Black Names, Meanings, and their History

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Aaniyah (ah-NEE-ya)

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yemeni arabian muslim female black african girl

aaniyah name meaning

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Akrsna (ahk-ruhs-nah)

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girl hindu indian female feminine baby black

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Angabhu (uhn-gah-boo)

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baby traditional gender-neutral tribal black african rare

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Anitra (ah-NEE-trah)

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feminine female german african-american english english-german european

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Aswad (aas-waad)

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pakistani pakistani-arabic black masculine boy arabic urdu-pakistani

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Breonna (bree-AWN-ah)

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unisex girl black christian english female english-american

breonna name meaning

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Daija (DYE-jah)

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black rare popular trendy african feminine contemporary

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Dark (dahrk)

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gothic black unisex baby english mysterious sinister

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Deshaun (duh-SHAWN)

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baby american-english english-french boy american given french-english

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Ebonii (ee-BOH-nee)

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english-american black english contemporary african american-english baby

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Ebony (EB-uh-nee)

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american english african american-english english-american gender-neutral baby

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Elayne (ee-layne)

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mexican-chinese turkish-irish irish-american portuguese-vietnamese korean-brazilian japanese-persian indian-portuguese

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