearer is the basketball player Dahntay Jones.

Daija f African American (Modern)
Variant of Deja.

Daijuan m African American
Variant of Dejuan.

Daiquan m African American (Rare)
Variant of Daquan.

Daisean m African American (Rare)
Variant of Daishaun.

Daishaun m African American (Rare)
Variant of Deshawn and Dayshawn.

Daishawn m African American (Rare)
Variant of Daishaun.

Daizha f & m African American
Variant of Deja.

Dajanae f African American (Modern)
Variant of Dejanae.

Dajaneek f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dejanique.

Dajaun m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dejuan.

Dajon m & f African American (Rare)
Variant of Dajohn.

Dajour f African American
Variation of the words du jour.

Dajuan m African American (Modern)
Variant of Dejuan. It can be spelled Dajuan or with a capitalized third letter as DaJuan.

Dajuana f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the prefix Da- and the given name Juana , thus making it the feminine form of Dajuan.

Dajuwan m African American
Combination of the prefix Da and the name Juwan.

Dakeena f African American (Rare)

Dalanda f Western African, African American
Means "creative" in Fulani.

D'amante m African American
Combination of the prefix D' and the name Amante.

Damarco m African American, Bajan, Jamaican Patois
Variant of Demarco.

Damarcus m African American (Modern)
Variant of DeMarcus.

Damareon m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Damarion.

Damari m African American
Combination of the popular prefix Da- and Amari.

Damaria f African American
Feminine form of Damari.

Damarian m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demarion.

DaMario m African American (Rare)
Variant of DeMario.

Damarius m & f African American (Modern)
Either a combination of the popular name prefix Da and Marius, or an altered form of Damaris.

Damarkiss m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of DeMarcus.

Damarko m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Demarco.

Damarrion m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demarion.

Damenian m African American (Rare)

Damesha f African American, Jamaican Patois
Variant of Damita.

Dameshia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Damesha.

Dami'in m African American
Variant of Damian.

Damika f African American

Damiond m African American
Blend of Damian and Diamond.

Damisia f African American (Modern, Rare)

Da'mon m African American
Variant of Damon.

Damont m African American
Combination of the prefix Da and the name Mont.

Damonta m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demonte.

Damontae m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demonte.

Damonte m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demonte.

Damonti m African American

Damontre m African American
Meaning unknown.

Danasia f African American (Modern, Rare)

Danaysha f African American (Rare)

Dandre m African American (Modern)
Variant of DeAndre.

Daneesha f African American
Variant of Denisha.

D'Angela f African American (Rare)
Variant of Deangela.

Dangelo m African American
Variant of DeAngelo.

Danicia f African American (Modern)

Daniqua f African American (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements da, nee and qua. It can also be viewed as a variant of Danica.

Danniele f Brazilian, American (Modern, Rare), African American
Variant of Danielle.

Dantae m African American
Variant of Dante.

Dantel m African American
African American name, influenced by Dante.

D'Anthony m African American
Variant of Deanthony.

D'antoine m African American

Danuel m African American

Danzell m African American (Rare)
Variant of Danzel.

Daon m African American

Daphanie f Bahamian Creole (Rare, ?), African American (Rare)
Variant of Daphne.

Daquanda f African American (Rare)
Feminine elaboration of Daquan using the same suffix found in names such as Yolanda, LaWanda and Lashonda.

Daquane m African American

Daquanna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Daquan or elaboration of Quanna.

Daquanne m African American (Rare)
Variant of Daquan.

Daquavion m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dequavion.

Daquisha f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Quisha using the popular prefix Da-.

Darayah f African American
Variant of Daria.

Darelle m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Darrell

Dariaz m African American
Variant of Darius.

Darice f African American
Intended to be a feminine form of Darius, using the name suffix ice.

Dariq m African American

Darise f African American (Rare)
Variant of Darice.

Darkisha f African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix dar with Kisha.

Darlenia f African American
Elaboration of Darlene.

Darlo m African American (Rare)
Masculine form of Darla.

Darmesha f African American (Modern, Rare)

Darneil m African American

Darnella f African American (Rare)
Feminization of Darnell.

Darnelle f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form or variant of Darnell.

Darnitta f African American
Elaboration of the feminized version of Darnell.

Daronn m African American
Variant of Darren.

Darqueze m African American (Rare)
A modern invented name of unknown meaning, possibly influenced by Marquise.

Darquinton m African American
Combination of prefix dar with Quinton.

Darreal m & f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Darrell.

Darrelle f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Darrell.

Darric m African American
Variant of Derek.

Darriynn m African American
Variant of Darion.

Dartavious m African American

Darvis m African American (Rare)

DaSean m African American
Combination of the popular phonetic prefix da and the name Sean, making it a variant of Dashawn.

Dashae f & m African American
Variant of Dashay.

Dashana f African American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant spelling of Dashauna or Dashawna, which are feminine forms of Deshaun and Deshawn.

Dashaun m African American
Variant of Dashawn.

Dashauna f African American (Rare)
Variant of Dashawna.

Dashawna f African American
Feminine form of Dashawn.

Dashay f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements da and shay. It can be spelled Dashay or with a capitalized third letter as DaShay.

Dashea f & m African American
Variant of Dashay.

Dasheena f African American
Combination of the popular name prefix Da- and Sheena.

Dashon m African American
Variant of Dashawn.

Dashonn m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dashon.

D’asia f African American
Variant of DeAsia.

Dasia f African American (Modern)
Variant of Deja, possibly influenced by the spelling of Asia.

Dasmine f & m African American
Rhyming variant of Jasmine.

Datrell m African American

Datrice f African American

Davante m African American (Modern)
Variant of Devante.

Davar m African American (Rare)
An invented name, blending the popular phonetic prefix da and the name Levar.

Davaree m African American (Rare)
Meaning unknown, possibly an invented name.

Davarni m & f African American
American

Davarryl m African American (Modern, Rare)
DaVarryl Williamson (b. 1968) is an American boxer.

Davaughn m African American (Rare)
Variant of Devaughn.

Daveion m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Davion.

Davelyne f African American
Combination of Dave and lynn

Davenia f African American, Jamaican Patois, South African

Daveon m African American (Rare)
Variant of Davion.

Davian m African American (Modern)
Variant of Davion.

Davien m African American (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Dave with popular suffix -en.

Da'vine f African American
Form the word "divine".

Daviyon m African American (Rare)
Variant spelling of Dayvion.

Davonn m African American (Rare)
Variant of Davon.

Davonna f African American (Rare)
Feminized elaboration of Davon.

Davonne f African American
Combination of the prefix Da and the name Yvonne.

Davonta m African American (Modern)
Variant of Devante.

Davontae m African American
Variant of Devante.

Davyen m African American (Rare)
Variant of Davien.

Davyon m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Davion.

Dawanda f African American (Rare)
Variant of Dewanda.

Dawnyale f African American, English (American)
Variant of Danielle, perhaps inspired by Dawn.

Daycia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Daysha.

Daydra f African American
Variant of Deidre or Daedra

Dayja f African American (Modern)
Variant of Deja.

Daymion m African American

Daymond m African American (Rare)
Variant of Damond.

Dayon m African American (Rare)
Most likely a variant of Dion.

Dayonna f African American (Rare)
Variant of Dayana.

Dayquan m African American (Modern, Rare)
An invented name, using the phonetic elements day and quan, and sharing a sound with other names such as Daquan and Raekwon.

Daysha f African American (Modern)
Variant of Deja, or simply a combination of the popular phonetic elements day and sha.

Dayshanae f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements day, sha and nay. Also compare Dejanae, Dajanae.

Dayshaun m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dayshawn.

Dayshawn m African American
Combination of the phonetic element day with the name Shawn.

Dayshawna f African American (Rare)
Feminine form of Dayshawn.

Dayshia f African American (Modern)
A combination of the English word day and the popular suffix -shia.

Daysia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Deja.

Daystar m African American (Rare)
Referring to the sun; a famous barer being Canadian rapper Daystar Peterson, professionally known as Tory Lanez.

Dayveon m African American

Dayvion m African American (Modern)
Variant of Davion.

Dayvon m & f African American

Daziah f African American (Modern, Rare), Jamaican Patois (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dacia.

Dazmine f & m African American (Modern, Rare)

D'brickashaw m African American (Rare)
In the case of former American football player D'Brickashaw Ferguson (1983-), it is inspired by de Bricassart, the surname of a character in the 1977 novel and 1983 television miniseries 'The Thorn Birds'... [more]

DeAaron m African American
Combination of the popular name prefix De- and Aaron.

Deandrae m African American (Rare)
Variant of DeAndre.

Deandray m African American (Rare)
Variant of DeAndre.

Deandrea f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and Andrea 2 (compare Deandra, DeAndre, Deanna).

Deandrey m African American
Variant of DeAndre.

Deandreya f African American (Rare)
Female variant of Deandrey.

Deandria f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Deandra or combination of popular prefix De- with Andrea 2.

Deangel f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the prefix De- and the given name Angel (See also DeAngelo and Deangela).

Deangela f African American (Rare)
Combination of Angela with the prefix De-, making it the feminine form of DeAngelo.

Deantae m African American (Modern)
Variant of Deonte. It can be spelled DeAntae or Deantae.

Deantre m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of DeAndre.

Deantre' m African American (Modern)
Variant of DeAndre.

Dearra f African American, English (Rare, ?)

DeAsia f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix de and Asia 1, or a variant of Deja.

Deavery m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and Avery.

Deavion m & f African American
Variant of Davion.

Deazah f African American (Modern)

DeCarlos m African American
Combination of the popular name prefix de and Carlos.

Deeandra f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Diandra or combination of Dee and Andra.

Deeown m & f African American
Deeown comes from the names Declan, Deecan, Owen and Wesley. It’s a name most commonly used by African Americans in the 1960s with three children being named Deeown from 1961-1965. No one has been named Deeown since 1992 when it suddenly disappeared.

Deeriq m African American, English (African), Western African
Elaboration of Eric using popular prefex De-.

Deija f African American (Rare)
Variant of Deja.

Deionna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminizataion of Deion.

Deiontrez m African American (Rare)
A modern invented name, based on Deion.

Deitrick m African American (Modern)
Variant of Dietrich.

Dej f African American (Modern)
Short form of Deja in the case of American rapper Dej Loaf (1991-), real name Deja Trimble.

Dejanae f African American
Combination of Deja and the common phonetic suffix nay, or else a combination of the popular name prefix de and Janae.

Dejanai f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dejanae.

Dejanique f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular name prefix de with the name Janique. It could also be an elaboration of Deja using the suffix sound -nique (from names such as Dominique, Monique and Unique).

De'jean m African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and Jean 1 (compare Deshawn, Dejuan), perhaps inspired by the French place name Dijon.

Dejean m African American (Rare)
Variant of De'jean without the use of the apostrophe.

Dejohn m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dejon.

Dejon m & f African American (Modern)
Elaboration of Jon 2 with the popular prefix De-.

Dejone f & m Jamaican Patois, African American (Rare)

Dejonte m African American (Americanized, Rare)

DeJounte m African American (Rare)

DeJuan m African American
Combination of the popular name prefix de and Juan 1.

Dejuana f African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix De- and the perfix Juana -- making it the feminine form of Dejuan.

Dekasha f African American

Dekeisha f African American
Variant of Keisha with the -de prefix.

Dekeya f African American (Modern)
Combination of popular prefix de and Keya.

Dekisha f African American
Combination of the prefix De and the name Kisha.

Dekwan m African American (Modern)
Variant of Dequan.

Delandra f African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix Del and the name Andra.

Delante m African American
Variant of Delonte.

Delara f English, African American (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Delara or combination of the popular prefix De- with Lara 1.

Deleena f African American (Rare)
Variant of Delina.

De'leon m African American
Combination of the popular prefix De- with the name Leon.

Delinda f African American (Modern)
Probably a combination of the popular name prefix De and Linda (compare Celinda, Belinda, Melinda, Delicia, Delise), though it was previously a medieval short form of Adelinda (see Adalind) or other Germanic names with a similar sound; Saint Gundelinda (see Gundelind), for example, has been referred to as Saint Delinda.

Delious m African American
Likely an invented name.

Delisha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Delicia.

Dellareese f English (American, Rare), African American
Variant of Dolores, possibly modeled on the names Della and Reese. Notable bearer of the name is the American singer and actress Della Reese (1931-2017), whose birth name was Delloreese Patricia Early... [more]

Delloreese f African American
Meaning unknown, possibly a variant of Dolores, or a feminine elaboration of Reese. Borne by Delloreese Patricia Early A.K.A Della Reese

Delmon m African American

Deloise f African American
Variant of Delois.

Delonte m African American

Delsina f African American (Rare)

Delucas m African American
Combination of the popular name suffix de and the given name Lucas.

Delvacchio m African American
Transferred use of the surname Delvacchio.

Delvin m English (American, Rare), African American
Rhyming variant of Kelvin.

Delvonte m African American (Rare)
Blend of Delvin and Devonte.

De'mar m African American
Combination of David and Lamar.