There are 41 Black names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Black names 1 to 20. Adrian was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #56 and a usage of 0.365%. The name is primarily used in English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian, and it was followed in popularity by the English Cole, Blake, Colton, the English and Irish Devin, Donovan, the English Colby, and the English and Scottish name, Douglas. The unusual Black names are Aswad, Branduff, Carran (English), Ciar (Irish), Colley (English), Dougal (Irish, Scottish, and English), Doyle (English and Irish), Duane (English and Irish), Dubhdara (Irish), Duff (Scottish), Dunham (English), and Ebony (English). Black names are popular baby names for boys. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 1900s; prior to that, they were of only occasional use. At the recent height of their usage in 2008, 2.200% of baby boys were given Black names. There were 18 Black names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2008, within all Black names, the English Elijah was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #22 and a usage of 0.6042%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: Adrian  56 | man from Hadria; dark ... from the Latin 'ater' (black) ... |
| Aswad | black ...Aswad's meaning is 'black'. ... |
Blake  90 | dark; fair ... Old English 'blaec' (black) and 'blac' (pale, ... |
| Branduff | the black raven ...Branduff is of the meaning the black raven. ... |
| Carran | son of Ciarán, son of the little dark one ... which is of the meaning black ... |
| Ciar | dark one, dark-haired ... element 'ciar' meaning black. ... |
Colby  273 | coal town, Cola's town, ... 'kol' meaning coal, black ; 'býr' meaning ... |
Cole  84 | black; he who cares ... English 'kol' (coal, black) in reference to one ... |
| Colley | swarthy, black-haired ... of the meaning swarthy, black-haired. ... |
Colton  98 | coal town, Cola's town, ... 'kol' meaning coal, black ; 'tun' meaning town, ... |
Devin  109 | poet; fawn; little dark one ... ; 'dubh' meaning dark, black ... |
Donovan  214 | descendant of Donndubhán, ... and dubh ('dark, black') and it could have ... |
| Dougal | dark stranger; the dark stranger's son ...Derived from dubh 'dark, black' ; gall 'stranger' ... |
Douglas  424 | dark river ... dubh which means 'dark, black' ; glais which means ... |
Doyle  | descendant of Dubhghall, ... elements dubh ('dark, black') and gall ... |
Duane  | little dark one, descendant ... element 'dubh' (dark, black) and a diminutive ... |
| Dubhdara | black oak ...The name is of the meaning 'black oak' ... |
| Duff | dark, black ... element dubh ('dark, black'). ... |
| Dunham | dark or black man ...The name is of the meaning dark or black man. ... |
| Ebony | ebony ... ; 'ebenius' meaning black wood ; 'ebenos' meaning ... |
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