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These names are or were used by the various indigenous peoples who inhabited North and
South America.
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AHTAHKAKOOP m Native American, Cree
Means "star blanket" in Cree... [more]
AILEN f Native American, Mapuche
Variant of AYLEN
ANTIMAN m Native American, Mapuche
Means "condor of the sun" in Mapuche.
ANTINANCO m Native American, Mapuche
Means "eagle of the sun" in Mapuche.
APUTSIAQ m Native American, Greenlandic
Means "snowflake" in Greenlandic.
AQISSIAQ m Native American, Greenlandic
From the Greenlandic word for a type of bird.
AUCAMAN m Native American, Mapuche
Means "wild condor" in Mapuche.
VIJA f Native American, Greenlandic
Means "cousin" in Greenlandic.
AYELEN f Native American, Mapuche
Variant of AYLEN
AYLEN f Native American, Mapuche
Possibly means either "happiness" or "clear" in Mapuche.
CALFURAY f Native American, Mapuche
Means "violet (flower)" in Mapuche.
CATAHECASSA m Native American, Shawnee
Means "black hoof" in Shawnee... [more]
CITLALI f & m Native American, Nahuatl
Means "star" in Nahuatl.
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COWESSESS m Native American, Ojibwe
Means "little child" in Ojibwe... [more]
CUAUHTMOC m Native American, Nahuatl
Means "falling eagle" in Nahuatl... [more]
GOYATHLAY m Native American, Apache
Means "one who yawns" in Apache... [more]
HIAWATHA m History, Native American, Iroquois
From the Iroquoian name Haio-went-ha meaning "he who combs"...
[more]
HOKOLESQUA m Native American, Shawnee
Means "cornstalk" in Shawnee... [more]
ISI m & f Native American, Choctaw
Means "deer" in Choctaw.
ITZEL f Native American, Mayan
Possibly a variant of IXCHEL
KANEONUSKATEW m Native American, Cree
Means "one that walks on four claws" in Cree... [more]
KAWACATOOSE m Native American, Cree
Means "poor man" or "lean man" in Cree... [more]
KISECAWCHUCK m Native American, Cree
Means "daystar" in Cree. This was the name of a 19th-century Cree
chief.
LALAWETHIKA m Native American, Shawnee
Means "he makes noise" in Shawnee... [more]
MAIARA f Native American, Tup
Means "wise" in Tup.
MAQUINNA m Native American, Nuu-chah-nulth
Meaning unknown, of Nuu-chah-nulth (also known as Nootka) origin...
[more]
METHOATASKE f Native American, Shawnee
Means "turtle laying its eggs" in Shawnee.
MILLARAY f Native American, Mapuche
Means "golden flower" in Mapuche.
MOEMA f Native American, Tup
Means "sweet" in Tup.
MUSCOWEQUAN m Native American, Cree
Means "hard quill" in Cree. This was the name of a 19th-century Cree
chief.
NAHUEL m Native American, Mapuche
Means "jaguar" in Mapuche.
NAIRA f Native American, Quechua, Aymara
Means "big eyes" in Quechua and Aymara.
NANOOK m Native American, Inuit
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Variant of NANUQ... [more]
NANUK m Native American, Inuit
Variant of NANUQ
NANUQ m Native American, Inuit
Means "polar bear" in Inuktitut.
NAYELI f Native American, Zapotec
Means "I love you" in the Zapotec language.
NINA (3) f Native American, Quechua
Means "fire" in Quechua.
NITA (2) f Native American, Choctaw
Means "bear" in Choctaw.
NIVIARSIAQ f Native American, Greenlandic
Means "girl" in Greenlandic... [more]
NIZHONI f Native American, Navajo
Means "beautiful" in Navajo.
NUKA m & f Native American, Greenlandic
Means "younger sibling" in Greenlandic.
PILOQUTINNGUAQ f Native American, Greenlandic
Means "little leaf" in Greenlandic.
PIPALUK f Native American, Greenlandic
Means "nurse" in Greenlandic.
POCAHONTAS f History, Native American, Algonquin
Means "she is playful" in Algonquin... [more]
QILLAQ m Native American, Greenlandic
Means "seal hide" in Greenlandic.
QUANAH m Native American, Comanche
Means "fragrant" in the Comanche language... [more]
QUIDEL m Native American, Mapuche
Means "burning torch" in Mapuche.
RAYEN f Native American, Mapuche, Spanish (Latin American)
Means "flower" in Mapuche.
SACAGAWEA f Native American
Probably from Hidatsa tsakka wa meaning "bird woman"... [more]
SACNITE f Native American, Mayan
Means "white flower" in Mayan.
SAQUI f Native American, Mapuche
Means "favourite" in Mapuche.
SAYEN f Native American, Mapuche
Means "sweet, lovely" in Mapuche.
SHIKOBA m & f Native American, Choctaw
Means "feather" in Choctaw.
SISSINNGUAQ f Native American, Greenlandic
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Means "squirrel" in Greenlandic.
TAMAYA f Native American, Quechua
Means "in the center" in Quechua.
TECUMSEH m Native American, Shawnee
Means "panther passing across" in Shawnee... [more]
TENSKWATAWA m Native American, Shawnee
Means "open door" in Shawnee... [more]
TIRIAQ m Native American, Inuit
Means "ermine" in Inuktitut.
TUPAARNAQ f Native American, Greenlandic
Means "wild thyme" in Greenlandic.
UJARAK m Native American, Inuit
Means "rock" in Inuktitut.
UKALEQ f Native American, Greenlandic
Means "hare" in Greenlandic.
ULLORIAQ f Native American, Greenlandic
Means "star" in Greenlandic.
WAPASHA m Native American, Sioux
Means "red leaf" in the Dakota language... [more]
WAYNA m Native American, Quechua
Means "young" in Quechua.
WAYRA m Native American, Quechua
Means "wind" in Quechua.
WICKANINNISH m Native American, Nuu-chah-nulth
Possibly means "having no one in front of him in the canoe" in the
Nuu-chah-nulth (or Nootka) language... [more]
WINONA f English, Native American, Sioux
Means "firstborn daughter" in the Dakota language... [more]
XOCHITL f Native American, Nahuatl, Spanish (Latin American)
Means "flower" in Nahuatl.
ZYANYA f Native American, Zapotec
Means "forever, always" in Zapotec.