African American Submitted Names

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.

DeArcy m & f African American (Rare)
Variant of Darcy.

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.

Deiondra f African American (Rare)
Variant of Deondra.

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).

Dejaun m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of DeJuan.

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.

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]

Demarious m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Demarius.

Demarius m African American (Rare)
Variant of Damarius.

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 1.

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 or Denae.

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.

Denico m African American (Modern, Rare)
Masculine form of Denica.

Deniqua f African American (Rare)
Variant of Daniqua.

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.

Deondra f & m African American
Feminine or variant form of Deon, possibly influenced by DeAndre or Kendra.

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.

Deonna f English (American), African American
Variant of Deonne or Deanna, or possibly a variant of Diana reflecting the Spanish pronunciation.

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.

Dequavion m African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Dequan with the phonetic element vion.

Dequavious m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dequavius.

Dequavius m African American (Modern, Rare)
Invented name, probably based on Dequan and Octavius.

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 (Rare)
Borne by American former college football quarterback D'Eriq King (1997-).

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 (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Deshawna.

Deshawna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Deshawn.

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.

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

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)

Devaughn m African American (Modern)
Variant of Davon, the spelling influenced by that of Vaughn. This name can be spelled Devaughn or DeVaughn.

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.

Dey'lon m African American, English
Variant of Daylon.

Deyon m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Deion.

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

Diallo m African American

Diamon f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Diamond.

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 (Rare)
Variant of Deondra.

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.

Dondré m African American
Variant of Dondre

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 2.

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.

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.

Dymon f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dymond.

Dymond f African American (Modern)
Variant of Diamond.

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.

Dyshawn m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the prefix dy and Shawn (see also Dayshawn and Dashawn).

Earscell f African American

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

Ebonee f African American
Variant of Ebony.

Ebonie f English, 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"

Eftikhar m & f African American

Eimaj f African American (Modern, Rare)
The name Jamie spelled backwards.