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Daija f African American (Modern)
Variant of Deja.

Danae f African American, English (American)
Combination of the phonetic elements da and nay.

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

D’asia f African American
Variant of DeAsia.

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

D'Atra f African American (Rare)
Variant of Deitra. D'Atra Hicks, born Deitra Cherelle Hicks (1967-) is an American actress and singer. Hicks is best known for her role as Jackie Simmons in Tyler Perry's 2002 stage play 'Madea's Family Reunion'.

Datra f African American (Rare)
Variant of D'Atra.

Dayja f African American (Modern)
Variant of Deja.

Deija f African American (Rare)
Variant of Deja.

Denay f African American (Rare)
Variant of Danaë or Denae.

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

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

Dohna f African American
Feminine form of Dohn

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

Donta m African American
Variant of Dontae.

Dyami m African American

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

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

Emani f African American
Variant of Imani.

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

Emoni f African American (?)
Variant of Imani.

Endia f African American

Endya f African American
Variant of Endija.

Fezco m African American (Rare)

Geneo m African American (Rare)
Meaning unknown.

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

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

Iisha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Aisha. Also see Iesha.

Imari f & m African American (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Amari influenced by Imani. This is also the name of a brand of perfume, which was introduced by Avon in 1985.

Imoni f African American, African
Variant of Imani.

Ivary f & m African American (Rare)

Ivery m & f African American (Rare)
Variant of Ivory or Avery.

Ixani m African American (Anglicized, Rare)

Iyana f African American (Modern)
Variant of Ayanna. This is a modern name; also compare the similar name Aniyah.

Jahai m African American (Rare, ?)
Meaning unknown or unclear. Middle name of the musician Jhariah (full name Jhariah Jahai Clare).

Jahru m African American

Jaire m African American (Modern)
Combination of prefix J- with common suffix -aire in the style of Zaire.

Jakai m & f African American (Modern)
Meaning uncertain, possibly an invented name combining the popular phonetic prefix ja and Kai 1, and perhaps influenced by names such as Jacques... [more]

Jakya f African American (Rare)

Jamia f African American
Possibly a feminine version of the name Jamie.

Jamya f African American (Modern)
Likely an invented name combining the popular phonetic elements ja, my and ya, and sharing a sound with other popular names such as Amaya, Kamiyah, Shamya and Janiyah... [more]

Janee f African American
Variant of Janae.

Jasai m African American
Meaning unknown. Its usage is likely influenced by the popularity of other names that start with ja, such as Jamari, Jakai, and Jasiah.

Jayco m African American (Modern, Rare)

Jazay f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements jaz and ay, or ja and zay, possibly influenced by names such as Janae and Jahzara.

Jazla f African American, American (Hispanic)

Jhace m African American (Rare)
Variant of Jace.

Jimia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Strictly feminine variant of Jimi.

J'Naia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Janaya or Janiyah.

Jo'Nae f African American
Combination of Jo, a short form of names such as Joanne, and the popular phonetic element nay... [more]

Jonte m & f African American (Modern)
Formed from Jon 2 and the common phonetic suffix tay, probably modelled on Donte.

Juane f & m Afrikaans, South American (Rare), African American

Kadia f African American
This name may be of Creole or European origin. In the case of a possible European origin it may have come from the Russian name Katya which is short for Ekaterina or Katerina.

Kalia f English (American, Modern), African American (Modern)
Variant of Kaliyah.

Kamia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Kamya.

Kamya f African American (Modern)
Variant of Kamiyah. It can be spelled Kamya or with a capitalized third letter as KaMya. It shares the same trendy sounds found in other names such as Amaya, Jamya, Shamya and Makiyah.

Karee f African American

Kawhi m African American (Rare)

Ke'asa f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ke'Asia.

Keasa f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ke'Asia.

Kecia f English, African American, Finnish
Now often seen as a variant of Keisha, but originally used in the USA and Canada because of Kecia Nyman, a fashion model born in Finland on January 17, 1941, who was featured on the cover of many North American fashion magazines in the 1960s.

Keeya f African American
Variant of Kia.

Keisa f African American

Kemya f African American (Rare)
Variant of Kamya.

Keona m & f Hawaiian, African American
Means "the attractive" in Hawaiian. Also a short form of other names beginning with Keona, such as Keonaona.

Keyia f African American
Variant of Kia.

Khari m African American (Rare)

Khiry m African American
Possibly a variant of Khayri. Also compare Kyrie 1. A known bearer of this name is American R&B singer Khiry Abdulsamad (1973-) of the band The Boys.

Kiami f African American
The girl who plays Lavender in the film "Matilda" is called KIAMI DAVAEL.

Kiani f African American (Modern, Rare), English (American)
Variant of Kiana 2.

Kiari f & m African American (Rare)
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Kiara/Ciara 1, Ciarán/Kiaran or Chiara... [more]

Kiffi f African American
Unknown.

Kinte m Literature, African American
This name was popularized in the USA in the late 1970s by the book and miniseries 'Roots' where it was the surname of the character Kunta Kinte.

Korva f African American (Rare)
Korva Coleman, NPR broadcaster

Kunta m Literature, African American (Rare)
This name was popularized in the USA in the late 1970s by the character Kunta Kinte in Alex Haley's historical novel 'Roots' (1976) and the subsequent television miniseries based on the book (1977).

Kwali m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kweli.

Kweli m Swahili (Rare), African American (Modern, Rare)
From Swahili kweli meaning "truth".

Kyale m African American
just my name

Kyana f Dutch, African American, English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Qiana as well as a feminine form of Kyan.

Kyire m African American
Variant of Kyrie 1

Kyomi f Japanese, African American (Modern)

Laava f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La combined with the name Ava 1.

Ladre m African American (Modern, Rare)
A combination of the popular prefix la and the name Dre.

Laiya f African American (Rare)
Variant of Leia.

Lalea f African American
Combination of Lea and the prefix La. It also coincides with the Romanian word lalea meaning "tulip".

Lamai f African American
Variant of Lamay.

LaRay m & f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular name elements la and ray. As a feminine name, it's also a variant of LaRae.... [more]

Lasha f African American
Variant of Lashay. In some cases it could be a modern name using the popular prefix la combined with the suffix sha, most likely influenced by Sasha... [more]

La'shy f African American (Modern, Rare)

LaTia f African American
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Tia.

Lavoy m African American

Leodé m African American

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

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

Makai m African American
Possibly a variant of Mekhi or Makaio

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

Makia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Mikia or Micaiah.

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

Mehki m African American
Variant of Mekhi.

Metta m African American (?)

Mikia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Invented name, possibly inspired by Mikki and Nikia. In the pronunciation /mɪ.'kaɪ.ə/, it may also be seen as a variant of Micaiah.

Monae f African American (Modern)
Variant of Monet.

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

Monea f African American (Modern, Rare)

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).

Myana f English (Modern, Rare), African American (Modern, Rare)
Either a variant of Myanna, a blend of Mya and Iyana or simply a combination of the popular phonetic elements my, ya and na.

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.

Mykia f African American (Modern, Rare)

Naija f African American (Rare)
Variant of Nijah.

Naiya f African American (Rare)
Variant of Nya.

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

Nakea f African American
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. Since then, it has been used as an African-American name (both femenine and masculine), interpreted as a combination of the phonetic elements na, kee and ya

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.

Navia f African American (Rare)
Meaning unknown. Name used by actress Navia Robinson.

N'digo f African American
Variant of Indigo.

Necie f English, African American
Diminutive of Bernice, Denise and other names containing the sound nees.

Neiko m & f African American (Rare)

Niaja f African American (Rare)
Variant of Nijah.

Niaya f African American (Rare)
Variant of Nya.

Niema f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Naima.

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

Nikia f & m African American (Modern)
Combination of the phonetic elements nee, kee and ya, inspired by Nikki and Nakia... [more]

Nyana f English (Rare), African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular phonetic elements ny, ya and na, perhaps modelled on Ayanna.

Nyema f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Naima.

Nyjae f African American (Rare)
Variant of Nijae.

Nykia f African American (Rare)
Variation of Nikia with the phonetic elements ny, kee and ya or possibly influenced by Nike.

Nyoka f Popular Culture, African American, Jamaican Patois
The name of a character from two 15-part movie serials in the early 1940s: Jungle Girl (1941) and Perils of Nyoka (1942). The serials were based on the novel Jungle Girl (1932) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, in which the titular character was named Fou-tan... [more]

Omeka f African American (Rare)

Ondre m African American
Variant Andre

Onika f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Anika 1.

Oshae m & f African American
Perhaps a variant of Oshea. This is borne by Oshae Brissett (1998-), a Canadian basketball player of Jamaican descent. A female bearer is American boxer Oshae Jones (1998-).

Oshay m African American
Transferred use of the surname Oshay.

Otisa f African American
A feminine form of Otis.

Penda f African American
From the Swahili verb kupenda "to love, to like, to be pleasant".

Peola f African American
Used in Fannie Hurst's novel Imitation of Life (1933) and its 1934 film adaptation, where it belongs to a young light-skinned African-American woman who decides to pass as white.

Qayla f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kayla influenced by Qiana.

Quame m Western African (Rare), African American (Rare)
Variant of Kwame.

Quana f African American
Variant of Quanna.

Quavo m African American (Modern, Rare)
Diminutive of Quavius or Quavious, a variant of Jaquavius. This is borne by the American rapper Quavo (1991-), whose full name is Quavious Keyate Marshall.

Quile f African American
Happiness

Revae f African American (Modern, Rare)

Rilya f African American

R'mani f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Armani.

Rykky f African American (Modern)
Variant of Rikki, Rykky Dorsey is a famous Tiktoker and Youtuber.

Sabti f African American

Sanai f African American
Variant of Sanaa.

Sanii f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sanaa.

Sashe f African American (Rare)
Variant of Sasha.

Savvy f American (Modern), African American
Means "shrewd, well-informed", from Tok Pisin (an English-based Creole) save or Nigerian Pidgin sabi, both meaning "to know". In some cases, it is a diminutive of Savannah.

Shané f African American, Afrikaans
Probably a variant spelling of Shanae.

Shani f African American, Swahili (?)
Allegedly means "wonder" in Swahili.

Sheka f African American
Variant spelling of Sheika.

Sheqi f African American
American English

Shiny m & f English, African American
From the English word shiny, meaning "glorious, shining, brightness".

Shuka m African American

Sokde m African American

Sonji f African American
Meaning unknown, possibly a form of Sophia. Sonji Roi was the name of the first wife of boxer Muhammad Ali.

Syrai f English (American), African American
Variant of Sarai or Sarah used by Brandy Norwood for her daughter, Sy'Rai Smith (2002—).

Xosha f African American (Rare)
Variant of the word Xhosa, the name of a ethnic group in southern Africa, which means "fierce" or "angry" in Khoisan languages. American actress Xosha Roquemore (born 1984) bears this name.

Yacko m African American, Northern African
Possible variant of Yaco.

Yomii f African American (Modern, Rare)
Meaning unknown; likely comes from the song of the same name by rapper Moneybagg Yo.

Yuana f African American (Anglicized, Modern)
Variant of Juana.

Zakai m English (American, Modern), African American (Modern)
Possibly a variant of Zakkai.

Zayla f English (Modern), African American (Modern)
Possibly an invented name formed using the phonetic elements zay and la, and sharing a sound with other popular names such as Kayla... [more]

Zeely f Literature, African American
Titular character of the 1967 children's novel 'Zeely,' by Virginia Hamilton.

Zeila f African American
Derived from Seylac, also called Zeila, town and port, extreme northwest Somalia, on the Gulf of Aden. Seylac also falls under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Somaliland (a self-declared independent state without international recognition that falls within the recognized borders of Somalia).

Zenee f African American, English (Modern, Rare)
Creation based on the name Renee.

Zhane m & f Popular Culture, English (Rare), African American (Modern)
Variant of Zane 1. This was the name of the Silver Ranger in the TV series 'Power Rangers in Space'.

Zhoee f African American
Variant of Zoe.

Zyana f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular phonetic elements zy (found in names such as Zion, Zyaire and Xylon), ya and na, perhaps modelled on Ayanna.

Zyona f African American (Rare)
Variant of Ziona.