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Name Wynema
Gender Feminine
Other Forms FormsWinema
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

Used by S. Alice Callahan for the heroine of 'Wynema: A Child of the Forest' (1891), the first novel written by a Native American woman. Callahan was one-sixteenth Muscogee (Creek), but it is unknown if this name was commonly used in the Creek tribe or if she invented it for use in her book.

The name is also used by Native Americans belonging to the following nations: Caddo, Modoc, and Omaha.
Added 1/22/2015 by anonymous