This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is Greenlandic.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Ikila m GreenlandicDerived from the Greenlandic word
iikkuluk meaning "how sweet you are".
Ilasiaq m Greenlandic, Inuit MythologyMeans "a companion acquired (through magic)" in Greenlandic. This occurs in a legend from the Upernavik region of northern Greenland.
Ilsiaĸ m GreenlandicMeans "child acquired through magic". This is the name of a character in a legend from Greenland's Upernavik region.
Imeraarsuk m GreenlandicSaid to mean "nice little water", derived from Greenlandic
imeq "water" (cf.
Imi) and a diminutive suffix.
Imîna m GreenlandicPossibly combined with Greenlandic
imiit "scoop, bailer, mug or chalice" and
-na (Greenlandic suffix indicating a personal name).
Imínguaĸ f & m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "sweet little water". Combination of
Ime and
-nnguaq "sweet, dear".
Ineĸunâĸ f & m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "handsome", "beautiful", "sweet", "attractive" (variant form of
Ineĸo).
Ínisaĸ m GreenlandicEither a variant of
Ínarik or means "one who was given life through the aid of
innersuit (the fire beings; helper spirits)". According to legends a powerful shaman could mention this name in the ear of a deceased person and they would come back to life.
Inûjuk m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "the one who lives", "the living one", "the youth", "the one who wishes to live". In the legend about Pakaasi and his family an extremely old woman was called Inûjuk.
Iñuksuk m Yupik, Greenlandic, InuitMeans "that which acts in the capacity of a human" in Inuktitut. An inuksuk is a human-made stone landmark, used as a point of navigation and reference in the Arctic circle, where few natural landmarks exist.
Inumineĸ m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning 'little bit of man', combination of
Inuk and -mineq. Also meaning 'Greenlandic food'.
Inûteĸ m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "human in one's possession" or "my human being".
Invaneĸ m GreenlandicMeans "the one who has brooded" or "the one who has been brooded on" in Greenlandic.
Ittuat m GreenlandicFrom Greenlandic
ittuat meaning "head, leader", as well as the Greenlandic younger form of
Ítuat.
Ivaneq m GreenlandicGreenlandic
ivaneq meaning ''the one who has brooded'' or ''the one who has been brooded on''.
Ivik m & f GreenlandicMeans "(blade of) grass" in Greenlandic. This name is more commonly given to boys.... [
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Juât m GreenlandicArchaic spelling of
Juaat (using the old Kleinschmidt orthography, used to write Greenlandic until 1973).
Kajoĸ m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "the brown one" (in West Greenland) or Greenlandic name meaning "the yellow one" (in North Greenland).
K'ajorapaluk m GreenlandicPossibly a combination of
qajorlak "golden plover" and
-paluk "dear little" or
qaajorpoq "is chilly, is thin-skinned" and
-paluk "dear little".
Kamik f & m GreenlandicFrom Greenlandic
kamik "kamik", "soft boot made of reindeer or sealskin". Soles, kamiks (boots), legs and feet were linked to sexuality and reproduction, hunting and magic (success in hunting) in traditional society.
Kanik f & m GreenlandicDerived from the Greenlandic words
kanuk or
kanik meaning "blood".
Kanortoĸ m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "the bleeding one", from a combination of
Kanik and
-toq, a Greenlandic suffix used to form agent nouns
K'asape m GreenlandicGreenlandic name, cognate of the word
qasagaa "feels he is not goot enough, unfit" and
-pi, a Greenlandic suffix meaning "genuine", "genuinely".
K'avak m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning 'man from the south' (term used to denote stupidity).
Kikkik m GreenlandicDirectly from
kikkik “the ugly one”, an endearing term used by parents who mean just the opposite, "the sweet one".
K'itdlaĸ m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "string (round haft of sealing dart)", "pattern/threads (of woven material)".
K'ivioĸ m & f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning 'down on a birds skin' or 'wooly hair or fleece on an animals skin' or 'fluff or down from plants'.
K'ûik f & m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "the narrow bone in the hind flipper of a seal".
K'ujage m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "favoured one", "favourite", "prized", "darling".
K'ulitsaĸ m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "a man's skin overcoat of caribou skin with the hairs inward".
K'unínge m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "ugly, untidy, fat one" (originally a nickname).
Kunuut m GreenlandicGreenlandic form of
Knut. This was the Greenlandic name of Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933), a Danish polar explorer and anthropologist of partial Inuit descent.
Magserannguaq m & f GreenlandicDerived from Greenlandic
massippoq meaning "rising half up from a horizontal position" and the suffix -
nnguaq "sweet, dear", with the implied meaning "flower which is raised up by the heat of the sun, whilst small pieces of ice are still above it" (according to the Greenlandic author Karl Siegstad).... [
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