Native American Names

The names listed here are or were used by the various indigenous peoples who inhabited North and South America.

AHTAHKAKOOP   m   Native American
Means "star blanket" in Cree... [more]

AILEN   f   Native American
Variant of AYLEN

ANTIMAN   m   Native American
Means "condor of the sun" in Mapuche.

ANTINANCO   m   Native American
Means "eagle of the sun" in Mapuche.

APUTSIAQ   m   Native American
Means "snowflake" in Greenlandic.

AQISSIAQ   m   Native American
From the Greenlandic word for a type of bird.

AUCAMAN   m   Native American
Means "wild condor" in Mapuche.

ÂVIÂJA   f   Native American
Means "cousin" in Greenlandic.

AYELEN   f   Native American
Variant of AYLEN

AYLEN   f   Native American
Possibly means either "happiness" or "clear" in Mapuche.

CALFURAY   f   Native American
Means "violet (flower)" in Mapuche.

CATAHECASSA   m   Native American
Means "black hoof" in Shawnee... [more]

CITLALI   f & m   Native American
Means "star" in Nahuatl.

COWESSESS   m   Native American
Means "little child" in Ojibwa... [more]

CUAUHTÉMOC   m   Native American
Means "falling eagle" in Nahuatl... [more]

GOYATHLAY   m   Native American
Means "one who yawns" in Apache... [more]

HIAWATHA   m   History, Native American
From the Iroquoian name Haio-went-ha meaning "he who combs"... [more]

HOKOLESQUA   m   Native American
Means "cornstalk" in Shawnee... [more]

ISI   m & f   Native American
Means "deer" in Choctaw.

ITZEL   f   Native American
Possibly a variant of IXCHEL

KANEONUSKATEW   m   Native American
Means "one that walks on four claws" in Cree... [more]

KAWACATOOSE   m   Native American
Means "poor man" or "lean man" in Cree... [more]

KISECAWCHUCK   m   Native American
Means "daystar" in Cree. This was the name of a 19th-century Cree chief.

LALAWETHIKA   m   Native American
Means "he makes noise" in Shawnee... [more]

MAIARA   f   Native American
Means "wise" in Tupi.

MAQUINNA   m   Native American
Meaning unknown, of Nuu-chah-nulth (also known as Nootka) origin... [more]

METHOATASKE   f   Native American
Means "turtle laying its eggs" in Shawnee.

MILLARAY   f   Native American
Means "golden flower" in Mapuche.

MOEMA   f   Native American
Means "sweet" in Tupi.

MUSCOWEQUAN   m   Native American
Means "hard quill" in Cree. This was the name of a 19th-century Cree chief.

NAHUEL   m   Native American
Means "jaguar" in Mapuche.

NAIRA   f   Native American
Means "big eyes" in Quechua and Aymara.

NANOOK   m   Native American
Variant of NANUQ... [more]

NANUK   m   Native American
Variant of NANUQ

NANUQ   m   Native American
Means "polar bear" in Inuktitut.

NAYELI   f   Native American
Means "I love you" in the Zapotec language.

NINA (3)   f   Native American
Means "fire" in Quechua.

NITA (2)   f   Native American
Means "bear" in Choctaw.

NIVIARSIAQ   f   Native American
Means "girl" in Greenlandic... [more]

NIZHONI   f   Native American
Means "beautiful" in Navajo.

NUKA   m & f   Native American
Means "younger sibling" in Greenlandic.

PILOQUTINNGUAQ   f   Native American
Means "little leaf" in Greenlandic.

PIPALUK   f   Native American
Means "nurse" in Greenlandic.

POCAHONTAS   f   History, Native American
Means "she is playful" in Algonquin... [more]

QILLAQ   m   Native American
Means "seal hide" in Greenlandic.

QUANAH   m   Native American
Means "fragrant" in the Comanche language... [more]

QUIDEL   m   Native American
Means "burning torch" in Mapuche.

RAYEN   f   Native American, Spanish
Means "flower" in Mapuche.

SACAGAWEA   f   Native American
Probably from Hidatsa tsakáka wía meaning "bird woman"... [more]

SACNITE   f   Native American
Means "white flower" in Mayan.

SAQUI   f   Native American
Means "favourite" in Mapuche.

SAYEN   f   Native American
Means "sweet, lovely" in Mapuche.

SHIKOBA   m & f   Native American
Means "feather" in Choctaw.

SISSINNGUAQ   f   Native American
Means "squirrel" in Greenlandic.

TAMAYA   f   Native American
Means "in the center" in Quechua.

TECUMSEH   m   Native American
Means "panther passing across" in Shawnee... [more]

TENSKWATAWA   m   Native American
Means "open door" in Shawnee... [more]

TIRIAQ   m   Native American
Means "ermine" in Inuktitut.

TUPAARNAQ   f   Native American
Means "wild thyme" in Greenlandic.

UJARAK   m   Native American
Means "rock" in Inuktitut.

UKALEQ   f   Native American
Means "hare" in Greenlandic.

ULLORIAQ   f   Native American
Means "star" in Greenlandic.

WAPASHA   m   Native American
Means "red leaf" in the Dakota language... [more]

WAYNA   m   Native American
Means "young" in Quechua.

WAYRA   m   Native American
Means "wind" in Quechua.

WICKANINNISH   m   Native American
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
Means "firstborn daughter" in the Dakota language... [more]

XOCHITL   f   Native American, Spanish
Means "flower" in Nahuatl.

ZYANYA   f   Native American
Means "forever, always" in Nahuatl.