African American Submitted Names

Latrice f African American
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Patrice 2. Also compare Latricia, Katrice.

Latricia f African American (Modern)
An invented name, most likely blending Latisha and Patricia. See also Latrice.

Latrina f African American
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Trina.

Latrisha f African American
Variant of Latricia. It can be spelled Latrisha or with a capitalized third letter as LaTrisha.

Latrix f African American (Modern, Rare)
Coined with the popular prefix la- and the suffix -trix from Beatrix. Possibly inspired by Leatrix.

Latroy m African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Troy using the popular prefix La-.

Latroya f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Troya using the popular prefix La-.

Latyra f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Tyra using the popular prefix La-.

Launell m African American
Variant of Lonell.

Lauretha f African American
Lauretha has Latin origins and is related to the name Laura. Its meanings are "laurel", "sweet bay tree", "symbol of victory".

Lauronda f African American (Rare)
Variant of Laronda (a combination of the popular prefix La with the name Ronda), perhaps influenced by Laurinda.

Lavar m African American
Possibly influenced from Lamar.

Lavaughn f & m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La- and the name Vaughn.

Lavell m African American

Lavertis m African American (Rare)

Lavette f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name Yvette.

Lavon m & f Mormon, African American
Variant of Lavonne.

Lavonda f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix la combined with the name Vonda.

Lavonte m African American (Modern)
Combination of the phonetic elements la, von and tay, sharing a sound with names such as Devante and Javonte.

Lavoughn f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lavaughn.

Lavoy m African American

Lawana f African American (Rare)
Of unknown origin and meaning. It might possibly be a variant of LaWanda.

Lawanna f African American (Rare)
More common variant of Lajuana (See also LaWanda).

Lawayne m African American
Combination of La- and Wayne.

Lawonda f African American (Rare)
Variant of LaWanda.

Laylonni f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Leilani.

Laysha f African American
Modern name using the popular prefix lay- combined with the suffix -sha, most likely influenced by Layla and Sasha.

Lazalea f African American (Rare)
Perhaps a blend of the popular prefix la with the name Azalea.

Leandria f African American (Rare)
Possibly a Feminine form of Leandre.

Leanetta f African American

Leangela f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix Le- and Angela.

Leangelo m African American (Rare)
Combination of Angelo with the name prefix Le-.

Leantwan m African American (Rare)
From Antwan combined with the prefix Le-, possibly from the French definite article le.

Lecrae m African American
Recent name of unknown origin. Rare usage since the late 1970's. A famous bearer of the name is American rapper Lecrae Moore (1979-), known simply as Lecrae.

Lecresha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lecresia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lecretia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Leeshawn m African American

Leeton m African American (Rare)

Lefaye f African American
From French la fée meaning "the fairy", the epithet of the Arthurian sorceress Morgan le Fay. The name Morgan le Fay was first used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century.

Legaci f African American, American (Hispanic)
Variant of Legacy.

Legarrette m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix Le with the name Garrette.

Leiutenant m African American
Transliteration from the word Lieutenant.

Lekendrick m African American (Rare)
Variant of Lakendrick.

Lekita f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lakita.

LeMarco m African American

Lemark m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lamar

Lemeah f African American

Lemeko f & m African American (Rare)

Lemisha f African American (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements la, mee and sha. A known bearer is American musician LeMisha Grinstead (1978-), a member of the R&B girl group 702.

Lenasha f African American

Leniya f African American (Rare)
Variant of Laniyah.

Leniyah f African American (Rare)
Variant of Laniyah.

Lennisha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lanisha.

Leodé m African American

Leondria f African American (Rare)

Lequan m African American (Modern)
Variant of Laquan.

Lequita f African American (Rare)
Variant of Laquita.

Lerenteé m African American (Rare)

Lesean m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix Le- with the name Sean. Also compare LaShawn.

Leshaun m & f African American (Modern)
Combination of the prefix le with Shaun.

Leshawn m & f African American
Variant of LaShawn, possibly using the French definite article le.

Leshawna f African American (Rare)
Strictly feminine variant of Leshawn, and variant of Lashawna (a more popular spelling).

Leshay f African American (Rare), South African (Rare)
Variant of Lashay.

Leshonda f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lashonda.

Lesline f African American (Rare)
Elaborated form of Leslie.

Lestacia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of LaStacia (See also Lestasia).

Letanya f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Latanya.

Leteishia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Latisha.

Leterrius m African American (Rare)

Letesha f African American
Variant of Letitia. This name was used by American rapper Ice-T for his daughter, LeTesha Marrow (1976-).

Letroy m African American (Rare)
Variant of Latroy.

Levaughn m & f English (American, Rare), African American (Rare)
Combination of the name prefix le and Vaughn. Also compare Lavaughn and Lavon.

Le'veon m African American

Leviticus m English (American, Rare), English (African, Rare), African American
From the name of the book of the Old Testament, which means "of the Levites, of the tribe of Levi". Some parents in the United States view it as a full form or more formal version of the name Levi.

Levonne f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lavonne.

Lewanda f African American (Rare)
Variant of LaWanda.

Lewanna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lajuana.

Lewayne m African American (Rare)
Variant of Wayne.

Lexci f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lexi.

Lieutenant m African American (Modern, Rare)
From the English word lieutenant.... [more]

Lindah f African American (Modern)
Variant of Linda.

Linneria f African American (Rare)

Linnethea f African American (Rare)
Combination of Linnea and Thea.

Litisha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Letitia.

Lloimincia f African American
This name came into prominence through former LSU artistic gymnast, Lloimincia Hall.

Lonell m African American

Lonique f African American (Americanized, Rare)

Lorinette f African American

Lougenia f American (South, Archaic), African American (Rare)
Variant of Lugenia.

Louvnia f African American

Lovalerie f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Valerie.... [more]

Lovely f African American, English
From the English word "lovely" meaning "beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner; very nice, wonderful". From the Middle English lovely, lufli, from Old English luflīc 'amiable, loving, lovable', equivalent to love +‎ -ly.... [more]

Lowanda f African American (Rare)
Variant of LaWanda.

L'quan m African American

L'Tanga f African American (Rare)

Lucresha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lucreshia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lumas m Romani, African American

Lurlean f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lurline. A famous bearer of this name was American singer Lurlean Hunter.

Lurma f African American (Americanized)
Lurma is an American-English alternate spelling of Lerma, and/ or a transferred use of surname Lurma.

Luscious f & m African American (Rare), South African
Variant of Lucius (phonetically identical).

Lushawn f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of LaShawn. In some cases it may be a combination of Lu or Lou with the name Shawn.

Lutanya f African American (Rare)
Variant of Latanya.

Lutrina f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Latrina.

Luvleigh f African American (Rare)
Creative spelling of lovely.

Luwanda f African American (Rare)
Variant of LaWanda.

Lynell f African American

Lynesha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular name element Lyn (from names such as Lynette) and the common name suffix sha.

Lynika f African American

Lyvonte m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lavonte.

Mabelean f African American, American (South)
Variant of Maybelline.

Mackessa f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Mack 1 using the suffix essa.

Magdala f Haitian Creole, Portuguese (Brazilian), African American, Spanish (Caribbean)
Either a short form of Magdalena or from the biblical village that Mary Magdalene was from, which means "tower" in Hebrew.... [more]

Maheisha f African American

Mahlik m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Malik 1.

Majestik f & m African American

Makai m African American
Possibly a variant of Mekhi or Makaio

Makaia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Micaiah; also compare Makiyah and Makiya, as well as the similar masculine names Makai and Mekhi.

Makaiyah f African American (Modern)
Variant of Micaiah. Also compare Makiyah, Makiya.

Makeba f African American, Caribbean
Meaning unknown, possibly a transferred usage of the African surname Makeba in honor of the South African singer Miriam "Mama Africa" Makeba (1932-2008).

Makeisha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the prefix Ma and the name Keisha, probably influenced by Lakeisha, Nikeisha/Nakisha, and Takisha.

Makhi m African American (Modern)
Variant of Mekhi. Also compare Makai.

Ma'khia f African American

Makia m & f African American (Rare)
Variant of Micaiah.

Makira f African American
Combination of the prefix Ma and the name Kira 2.

Makiyah f African American (Modern)
Possibly a variant of Micaiah. It shares the same trendy sounds found in other names such as Kamiyah, Makai and Mekhi.

Makyah f & m African American (Modern, Rare)

Malayah f African American (Modern)

Malayia f African American (Rare, ?)

Malaysha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Malaysia.

Malayzha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Malaysia.

Maleka f South African, African American
Possibly a variant of Malika.

Malencia f African American (Rare), Literature

Malique m African American
English variant of Malik 1.

Maliya f African American
Variant of Malia.

Malkia f African American (Rare)
From the Swahili word malkia meaning 'queen'.

Mampenda f African American
The name Mampenda conjures boldness, gallantry and candour.

Mandela m & f African American, Xhosa
Transferred use of the surname Mandela given in honour of Nelson Mandela, South African revolutionary hero and statesman... [more]

Mandrin m French (Cajun), African American, American (South), Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Mandrin.

Mannuel m Eastern African (Rare), South African (Rare), Filipino (Rare), African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Manuel.

Mantan m & f African American
The name Mantan has appeared as a middle name and it may have come from the Irish and or English surname Manton.

Manteo m African American (Rare), Indigenous American

Marcelletta f Italian (Rare), African American (Rare, ?)
Italian diminutive of Marcella making it the Italian cognate of Marcellette.... [more]

Marcellis m African American (Rare)
Variant of Marcellus.

Marcianna f African American

Markayla f African American (Modern)
An invented name, blending the popular phonetic element mar and the name Makayla.

Markeesha f African American
Variant of Markeisha.

Markeez m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Markeis m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Markeisha f African American (Rare)
Possibly a feminine variant of Marquis influenced by Keisha; also compare Marquita.

Markell m African American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Markell.

Markelle m African American
Variant of Markell

Markese m African American
Variant of Marquis.

Markesha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Markeisha.

Markevious m African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Mark.

Markeyce m African American
Possibly a spelling variation of Marquis.

Markeysha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Markeisha.

Mar’kievus m African American

Markisha f African American (Rare)
Possibly a feminine variant of Marquis influenced by Kisha; compare Marquita.

Marlisha f African American (Rare)
Combination of Marlene/Marla/Marley with Lisha.

Marlissa f English (Rare), African American (Rare)
Variant of Marlisa (See also Marlis).

Marqise m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Marquarius m African American (Rare)
Variant of Marquavius.

Marquavious m African American (Rare)
Variant of Markevious.

Marquavius m African American (Rare)
Variant of Markevious.

Marque m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Marqueis m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Marqueit m African American
Variant of Marquette.

Marquese m African American
Variant of Marquis.

Marquess m African American (Modern, Rare)
A marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. See Marquis.

Marqueston m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the name Marques with the popular suffix ton.

Marquetta f African American
Possibly a variant of Marquita.

Marquisa f African American (Modern)
Feminine form of Marquis.

Marquisha f African American
Variant of Markisha.

Marrsaay f & m African American (Modern, Rare)

Marsai f African American (Modern, Rare)
Perhaps derived from the French place name Marseille. This is borne by American actress and producer Marsai Martin (2004-).

Marshalria f African American (Modern, Rare)

Marshaun m African American
Combination of the prefix mar- and Shaun.

Marshawn m African American
Variant of Marshaun.

Marshayla f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements mar, shay and la. Also compare Markayla.

Marshelle f African American
Invented name that combines Marsha and Michelle.

Marshey f & m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular phonetic elements mar and shay, possibly influenced by names such as Marshall and Marshawn.

Marshon m African American
Variant of Marshawn.

Martaveius m African American (Rare)
Variant of Martavious.

Martavia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine variant of Martavious.

Martavious m African American (Modern)
Combination of the phonetic element mar with the suffix -tavious from Octavius, sharing a sound with names such as Jaquavious and Marquavious.

Martavis m African American (Modern, Rare)
Altered form of Martavious.

Martavius m African American
Variant of Martavious.

Martayvious m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Martavious.

Martell m African American (Modern)
in french, "martel" means "mallet" or "hammer"... [more]

Martella f English (Rare), African American (Rare)
Clearly feminine form of Martel/Martell.

Martello m African American

Martez m African American

Martika f English (American, Rare), African American, American (Hispanic)
From a diminutive of Marta. This name was popularized in the late 1980s and early 1990s by the American singer and actress Martika (1969-), born Marta Marrero to Cuban immigrants, whose stage name was also her nickname.

Martrell m African American (Rare)

Marvell m African American

Marvelle f & m African American (Rare)
Variant of Marvel.

Mascara f African American, Arabic
Means "mother of soldiers" in Arabic.

Mashaya f African American (Modern, Rare)

Mashayla f English (Modern, Rare), African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements ma, shay and la, or perhaps a blend of Michelle and Makayla - both of which are feminine forms of Michael.

Matasha f Russian (Rare), African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of names Masha and Natasha, or it is a combination of a prefix Ma and name Tasha.

Matheno m African American

Maurishka f African American (Rare)
Possibly a Variant spelling of Mariska... [more]

Maurkice m African American (Rare)
Variant of Marquis, the spelling possibly altered to resemble Maurice. Bearer Maurkice Pouncey (1989-) is an American football player.

Maxxzandra f African American (Modern, Rare)

Maymie f English (Rare), African American
Variant of Mamie.

Mayossa f African American

Mearia f African American

Medgar m African American
A famous bearer is Medgar Evers, an African-American civil rights activist.

Medinah f African American, African
Variant of Medina.

Meech m African American
Nickname for Demetrius.

Meeya f English (Modern, Rare), African American
Variant of Mia.

Meeyah f African American (Rare)
Variant of Mia.

Mehki m African American
Variant of Mekhi.

Mekele f African American (Rare)
From the name of the Ethiopian city, which is of uncertain meaning.

Mekelle f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Mekele. This is one of transliteration of the city (see Mekele).

Mekole f African American
Combination of Mekhi and Nikole.

Melaysia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Malaysia.

Melvinia f African American, Romani (Archaic)
Elaborated form of Melvina.

Memoire f & m African American, African
Variant of Memoir.

Meosha f African American (Rare)

Merkaba f African American

Meshae f African American (Modern, Rare)

Mesiah m African American
Variant of Messiah.

Metika f African American

Metta m African American (?)

Miamor f African American (Modern, Rare), American (Hispanic, Modern, Rare), Filipino (Modern, Rare)
From the Spanish phrase mi amor meaning "my love".

Miamore f African American (Modern, Rare), American (Hispanic, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Miamor.

Michae'l m & f African American (Rare)

Michel'le f Popular Culture, African American
Variant of Michelle.

Micholas m African American (Rare)
Rhyming variant of Nicholas influenced by Michael (also, see Nichael and Micole)... [more]

Micole f English (American, Rare), African American (Rare)
Possibly an Anglicized form of Italian Micol, or perhaps an invented name based on Nicole.

Miesha f African American
Variant of Maisha.

Mikia f African American (Modern, Rare)

Minnijean f American (South, Rare), African American (Rare)
Combination of Minnie and Jean 2. This is borne by Minnijean Brown-Trickey (1941-), who was one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine African-American teenagers who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional three years earlier... [more]

Minyon f African American (Rare)
Variant of Mignon.

Miqal m African American
African American variant of Michael

Miquisha f African American (Rare)
Combination of prefix mi with Quisha.

Miya f African American (Modern)
Variant of Maya 2.

Miyah f African American (Modern)
Variant of Maya 2.

Moeisha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Moesha.

Moesha f Popular Culture, African American (Modern), Jamaican Patois, Antillean Creole, South African
Invented name. It was used for the title character of the American television show Moesha (1996-2001), played by singer Brandy.

Monae f African American (Modern)
Variant of Monet.

Mo'Nay f African American (Modern)
Variant of Monet.

Mondrea f African American

Monea f African American (Modern, Rare)

Montel m African American
Means "little mountain".

Montero m African American
From Spanish surname Montero, used as the occupational name for a beater or other assistant at a hunt (typically in the mountains).... [more]

Montique m African American (Rare)

Montreal m English (Rare), African American
From the name of a Canadian city, whose name is a variant of "Mount Royal".

Montrel m African American
Variant of Montrell.

Montrell m African American

Montrezl m African American (Rare)
Variant of Montrez, which appears to be a blend of names such as Montrell and Cortéz... [more]

Montrice f & m African American (Rare)
Probably an invented name based on the sounds found in names such as Montrell and Patrice.

Motasha f African American (Rare)
Meaning unknown.

Muddy m English (Rare), African American
From the adjective used as a nickname for someone who is covered in mud. Famous bearers of this nickname ''Muddy'' include the American baseball player Muddy Ruel (1896-1963), and American singer and musician Muddy Waters (1913-1983).

Mufasa m Popular Culture, English (Modern, Rare), African American (Modern, Rare)
Name of a character in 'The Lion King' franchise, who is Scar's older brother, Sarabi's mate, Simba's father and Kiara and Kion's paternal grandfather and introduced as the King of the Pride Lands.

Myesha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Myisha.

Myiesha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Myisha.

Myika f African American
My mother's middle name was supposed to be this but spelt like Michael. So she change the spelling to this and now its mine.

Myisha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Rhyming variant of Aisha.

Mykia f African American (Modern, Rare)

Mykisha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the prefix my and Kisha.

Myrlita f African American (Rare)
Of unknown origin and meaning

Myrvinia f African American
Feminine variant of Mervin.

Na f African American

Nadari f African American (Rare)

Nadiyah f African American
Variant of Nadia 1.

Nafeesha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Nafisha.

Nafessa f African American
Variant of Nafisa.

Nahendra f African American

Naiah f African American

Naija f African American (Rare)
Variant of Nijah.

Naijah f African American (Rare)
Variant of Nijah.

Naiquan m African American (Modern, Rare)

Nairobe f African American
Variant of Nairobi.

Naiya f African American (Rare)
Variant of Nya.

Naiyah f African American (Rare)
Variant of Nya.

Naiyma f African American (Rare)
Likely a variant of Naima.

Najai f & m African American (Rare)
Variant of Najae.

Nakayla f African American (Modern, Rare)

Nakea f African American
Variant of Nakia.

Nakeeya f African American
Variant of Nakia.

Nakema f African American (Modern, Rare)

Nakendra f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the name prefix Na and the name Kendra.

Nakesha f African American
Variant of Nikeisha.

Nakeya f African American
Variant of Nakia.

Nakeyah f African American (Rare)
Variant of Nakia.

Nakia m & f Popular Culture, African American
Briefly charted on American popularity lists due to the short-lived television police drama series 'Nakia' (1974), which starred Robert Forster as a Navajo deputy sheriff, "who was often in conflict with his people's customs and white man's law"... [more]

Nakiah f African American (Modern)
Variant of Nakia.

Nakira f African American (Rare)

Nalah f African American
Variant of Nala.

Nalaya f African American

Namari m & f African American (Rare), South African
Combination of the sounds found in names such as Jamari, Amari and Kamari.

N'anya f African American (Modern)
African American name possibly taken from the Igbo word n'anya meaning "love".

Nanya m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of N'anya.

Narcato m African American

Nashay f African American
Name created with the prefix na and popular name Shay 1.

Nashon m African American (Rare)
Likely a variant of the biblical name Nahshon (perhaps via Naashon, the spelling used in the King James Version).