List of African-American Names and Possible Variant Spellings
Following is a list of the names of enslaved African Americans seen in Liberty County court records and possible variant spellings, for use in constructing search queries for this site. One method for using this list is to type Ctrl-f, then type the version of the name you have into the search blank that pops up and press “enter.” This should take you to any line containing that spelling, which may give you other spellings.
| Aaron | |
| Abbey | Abby |
| Abe | Abraham |
| Aberdeen | |
| Abigail | |
| Abner | |
| Abraham | Abe |
| Abram | Bram |
| Absalom | |
| Adam | Addam |
| Addison | |
| Adeline | Adaline |
| Affee | Affey, Affy, Affie |
| Agnes | Aggy |
| Agrippa | Grippa |
| Albert | |
| Aleck | Alic, Alleck, Ellick |
| Alex | |
| Alford | |
| Alfred | Alphred |
| Alice | |
| Alissa | Lissa, Lyssa |
| Alleck | Ellick |
| Allen | |
| Alley | Ally |
| Almira | Elmira |
| Alphonso | |
| Amanda | |
| Amarintha | |
| Amaritta | Ameritta |
| Amelia | |
| Amey | Amy |
| Aminty | |
| Amos | |
| Anabel | |
| Andrew | |
| Angeline | Angaline, Agelina |
| Ann | |
| Anna | |
| Anne | |
| Annetta | |
| Annette | Annett, Annetta |
| Annie | |
| Anthony | Antoney, Anthoney, Anthoney |
| April | |
| Arandan | |
| Archy | |
| Arrington | |
| Arthur | |
| August | |
| Augustus | |
| Austin | |
| Bacchus | Baccus |
| Balaam | |
| Balinda | Belinda |
| Bama | |
| Barak | Barrick, Barack, Barrack |
| Barbary | |
| Baron | |
| Bartholomew | |
| Bartos | |
| Bathus | |
| Battesca | |
| Battice | Battees, Batteece, Battiece |
| Battus | |
| Becca | Becka |
| Beck | |
| Becky | Beckey |
| Belfast | |
| Bella | Bellah |
| Bellar ? | |
| Belle | |
| Benjamin | Ben |
| Bess | |
| Betsey | Betsy |
| Bett | |
| Betty | Bettey |
| Beulah | Bulah |
| Bill | Billy, Billey |
| Bina | Binah |
| Binkey | |
| Bob | |
| Bobby | |
| Bode | |
| Bonapart | |
| Booby | |
| Boston | |
| Bounty | |
| Bram | Abram |
| Brister | Bristor |
| Bristol | |
| Bruto | |
| Brutus | |
| Buck | |
| Bunch | |
| Burgo | |
| Cadmus | |
| Caesar | Ceasar, Cesar |
| Cain | |
| Cain (Driver) | Cane, Came |
| Caleb | |
| Candace | Candis, Candice |
| Carolina | Caroline |
| Caron | |
| Cassandra | Cassander |
| Cassius | Cashus |
| Cate | Kate |
| Catherina | |
| Catherine | Catharena, Catherina, Catrina |
| Cato | |
| Caty | Katy |
| Celia | Celie, Celea |
| Century | |
| Cephas | Siphas |
| Champ | |
| Champion | |
| Chaney | |
| Charity | |
| Charles | Charley, Charly |
| Charlotte | Charlot, Charlott |
| Charly | |
| Chatham | |
| Cherry | |
| Chessor | Chesser |
| China | |
| Chittis (?) | |
| Chloe | Cloe, Cloy |
| Chona (??) | |
| Christina | |
| Cicero | |
| Cilla | Cillah, Scilla |
| Cinda | Scinda, Cinder |
| Cinder | Cinda |
| Clara | |
| Clarinda | |
| Clarissa | Clarrissa |
| Clarra | Clara |
| Clayton | |
| Clem | |
| Clementina | |
| Coco | |
| Columbus | |
| Cook | |
| Cooter | Cuter |
| Cora | Corah |
| Cormus | |
| Cornelia | |
| Cornelius | |
| Cracker | |
| Crawford | |
| Creamen ? | |
| Cretia | Cresha, Cressia |
| Cudjo | Cudjoe |
| Cuff | Cuffee, Cuffy |
| Culy | |
| Cumba | |
| Cupid | Cupt |
| Cyfax | Cyphax, Syphax |
| Cyrus | Cyris, Syrus |
| Czar | |
| Dafney | Daphne, Daphney |
| Daniel | |
| Daphne | Dafney |
| Darky | |
| David | |
| Debby | Debbie |
| December | Decimber |
| Delia | Deliah |
| Dembo | |
| Dennis | |
| Derry | |
| Diana | Dianah, Dianna, Diannah, Dianne |
| Dick | |
| Die | Dye |
| Dinah | |
| Diner | |
| Dispatch | |
| Doctor | |
| Doll | |
| Donam | |
| Dorah | |
| Dorcas | |
| Dove (?) | |
| Drusilla | Druscilla |
| Dublin | |
| Dublin | |
| Duffy | |
| Dydimus | |
| Dye | Die |
| Eadia | Eady, Edy, Edie |
| Easter | |
| Edmund | Edmond |
| Edward | |
| Edwin | |
| Elcy | Elsy, Elsey |
| Elen | |
| Elenor | Elinor, Eleanor |
| Elick | Alick, Alleck, Alec, Ellick |
| Elitha | |
| Eliza | |
| Elizabeth | |
| Ella | |
| Ellen | |
| Elliott | |
| Elsey | Elcy, Elsy |
| Elvina | |
| Elvira | |
| Emeline | Emmeline |
| Emily | |
| Emma | |
| Enoch | |
| Ephraim | |
| Esau | |
| Esther | |
| Eva | |
| Evans | |
| Eve | |
| Fancy | |
| Fannie | Fanny |
| Farmer | |
| Fay | |
| Felix | Phellix |
| Ferdinand | |
| Fillis | Phillis |
| Flander | Flanders |
| Flora | Florah |
| Florinda | |
| Floyd | |
| Fortune | |
| France | |
| Frances | |
| Francis | |
| Frank | |
| Friday | |
| Gamboe | |
| Gabriel | Gabrael |
| Garrison | |
| General | |
| Genny | Jenny, Jeny |
| George | |
| Georgia | |
| Georgiana | Georgia Ann, Georgiann |
| Gibb | |
| Gilbert | |
| Giles | |
| Ginney | Jenny, Jeny, Genny |
| Gosport | |
| Grace | |
| Green | |
| Grippa | Agrippa |
| Gritta | |
| Guinea | |
| Hagar | |
| Halbrook | Holbrook |
| Hamlet | Hamlett |
| Handy | |
| Hannah | Hanna |
| Hannibal | Hanibal |
| Hardtimes | |
| Harriet | Hariet, Hariot, Harriet |
| Harrold | Harold |
| Harry | Hary |
| Hartwell | |
| Hary | Harry |
| Hastings | Hasting |
| Hector | |
| Helen | Hellen |
| Henrietta | |
| Henry | |
| Hercules | Harculas, Hurcules |
| Hessy | |
| Hester | |
| Hetty | |
| Hillington | |
| Holly | |
| Horace | |
| Hosea | |
| Hucky | |
| Ida | |
| Irene | |
| Isaac | |
| Isabel | |
| Isabella | |
| Isaiah | |
| Ishmael | |
| Israel | |
| Jack | |
| Jack | |
| Jackson | |
| Jacky | |
| Jacob | |
| Jain | |
| Jalbo | |
| James | |
| Jane | |
| January | |
| Janus | |
| Jean | |
| Jemima | Jamima |
| Jemmie | Jemima |
| Jennette | |
| Jenny | Genny |
| Jerry | |
| Jesse | |
| Jim | |
| Jimmy | |
| Joan | |
| Joanna | |
| Joe | |
| John | |
| Johney | |
| Johnson | |
| Jonas | |
| Joseph | |
| Josephine | |
| Josey | |
| Joshua | |
| Josiah | |
| Juba | |
| Jude | |
| Judith | |
| Judson | |
| Judy | |
| Julia | |
| Julia Ann | |
| Julian | |
| July | |
| June | |
| Junius | |
| Juno | |
| Jupiter | |
| Kate | Cate |
| Katy | Catie |
| Keziah | |
| Kifee | Kissee |
| Kit | |
| Kneller | |
| Kudy | |
| Lafayyette | |
| Lancaster | |
| Laura | |
| Laurence | |
| Lavinia | Laviniah, Levenia, Livinia, Livenia |
| Lawrence | Lawrance |
| Lazarus | |
| Leah | |
| Leander | |
| Leonard | |
| Letitia | |
| Lettice | |
| Letty | |
| Levi | |
| Lewis | |
| Lewiser | |
| Liddy | |
| Lilla | |
| Lily | Lilly |
| Limerick | |
| Linda | Lindy |
| Lindy | Linda |
| Lirby | |
| Lissey | |
| Litha | Elitha, Elizia |
| Liverpool | |
| Livia | |
| Lizzie | Lizzy |
| Logan | |
| London | |
| Lora | Laura |
| Louis | |
| Louisa | Louissa |
| Lucey | Lucy |
| Lucien | |
| Lucilla | |
| Lucinda | |
| Luck | |
| Lucretia | |
| Lucy | Lucey |
| Luis | |
| Luke | |
| Lydia | |
| Lymus | |
| Lyssy | Lizzy |
| Lyzzy | Lizzy |
| Mack | |
| Madelaine | Madelane |
| Madison | |
| Mag | |
| Major | |
| Malbis | |
| Malboro | Malborough, Marlboro, Marlborough |
| Mally | Mallie, Melley |
| Malvina | |
| Manan (?) | |
| Mara | Maza |
| March | |
| Margaret | |
| Maria | Mariah, Marriah, Murriah |
| Mariam | |
| Marlboro | Malboro, Marlborough |
| Marsha | |
| Marshall | |
| Martha | |
| Martia | |
| Mary | |
| Mary Ann | |
| Matilda | |
| Matty | Mattie |
| Maurice | maybe Morris, Morice |
| May | |
| Maza | Mara |
| Mazer | |
| Melia | Amelia, Mally, Mallie, Melley |
| Melissa | |
| Mentor | |
| Meshech | |
| Middy | |
| Mike | |
| Miley | Milley, Milly, Mily, Mille |
| Milton | |
| Mina | |
| Minda | |
| Minder | |
| Minervah | |
| Mingo | |
| Minty | |
| Moll | |
| Molly | |
| Monday | |
| Monk | |
| Morice | Maurice |
| Morning | |
| Morris | |
| Moses | |
| Muner ? | |
| Murriah | |
| Myra | |
| Nan | |
| Nancy | Nancey (and check Nanny) |
| Nanny | Nanney, Nany (and check Nancy) |
| Nat | |
| Ned | |
| Neddy ?? | |
| Negah | |
| Neger | Niger |
| Nelly | |
| Nelson | |
| Nero | |
| Newton | |
| Niger | Neger |
| Nimrod | Nimrood |
| Nippia | Nippy |
| November | |
| Orange | |
| Oscar | |
| Owen | |
| Paris | Parres |
| Patience | |
| Patsy | Patsey |
| Patty | |
| Paul | |
| Pegg | Peg |
| Peggy | |
| Penah | |
| Pender | |
| Penta | |
| Peny | |
| Perry | Pery |
| Peter | |
| Pharaoh | |
| Phebe | Phoebe, Phebee, Pheby, Phoby, Feby |
| Phebus | |
| Philip | Phillip |
| Phillida | |
| Philliday | |
| Phillis | Philis, Phillice, Filis, Fillis, Phyllis |
| Phoby | |
| Phoebe | see Phebe |
| Plato | |
| Plenty | |
| Pluto | |
| Plymouth | |
| Polidore | Polydore |
| Pollux | |
| Polly | |
| Pollydore | Polidore |
| Polydore | Poladore, Polidore |
| Pompey | Pompy |
| Porter | |
| Porteus ? | |
| Posey | |
| Priam | |
| Pricilla | Priscilla, Prisilla |
| Prime | [check Primos] |
| Primos | Primus, Primas |
| Prince | |
| Princess | |
| Pulaski | Polaski |
| Pussey | Pussy |
| Quash | |
| Quetta | |
| Rachel | Rachael |
| Rakey | Raka, Raky, Raca |
| Raksy (?) | |
| Ranchy | Renchie, Renchy |
| Rebecca | Rebeca |
| Redriff | |
| Renchy | Ranchy, Renchie |
| Reuben | |
| Rhina | Rina, Rinah, Rhinah [also check Bina and Binah] |
| Richard | |
| Richmond | |
| Rindy (?) | |
| Ritta | Retta, Rhitta, Rhetta |
| Ritter | probably Ritta |
| Robbin | Robin |
| Robert | |
| Robin | Robbin |
| Robinson | |
| Roky | |
| Romeo | |
| Rosa | Rose |
| Rosanna | Rosana |
| Rose | Rosa |
| Rosella | |
| Rosena | |
| Rosetta | |
| Rosey | Rosy, Rose, Rosa |
| Rosina | Rosine |
| Roxanna | |
| Rulah | |
| Russel | |
| Ruth | |
| Sabina | |
| Sal | |
| Salenah | Salina, Salenah |
| Sally | Sallie |
| Sam | |
| Sambo | |
| Sammy | |
| Sampson | |
| Samson | |
| Samuel | |
| Sancho | |
| Sandy | |
| Sapho | Sappho |
| Sarah | |
| Sarah Ann | |
| Sarena | Sarina |
| Sary | Sairy |
| Sary | Sari |
| Satira | |
| Saul | |
| Scina ?? | |
| Scinda ?? | probably Cinda |
| Scipio | Scippio |
| Scylla | Cilla, Cella, Silla, Sylla |
| Seaborn | |
| Selina | Salina, Salinah |
| Semmer | |
| September | |
| Serena | |
| Shadrach | |
| Sharper | |
| Sheba | |
| Shem | |
| Sibby | Sibbi, Siby |
| Silla | Sillah, Cilla, Psylla, Sylla |
| Siller | probably Silla |
| Silva | [check Sylvia, Silvia] |
| Silvey | Silvy |
| Silvia | Sylvia |
| Sim | |
| Simeon | |
| Simon | |
| Sina | Sinah, Siny |
| Siner | probably Sina |
| Sippero | probably Cippero |
| Sloomy | |
| Smart | |
| Sofey | Sophy, Sophie |
| Solomon | Soloman |
| Sophia | Sofia |
| Sophy | Sofy |
| Stafford | |
| Staffy | |
| Starling | |
| Stephen | Steven |
| Stepney | |
| Steven | Stephen |
| Subina | Sabina |
| Suckey | Sukey, Sucky |
| Sue | |
| Sulphur | |
| Susan | |
| Susannah | |
| Suzy | |
| Sylva | |
| Sylvey | |
| Sylvia | |
| Tamar | |
| Tamerlane | |
| Tarter | |
| Taymour | |
| Taytor | |
| Tena | Tina, Tenah, Tener |
| Tennessee | |
| Tenor | Tener, Tena |
| Theresa | |
| Thomas | |
| Tilla | |
| Tim | |
| Tira | Tirah, Tyra, Tyrah |
| Titus | |
| Toby | |
| Tom | |
| Toney | Tony |
| Tony | Toney |
| Tresa | Teresa |
| Tyone | |
| Tyra | Tyrah, Tira |
| Tyrone | |
| Valin (?) | |
| Venice | |
| Venus | |
| Vermont | |
| Victoria | |
| Violet | Vilot |
| Walker | |
| Walley | Wally |
| Warwick | |
| Washington | Washinton |
| Wesly | Wesley |
| Wilcher | |
| Will | |
| William | |
| Willie | Willy |
| Willoby | Willoughby |
| Willy | Willie |
| Windsor | |
| Winter | |
| Worick | Warwick |
| Wrenchy | Renchie, Rency |
| York | |
| Zet | Zett |
| Zipporah |