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Native American Feminine Names

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

AILEN   f   Native American
Variant of AYLEN

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.

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

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

ITZEL   f   Native American
Possibly a variant of IXCHEL

MAIARA   f   Native American
Means "wise" in Tupi.

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.

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

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]

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.

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

UKALEQ   f   Native American
Means "hare" in Greenlandic.

ULLORIAQ   f   Native American
Means "star" in Greenlandic.

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.

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