African American Submitted Names

Demar m African American
Variant of De'mar.

Demarc m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular suffix De and Marc.

Demarcco m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demarco.

Demarco m African American
Combination of the popular name prefix De and Marco.

Demarcos m African American
Variant of Demarco influenced by Marcos.

Demardo m African American (Rare)

Demari m & f African American (Modern)
Invented name, influenced by the sounds found other names such as DeMario, Amari, Jamari and Kamari... [more]

Demaria f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of DeMario or Demarion.

Demarian m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demarion.

Demarion m African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix de and Marion 2. Also compare Damarion and DeMario... [more]

Demarius m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix De with the name Marius.

Demarkess m African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix De and the name Markess.

Demarko m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demarco.

Demarquess m African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix De and the name Marquess.

Demarquez m African American
Combination of the prefix De and the name Marquez. Also used as a variant of Demarquis.

Demarquis m African American
Combination of the prefix De and the name Marquis.

Demarr m African American
Variant of De'mar.

Demarrion m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demarion.

Demaryius m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demarius.

Demauri m African American
Combination of the prefix De and the name Mauri.

Demaurion m African American
Name created with the popular prefix de.

Demeisha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Demisha.

Demetric m African American

Demetrice m & f African American
Possibly a modern coinage based on Demetrius.

Demetrise f & m African American (Rare)

Demichael m African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix De and the name Michael.

Demisha f African American
Combination of the popular name prefix de and Misha 2, or simply a combination of the phonetic elements da, mee and sha.

Demitrius m African American, English (American)
Variant of Demetrius.

Demiyah f African American (Modern)
Possibly a combination of the popular name prefix de and Maya 2.

Demond m African American
Variant of Demont.

Demonica f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular name prefix de and Monica. It can be spelled DeMonica or Demonica. A known bearer is American musician DeMonica Santiago, a member of the late 1980s/early 1990s R&B group The Good Girls.

Demonna f African American
Perhaps a short form of Desdemona or combination of popular prefix de and Mona.

Demont m African American (Rare)
Variant of Damont.

Demonta m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demonte.

Demontae m African American (Rare)
Variant of Demonte.

Demonte m African American
Combination of the phonetic elements da, mon and tay. This also coincides with an Italian surname (see Demonte).

Demontre m African American (Rare)
Variant of Damontre.

Demorie m & f African American
Combination of popular prefix de and Maury.

Demorris m African American
Combination of the popular name prefix De- and Morris.

Denasia f African American
Possibly an alteration of Asia.

Denay f African American (Rare)
Variant of Danaë.

Denaye f African American
Variant of Danae.

Denayja f African American (Modern, Rare)

Deneisha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Denisha.

Denequa f African American

Denesha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Denisha.

Deniqua f African American

Denisha f African American
Possibly a variant of Denise, blending it with Tanisha.

Denzelle m African American (Rare)
Variant of Denzel.

Deointe m African American
Possible elaboration of Donte.

Deondre m African American
Variant of DeAndre.

Deondrea f African American
Feminine form of Deondre.

Deondria f African American (Modern)
Variant of Deandrea, likely influenced by Deon.

Deontae m African American (Modern)
Variant of Deonte.

Deontay m African American
Variant of Deonte.

Deontre m African American (Modern)
Variant of DeAndre.

Dequan m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Daquan.

Dequaveus m African American (Modern, Rare)
An invented name, probably based on Dequan and Octavius.

Dequavion m African American (Rare)
May be a variant of Dequan.

Dequincy m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combinaiton of the prefix de- with the given name Quincy, and may also be transferred use of the surname DeQuincy.

Deracious m African American
The name Deracious was first used as Deracius, which was later changed for proper pronunciation as De- raa -ci - o-us or dəˈrāSHəs. A name derived from the surname Clifford or Clif -ford, which means to stand from a clift looking forward... [more]

Deray m African American
Combination of the popular name prefix De and Ray.

Derica f English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), African American
Feminization of Deric.

Derice f African American
Variant of Darice.

Dericia f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Derice.

D'eriq m African American
Borne by American college football quarterback D'Eriq King (1997-), currently playing for the University of Miami Hurricanes.

Derisha f African American

Deroyce m African American (Modern, Rare), American
Combination of the prefix De and the name Royce.

Derwin m English, Dutch (Rare), African American
Variant of Darwin.

Desaray f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Desiree.

Desean m African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix de and Sean, making it a variant of Deshawn. It can be spelled DeSean or Desean.

Desera f African American (Rare)

Deshan m & f African American (Rare)
Variant of Deshawn.

Deshana f African American
Elaboration of Shawna.

Deshanae f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and Shanae, possibly based on Deshawn, Dejanae or Deja.

Deshane m African American
Combination of the prefix De and the name Shane.

Deshante f African American (Modern)
Combination of the prefix de and Shante.

Desharieff f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of popular prefix de and variation of Sharif.

Deshauna f African American
Feminine form of Deshaun.

Deshawndra f African American (Rare)
Feminine form of Deshawn.

Deshay m & f African American (Rare)
A combination of the name suffix De- and Shay 1.

Deshieka f African American

Deshon m & f African American (Rare)
Variant of Deshawn.

De'shuna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Deshauna.

Desiraya f African American (Rare)
Likely an elaborated form of Desiree.

Desmona f African American (Modern, Rare)

Desmone' m African American (Rare)
Blend of Desiree and Monet.

Destineigh f English (American, Modern, Rare), African American
Variant of Destiny.

Detavius m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix De- with the name Tavius.

Detrice f African American (Rare)

Devaniah f African American (Rare)

Devaughnte m African American (Rare)
Variant of Devonte, influenced by Vaughn.

Devaun m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Devaughn.

Devauntay m African American (Modern)
Variant of Devante.

Devean m African American

Devenity f African American (Modern)
Variant of Divinity.

Devere m African American
Meaning uncertain. Possibly invented name.

Devonia f & m African American (Rare)

Devonta m African American (Modern)
Variant of Devonte.

Devontay m African American (Rare)
Variant of Devante and Devonte.

De'vonte m African American
Variant of Devonte.

Devonya f African American
American Indian and African American

Dewana f & m African American
Variant of Dejuana.

Dewanda f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Wanda.

Dewaune m African American
Variant of Dewaune.

Dewuan m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dejuan.

Dhamir m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Damir.

Diallo m African American

Diamondique f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Diamond and the suffix -ique.

Diamondnique f African American (Rare)
Variant of Diamonique.

Diamoni f African American
Derived from the words Diamond and Imani. Diamond which comes from the English word diamond for the clear colourless precious stone, the birthstone of April. Diamond is derived from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamas, which is of Greek origin meaning "invincible, untamed"... [more]

Diamonique f African American (Rare), English (Rare)
Presumably a variant of Dominique influenced by the English word diamond.

Diara f English (American, Modern, Rare), African American (Rare)
Rhyming variant of Tiara/Kiara influenced by Diana.

Diasia f African American (Modern)
Variant of DeAsia.

Diesha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Dyesha.

Dieysha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Daisha, which may be an invented name using the same sounds found in names such as Iesha and Laisha.

Dijonae f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Dijon.

Dikwon m African American (Rare, ?)
Variant of Daquan.

Dimaria f African American (Rare)
Variant of Demaria.

Diondra f African American
Feminization of DeAndre.

Diondrae m African American (Rare)
Variant of Diondray.

Diondray m African American (Rare)
Variant of DeAndre.

Diontay m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Deonte.

Dionte' m African American (Modern)
Variant of Deonte.

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

Dishanti f African American

Dishawn m African American
variant of Deshawn

Dishon m Hebrew (Rare), African American
The name of a few minor characters in the Hebrew Bible. It means “Antelope” in Hebrew.

Divinity f African American (Modern)
Middle English from Old French divinite, from Latin divinitas, from divinus ‘belonging to a deity.’

Divonne f English (Modern, Rare), African American
Divonne les Bains is a popular spa town in France. I have read that Divonne derives from the original Celtic, meaning "divine water". The only famous holder of the name is Divonne Holmes a Court, the New York-born wife of Australian billionaire businessman Peter Homes a Court.

Diyano m African American
Variant of Diano.

D'juan m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dejuan.

D'lloyd m African American
A modern variant of Lloyd.

D'marco m African American (Modern)
Variant of Demarco.

D'mario m African American (Rare)
Variant of DeMario.

D'marion m African American

Dmauri m African American
Combination of popular prefix D' and Maury.

Dohn m African American
Variant of Don.

Dohna f African American
Feminine form of Dohn

Domineek m African American (Modern, Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Dominique influenced by Tyreek.

Dominiq m & f English (American, Rare), African American
Variant of Dominic and Dominique.

Dominiqua f African American
Elaboration of Dominique.

Domiquo m African American

Domonique f & m African American (Modern)
Variant of Dominique.

Dondre m African American
Variant of DeAndre.

Donel m African American
Possible combination of Donald and Darnell.

Donell m American, African American
Variant of Donald.

Donieal m African American
Elaboration of Don in the form of Daniel.

Donielle f & m African American, English
Unisex variant of Donal, Donald, Donnell, Donelle and other names containing the same sound.

Donisha f African American, Caribbean, Jamaican Patois

Donitrea f African American

Donkira f African American
Combination of Dawn and Kira.

Donnelle f & m English (American, Rare), African American (Rare)
Variant of Donelle and Donal/Donel/Donnell/Donell.

Donques m African American (Modern, Rare)

Donquez m African American (Modern, Rare)

Dont'a m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dontae.

Donta m African American
Variant of Dontae.

Dontae m African American
Variant of Dante.

Dontai m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dontay.

Dontasia f African American

Dontavious m African American (Modern)
An invented name, probably based on Dante and Octavius.

Dontavis m African American

Dontavius m African American (Modern)
A well-known bearer of this name is the American football player Dontavius Jackson. His name seems to either have been completely invented by his parents, or they blended two or more established first names (for example, Dante and Octavius) into one name.

Dontay m African American
Variant of Dante.

Dontaye m African American
Variant of Dante.

Donte m African American (Modern)
Variant of Dante.

Dontell m African American (Rare)
Perhaps a contraction of Donatello or an elaborated form of Donte (or Dontae, variants of Dante).

Dontrall m African American
Meaning unknown.

Dontray m African American
Blend of Donte with the phonetic element tre.

Dontre m African American (Modern)
Blend of Donte with the phonetic element tre.

Dontrell m African American
Of unknown meaning.

Dontrelle m & f African American (Modern, Rare)
A modern invented name of unknown meaning.

Donyella f African American
Probably a variant of Daniella, or possibly Donella

Donzaleigh f African American (Rare, ?)
Borne by US activist Donzaleigh Abernathy (1957-).

Donzel m African American (Rare)

Donzell m & f African American (Rare)
Variant of Donzel.

Donzella f African American (Rare)
Feminine form of Donzel.

Dorell m African American

Dorial m African American

Dortheiya f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dorothea.

Dravein m African American (Modern, Rare)

Draymond m African American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly an invented name blending Dre with Raymond. Also compare Daymond.

Dreamius m African American (Rare)
Combination of the word dream with the popular suffix ius.

Dreneisha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Neisha.

Dresean m African American (Rare)
Combination of Dre and Sean.

Dre'von m African American
Variant of Drevon.

D'sean m African American
Variant of Deshawn.

Dshawn m African American
Variant of Deshawn.

D'shonda f African American

Dujuan m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dejuan.

Duron m African American (Rare)
Meaning unknown.

Durrell m African American
Variant of Darrell.

Durville m African American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Durville or D'Urville.

Dushane m African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix Du- and the name Shane or transferred use of surname Dushane

D’vonsia f African American

Dvontae m African American (Modern)
Variant of Devonte.

Dwainie f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Dwayne or pet form/nickname of Dwayne.

Dwan m African American (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Dejuan.

Dwanda f African American (Rare)
Variant of Dewanda.

Dwanise f African American (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Denise influenced by Dwayne.

Dwaun m African American
Variant of Dejuan.

Dyami m African American

Dyamond f African American (Rare)
Variant of Diamond.

Dyasia f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Asia 1 with the prefix Dy-.

Dyesha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Tyesha.

Dykota f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dakota.

Dykwon m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular phonetic elements dy and quan.

Dynasty f African American (Modern)
Possibly inspired by the popular '80s soap opera of the same name. The name derives from the English word dynasty, which is ultimately derived from Greek dunasteia meaning "power, dominion".

Dynesty f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dynasty.

Dysean m African American
Combination of prefix dy and Sean.

Earscell f African American

Ebone f English (Modern, Rare), African American
Variant of Ebony.

Ebonee f African American
Variant of Ebony.

Ebonique f African American
Variant of Ebony using the suffix -ique.

Eddrick m African American
Variant of Edric.

Edroy m African American (Americanized)
The name is derived from the Latin words "istunus" or "iustus", which means "just"

Elandria f African American
Elandria seems to be an American name, more utilized by Black Americans/African-Americans. Notable individuals named Elandria are Elandria Williams, former Co-Moderator of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

E'layah f African American (Modern, Rare)

Elexuis m African American
Variant of Alexis.

Eliantte m African American (Modern, Rare)
From a rhyming variant of Elliot. This is the name of the American jewelry company Eliantte.

Elrico m African American

Elzora f African American

Emani f African American
Variant of Imani.

Emari m & f African American (Modern)
Variant of Amari or Imari.

Emmaretta f English (Rare, Archaic), African American (Rare)
Altered form of Amoretta. This is the name of a 1969 song by the English rock band Deep Purple, named for Emmaretta Marks (1945-), a cast member of the musical Hair whom singer Rod Evans was trying to seduce.

Emoni f African American (?)
Variant of Imani.

Emuille f African American

Endia f African American

Endigo m & f African American (Rare)
Maybe a variant of Indigo

Endya f African American
Variant of Endija.

Eneisha f African American

Enolia f American, African American

Epik m African American
Variant of Epic.

Equanimeous m African American (Rare)
From Latin aequus “equal” and animus “mind”, meaning "calm and composed, equanimous".

Equilla f African American
Variant of Aquilla.

Erianna f African American (Modern)
Variant of Arianna.

Erieona f African American

Ertharin f African American
Ertharin Cousin was director of the World Food Programme from 2012–2017.

Eteoria f African American

Ethanuel m African American (Rare)

Ethiopia f African American, English
From the name of the African country. From Greek Αιθιοπια (Aithiopia), derived from αιθω (aitho) meaning "to burn" and ωψ (ops) meaning "face", referring to the skin colour of the inhabitants.

Etosha f English (American, Rare), African American (Rare)
From a Namibian place name meaning "great white place" in the Ovambo language.

Etterlene f African American (Rare)
Combination of Etter and the suffix lene. Notable bearers are American singer Etterlene DeBarge (1935-2024) and her daughter Etterlene "Bunny" DeBarge (1955-), also a singer.

Eunique f African American (Modern)
Variant of Unique, possibly influenced by the spelling of Eunice.

Eural m African American
Possible variant of Earl.

Euzham m African American

Evangelise f & m African American, African
Possibly an invented name, a combination Evangeline and Elise. Another possibility is that it's taken from the British spelling of 'evangelize', which is the English word meaning "to preach the gospel".

Everdora f African American
Combination of Ever and Dora.

Everetta f African American
Feminine form of Everett.

Everic m African American (Rare)
Of uncertain etymology.

Everlena f African American
Combination of Ever and Lena.

Evern m & f English (American, Rare), African American (Rare)

Exavier m African American
Variant of Xavier.

Ezail m African American
Of uncertain origin.

Ezell m African American
Of uncertain origin. Transferred use of the surname Ezell found primarily in the southern United States. Possible variation of Israel or short form of Ezekiel.

Ezzard m African American, American
Peaked in the US during the 1950s almost certainly in tribute to World Heavyweight Champion boxer Ezzard Mack Charles (1921 - 1975)... [more]

Faithea f African American (Rare)
Combination of Faith and Thea.

Faizon m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Faizan.

Falencia f African American (Modern, Rare)

Faneisha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Phoenicia.

Fanisha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Phoenicia.

Fantasha f African American (Modern, Rare), English (Modern, Rare), Fijian (Rare)
Variant of Fantasia, influenced by Tasha.

Fantasia f African American (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the Italian word for "fantasy, imagination", ultimately deriving from Greek φαντασία (phantasia). A known bearer is the American R&B singer Fantasia Barrino (1984-).

Fantayshia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Fantasia.

Faquan m African American
An African American variant of the Vietnamese name, Quan meaning army.... [more]

Fashionette f English (American, Rare), African American
Likely a combination of the English word fashion and the popular suffix -ette.

Ferndena f African American (Rare)
Either a variant of Fernandina or an elaboration of Fern with the ending -dena.

Fetanya f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the prefix Fe- and Tanya.

Fezco m African American (Rare)

Ffence m African American

Fonisha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Phoenicia.

Fransheska f African American (Rare)
Variant of Francesca.

Frenchelle f African American (Rare)
Combination of the word French or the name French and Elle.

Fukayna f African American (Modern, Rare)

Gabreon m African American

Gabryana f African American

Gemell m African American

Genaire m African American (Rare)

Geneo m African American (Rare)
Meaning unknown.

Genevievette f African American (Rare)
Combination of Genevieve and the common feminine suffix -ette.... [more]

Geovontae m African American (Modern)
Variant of Javonte.

Geroy m African American
Possibly a combination of George & Leroy.

Gerrell m African American (Rare)

Gervonta m African American (Modern, Rare)
Blend of Gervase and Javonte. A known bearer of this name is American professional boxer Gervonta Davis (1994-).

Gethry m African American
Variant of surname Guthry.

Gevon m African American (Rare)

Girvies m African American

Giveon m African American (Modern, Rare)
The name is derived from the English verb to give with the intended meaning "the one who gives".... [more]

Glenford m English Creole, Jamaican Patois, English (American), African American

Glorious f African American (Rare)
Derived from the name Glory or Gloria.

God’iss m & f African American
From the scripture, “God is love.” May also be an alternative of Goddess.

Goody m & f English (Rare), African American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Goody.

Gwenetta f English (Rare), African American (Rare)
Elaborated form of Gwen.

Haneefah f Arabic, African American
Variant transcription of Hanifa.

Harmonique f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Harmony, perhaps inspired by the French word harmonique.

Haseleria f African American (Rare)

Hazana f African American

Heir m African American
From Middle English via Old French from Latin heres.

Hepsabel f English (American), African American (Archaic)
Variant of Hepzibel

Hepsabeth f English (American), African American (Archaic)
Variant of Hepzibeth