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Native American Names

These names are or were used by the various indigenous peoples who inhabited North and South America.
There are 69 names matching your criteria.

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.
ÂVIÂJA   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.
COWESSESS   m   Native American, Ojibwe
Means "little child" in Ojibwe... [more]
CUAUHTÉMOC   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, Tupí
Means "wise" in Tupí.
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, Tupí
Means "sweet" in Tupí.
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
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 tsakáka wía 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
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.
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