Tukumaĸf & mGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "quick", "eager", "active", "cheerful", "vigorous", "is prompt to act" with the connotation "is busy".
TuscaloosamCreek, Choctaw Derived from the western Muskogean elements tashka meaning "warrior" and losa meaning "black". This was the name of a 16th-century Mississippian chief who in 1540 led the Battle of Mabila against Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto... [more]
TyonajanegenfOneida Means "two kettles together" in Oneida. Notable bearer of this name is Tyonajanegen, an Oneida woman who fought in the Battle of Oriskany during the American Revolutionary War.
TyonishofAsháninka Possibly from the Ashaninka toniro meaning "moriche palm" and the diminutive suffix -sho.
TyonkirofAsháninka From the Ashaninka name for a species of yucca, or tyonki meaning "thin bone" and the feminine suffix -ro.
TzihuactlatonalmNahuatl Meaning uncertain. Possibly derived from Nahuatl tzihuactlah "place of prickly shrubs" (from tzicuactli, a kind of agave plant) and tonalli "day, sun, heat" or "soul, animating force", combined with the diminutive or reverential suffix -tzin.
Tzihuacxilotlf & mNahuatl Means "young prickly corn cob" or "edible part of the tzihuactli cactus" in Nahuatl, from tzihuactli, a kind of small agave, and xilotl "green ear of maize, young corncob".
TzihuacxochitlfNahuatl Means "agave flower" in Nahuatl, from tzihuactli, a kind of small agave plant, and xōchitl "flower".
TzihuacxochitzinfNahuatl Variant of Tzihuacxochitl, with the diminutive or reverential suffix "-tzin", a suffix that was often used in Aztec royal families. This name was borne by a queen consort of Tezozomoc, the Tlatoani (ruler) of the city-state of Azcapotzalco.
TziuhcoatlmNahuatl Probably derived from Nahuatl tziuhtli "turquoise-browed motmot (bird)" and cōātl "snake, serpent; twin".
TziuhtlamNahuatl Probably derived from tziuhtli "turquoise-browed motmot", a kind of bird.
UlloriannguaqmGreenlandic Means "sweet little star", derived from Greenlandic ulloriaq "star" (cf. Ulloriaq) combined with the diminutive suffix nnguaq meaning "sweet, dear, little".
UncasmAlgonquian, Literature, Popular Culture Derived from the Mohegan word wonkus meaning "fox". This was a character in 'The Last of the Mohicans' book and film.
UrurimAymara Means "bright star, Venus" in Aymara.
UsdimCherokee From the Cherokee word ᎤᏍᏗ (usdi) which is both a noun meaning "baby" and an adjective meaning "little, small". Wil Usdi ("little Will") was the Cherokee name of William Holland Thomas (1805-1893), an American lawyer, politician and soldier who had been adopted into the Cherokee tribe as a teenager.
UsqullumQuechua Means "mountain cat, wildcat" in Quechua.
UsqullwillkamQuechua Means "sacred mountain cat, sacred wildcat" in Quechua.
VætildrfOld Norse, Algonquian Probably an Old Norse form of an unknown Algonquian or Beothuk name, though the second element coincides with Old Norse hildr meaning "battle".
VinemIndigenous American (?) Perhaps from the surname Vine. This was borne by the Native American activist, writer and theologian Vine Deloria, Jr. (1933-2005).
WachapéamAguaruna From the Awajún wacha meaning "blue-winged macaw".
WahalanutahmCherokee Looking for the meaning of this name...was used by Cherokee male about the year 1819 in Georgia church record for David Weaver.
WaheeneefIndigenous American Buffalo Bird Woman (ca. 1839-1932) was a traditional Hidatsa woman who lived on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. Her Hidatsa name was Waheenee, though she was also called Maaxiiriwia (variously transcribed as Maxidiwiac)... [more]
WambleemSioux Means "eagle, golden eagle" in Lakota. From the Lakota waŋblí (wahm-hel'-lee) 'eagle, golden eagle', sometimes used as a generic term for both golden eagles and bald eagles.
WamlisapafSioux Means "black eagle" in Lakota. From the Lakota waŋblí (wahm-hel'-lee) 'eagle, golden eagle', and sah'-pah "black".
WampagkítmAguaruna From the Awajún name of a type of bird that lives in tall trees.
WanahtonmSioux Means "one who attacks, charges; charger" in Lakota, from the Lakota waánataŋ. This was borne by Chief Wánataŋ (ca. 1795-1848), also known as Wanata and Wanataan, a leader of the Yanktonai, a tribe of the Dakota.