Indigenous American Submitted Names

These names are or were used by the various indigenous peoples who inhabit North and South America.
gender
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Jigonhsasee f Iroquois
Etymology unknown. This was the name of an Iroquoian woman considered to be a co-founder, along with The Great Peacemaker and Hiawatha, of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy sometime between AD 1142 and 1450... [more]
Jila m Aymara
Means "brother" in Aymara.
Jilaqata m Aymara
Means "boss, authority" in Aymara.
Jilata m Aymara
Means "comrade, countryman" in Aymara.
Jilïri m Aymara
Means "authority, power" in Aymara.
Jissika f Inuit
Inuktitut form of Jessica.
Jitu f & m Aymara
Means "halo" in Aymara.
Jiwaki f & m Aymara
Means "loveliness" in Aymara.
Jochola m & f Mayan
Might refer to or reference a sacred flower.
Johiehon f Mohawk
Johiehon is used for a fictional Mohawk young woman in the fourth series of 'Outlander'. She is played by Sera-Lys McArthur.
Johona f Navajo
Sunny "jóhonaaʼéí"
Jooriina f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Jôrîna.
Joracy m Tupi (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Variant of Joraci. This name was borne by Joracy Camargo (1898-1973), a Brazilian journalist and playwright.
Jôrîna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Jørgine.
Jôrut m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Jørgen.
Josara f Brazilian, Tupi
Variant of Jusara.
Joxon m Shipibo-Conibo
From the Shipibo joxo meaning "white" and the genitive suffix -n.
Juaaka m Greenlandic
Greenlandic pet form of Juât.
Juaannguaq m Greenlandic
Possibly a combination of Juât with the Greenlandic suffix -nnguaq meaning "sweet, dear".
Juaat m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Johan.
Juãnase m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Johannes.
Juât m Greenlandic
Archaic spelling of Juaat (using the old Kleinschmidt orthography, used to write Greenlandic until 1973).
Juatan m Inuit
Inuktitut form of Jordan.
Juci f Tupi
Means "moon" in Tupi.
Judithe f Portuguese (Brazilian), French (African), Haitian Creole, Greenlandic, English (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Portuguese variant of Judite, English and French variant of Judith and Danish and Greenlandic variant of Juditha.
Jûile m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Joel.
Jukumari m Aymara
Means "bear" in Aymara.
Jûle f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Juli.
Jûlia f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Julia.
Juliaanna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Juliãna.
Juliãna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Juliana.
Jumacao m Taíno, Indigenous American
Name of a notable Taíno cacique (chieftain).
Jûna m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Jona.
Junaluska m Cherokee
Meaning, "one who tried but failed."
Jûnarse m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Jonas 2.
Juni m Aymara
Means "grass" in Aymara.
Junnuk m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Jonathan.
Juraci m & f Tupi, Brazilian
Derived from Old Tupi jura "mouth" and sy "mother; source, origin" and thus commonly interpreted as "one who speaks well". This name is borne by Brazilian politician Juraci Vieira de Magalhães (1931-2009) and Brazilian triathlete Juraci Moreira Jr... [more]
Juracy f & m Brazilian, Tupi
Variant of Juraci. This name was borne by Brazilian politician Juracy Magalhães (1905-2001).
Jurema f Tupi, Brazilian
Derived from Old Tupi yu "thorn" and rema "bad odor", oftentimes interpreted as "stinky thorn tree". The jurema plant (also known as black jurema, binho de jurema and mimosa tenuiflora) is a perennial tree or shrub native to the northeastern region of Brazil.
Juri f Aymara
Etymology uncertain, either from the Aymara juri meaning "mud" as a noun and "cloudy" as an adjective, or jüri meaning "mist".
Juruna m & f Tupi
Means "black mouth" in Lingua Geral and it's an exonym used for the Yudjá people. The name is given after Mário Juruna (1942-2002), the first national-level federal representative in Brazil that belonged to an indigenous people.
Jusnu m Aymara
Means "altar" in Aymara.
Jussara f Tupi, Brazilian
Derived from Old Tupi ii'sara "sting, burn, itch", referring to the thorns of a palm tree that were used as weaving needles. Ii'sara and asaí are the Tupi names to the tree Euterpe oleracea.
Justîna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Justina.
Justuse m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Justus.
Justusi m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Justuse.
Jutïri m & f Aymara
Means "future, yet to happen" in Aymara.
Jutse f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Jytte.
Jutsi f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Jutse.
Juunarsi m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Jûnarse.
Juyá m & f New World Mythology, Indigenous American
Juyá is the god of rain and hunting in Wayuu Mythology. His name has an unknown meaning.
Juyaki m & f Aymara
Means "cool and calm" in Aymara.
Juya Panqara f Aymara
Means "fresh flower" in Aymara.
Juyphi m Aymara
Means "frost" in Aymara.
Jwasyu m Chatino
Chatino form of Bonifacio.
Kaakajik m & f Greenlandic
Younger form of Kâkajik.
Ka'akupe m & f Guarani
Means "behind the forest" in Guarani, taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, la Virgen de Caacupé.
Kaalannguaq f Greenlandic
Greenlandic combination of Kâlat and -nnguaq "sweet, dear".
Kaalat f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Karen 1.
Kaaliina f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kâlîna.
Kaapa m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kâpa.
Kaapik m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kâpik.
Kaapriali m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kâpriale.
Kaarali m Greenlandic
Younger form of Kârale.
Kaarat f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kârat.
Kaataq m & f Greenlandic
Younger form of Kautaĸ.
K'aàwidaà m Tłı̨chǫ
Means "highest trader" in Tłįchǫ.
Kabenti m Kayapo
Means "chatterbox" in Kayapo.
K’acha f Aymara
Means "beautiful, lovely" in Aymara.
K’acha Illa f Aymara
From the Aymara k'acha meaning "beautiful, lovely" and illa meaning "amulet" in Aymara, also referring to any object to attract good luck and an Aymara spirit of the products and goods, the family, cattle and money.
Kadoka m & f Sioux
From the Sioux, “hole in the wall.”
K'aerĸuk m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Ká'ėstȧhé'héhe f Cheyenne
Means "Short Woman" in Cheyenne.
Kâgssagssuk m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Kâhamâxéveóhtáhe m Cheyenne
Means "wooden leg" in Cheyenne.
Kahenrahtiio m Mohawk
Notable bearer is actor Kahenrahtiio Hemlock.
Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh m Ojibwe
Means "he who stands forever" in Ojibwe.
Kahkewāquonāby m Ojibwe
Meaning, "sacred waving feathers."
Kahkewistahaw m Cree
Means "he who flies around" in Cree.
Kahsennenhawe f Mohawk
{She carries the name}
Kahsennonkwas f Mohawk
Notable bearer is child actress Kahsennonkwas Deer-Toelle.
Kahwihta f Mohawk
Means "she takes it with her" in Mohawk.
Kai f & m Navajo
Means "willow" or "hazel" in Navajo.
Kai m & f Shipibo-Conibo
Means "increase" in Shipibo.
Kaiennenhawi f Mohawk
Means "she carries her footsteps" in Mohawk.
Kaientaronkwen m Mohawk
Means "gathering the goods" in Mohawk.
Káínaikoan m Siksika
From the Siksika káínaa meaning "blood" and the suffix –ikoan meaning "male person".
Kaintwakon m Seneca
Means "by what one plants" in Seneca.
Kaistosinikyi f Siksika
Means "kill for nothing" in the Kainai (Blood) dialect of Blackfoot.
Kaiyatahee m Cherokee
Means "corn tassel" in Cherokee.
K’ajaq f Quechua
Means "one who shines" in Quechua.
Kâje m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Kaj.
K’ajiri m Aymara
Means "brilliant, shining" in Aymara.
K’ajkiri m Aymara
Means "resplendent" in Aymara.
Kajo m Greenlandic
Short form of Kajoĸ.
Kajoĸ m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "the brown one" (in West Greenland) or Greenlandic name meaning "the yellow one" (in North Greenland).
Kajoq m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kajoĸ.
K'ajorapaluk m Greenlandic
Possibly a combination of qajorlak "golden plover" and -paluk "dear little" or qaajorpoq "is chilly, is thin-skinned" and -paluk "dear little".
Kaju m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kajo.
Kajuaĸ f Greenlandic
Means "the brownish one" in Greenlandic.
Kajuaq f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kajuaĸ.
Kajuínaĸ m Greenlandic
Means "the solely brown one" in Greenlandic.
Kajuinnaq m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kajuínaĸ.
K'ajutaĸ m Greenlandic
Means "ladle, spoon, table spoon, dipper" in Greenlandic.
K'ajutapaluk m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name with the combination of K'ajutaĸ and suffix -paluk "dear little".
K'ajutarssuaĸ m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name with the combination of K'ajutaĸ and suffix -rsuaq "big, great".
Kakaionstha f Mohawk
Notable bearer is Kakaionstha Betty Deer.
Kâkajik m & f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Kâkâĸ m & f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
K'aĸe m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Kakeesheway m Cree
Means "loud voice" in Cree.
Kakulu m Miwok
Means "Crow" or "Raven".
Ka'kwet f Indigenous American
It means “Sea Star”
Kakwité:ne f Mohawk
Notable bearer is actress Kakwité:ne Jacobs.
Kalaaq m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kalâĸ.
Kalâĸ m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Kragh.
Kalause m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Klaus.
Kalausi m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kalause.
Kalia m Greenlandic
Unknown meaning.
Kâlîna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Karlina.
K'alipak m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "outer covering", "epidermis" (of something).
Kaliska m & f Miwok
Means "coyote chasing deer" in Miwok.
Kalistiaana f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kalistiâna.
Kalistiaanna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kalistiãna.
Kalistorfi m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kalistorfe.
Kallapi f Aymara
From the Aymara name for an orange-red variety of wild quinoa.
Kallfü m & f Mapuche
From Mapudungun kallfü (also kajfv) meaning "blue" (Smeets also lists "purple").
Kallfükura m Mapuche
Combination of Mapudungun Kallfü and kura meaning "stone."
Kallfüray f Mapuche
Original Mapudungun form of Calfuray.
Kallfürayen f Mapuche
Full form of Kallfüray, essentially a combination of Kallfü and Rayen.
Kallfürüngi m Mapuche
Means "blue Chilean Bamboo" in Mapuche.
Kallik f & m Inuit, Literature
Used by Erin Hunter in the Seekers series of novels. It means, "Lightning".
Kallisaya m Aymara
Means "flash of lightning" in Aymara.
Kaluliit f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kalulît.
Kalulît f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Carolin.
Kamasa f & m Aymara
Means "honour" in Aymara.
Kamdyistowesit m Indigenous American, Cree
Means "beardy" in Cree.
Kamé f Guarani
Guarani form of Carmen.
Kamik f & m Greenlandic
From 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.
Kamiokisihkwew m Indigenous American, Cree
Means "fine day" in Cree.
Kamisa m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name related to Kamik.
Kamquta f Aymara
Means "beautiful" in Aymara.
Kaná f Shipibo-Conibo
Means "lightning" in Shipibo.
Kanagatucko m Cherokee
Means "stalking turkey" in Cherokee.
Kanahstatsi f Mohawk
Name of the clan matron of the clan St. Kateri Tekakwitha belonged to.
K'anak f Greenlandic
Means "upper tent pole" in Greenlandic.
Kanan m & f Shipibo-Conibo
From the Shipibo kana meaning "blue and yellow macaw" and the genitive suffix -n.
Kan-da-zis Tlishishen m Apache
Means "red shirt" or "pink shirt" in Apache.
K'âneĸ m Greenlandic
Means "the space below the sleeping platform" in Greenlandic.
Kanenstenhawi f Indigenous American, Mohawk, History
Means "she brings in corn" in Mohawk. This was the Mohawk name given to Eunice Williams (1696-1785), a Massachusetts colonist who was taken captive by the French and the Mohawks.
Kaneq f Greenlandic
Greenlandic feminine name from the word kaneq meaning "rime, hoarfrost".
Kangee m & f Sioux
Means "crow", from Lakota kȟaŋǧí.
Kangoĸ m Greenlandic
Means "snow goose" in Greenlandic.
Kangoq m Greenlandic
Younger form of Kangoĸ.
Kanien'tahawi f Mohawk
Name of Adriana Garisto's character on Mohawk Girls.
K'anik m Greenlandic
From Greenlandic qanik meaning "snowflake".
Kanik f & m Greenlandic
Derived from the Greenlandic words kanuk or kanik meaning "blood".
Kanneatche m Ute
Could be the French spelling of Ute chief, Kanneache. Had a twin brother.
Kanontienentha f Mohawk
Means "she pushes mountains" in Mohawk.
Kanortoĸ m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "the bleeding one", from a combination of Kanik and -toq, a Greenlandic suffix used to form agent nouns
Kanortoq m Greenlandic
Younger form of Kanortoĸ.
Kanosh m Ute
Meaning unknown. Kanosh was the name of an 19th century chief of the Pahvant band of the Ute people.
Kansaña m & f Aymara
Means "redeem" in Aymara.
Kanti f Siksika, Algonquin
Means "sings" in Siksika and Algonquin.
Kanuna m Cherokee
Means "bullfrog" in Cherokee.
Kanut f & m Inuit
Means "white goose" in Inuktitut
Kanûto m Greenlandic
Short form of Kanûtuse.
Kanûtuse m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Canutus.
Kanuutu m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kanûto.
Kanuutusi m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kanûtuse.
Kâpa m Greenlandic
Short form of Kâpriale.
Kapáka m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Kapakka m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kapáka.
Kapapamahchakwew m Cree
Means "wandering spirit" in Cree.
Kaparialli m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kapariatdle.
Kapei f & m Pemon, Indigenous American, New World Mythology
Meaning “Moon” in Taurepang (a member of the Pemon micro family of Cariban languages), Kapei is the Taurepang deity of the moon, who appears most famously in the Taurepang folktale ‘Wei and Kapei’.
Kâpik m Greenlandic
Short form of Kâpriale.
Kapitak m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "kayak jacket of sealskin".
Kapitseĸ m Greenlandic
Means "rain coat made of intestines" in Greenlandic.
Kapitseq m Greenlandic
Younger form of Kapitseĸ.
Kâpriale m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Gabriel.
Kapriali m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kapriale.
Karala f Greenlandic
Means "free woman" in Greenlandic.
Kârale m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Karl.
Karale m Greenlandic
Younger form of Kârale.
K'arasaĸ m Greenlandic
Means "brain" in Greenlandic.
Kârat f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Karen 1.
Kare m & f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Kari m Greenlandic
Younger form of Kare.
Karistiaanna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Karistiãna.
Karistiãna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Christiana.
Karistorfe m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Christopher.
Karistorfi m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Karistorfe.
Kariwase m Mohawk
Means "a new way of doing things" in Mohawk.
Karmik m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Karonhyawake m Mohawk
Notable bearer is singer-songwriter Karonhyawake Jeff Doreen.
Karontase m Mohawk
Notable bearer is actor Jay Karontase Montour.
Kartaava m & f Greenlandic
Short form of Nukartaava.
Kartâva f & m Greenlandic
Short form of Nukartâva.
K'artuvat f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Karwasisa f Quechua
Means "yellow flower" in Quechua, from Quechua karwa, "yellow" and sisa, "flower".
Kasa f Hopi
Means "wearing leather" in Hopi.
K'asaloĸ f Greenlandic
Means "bark of fir tree, used for the dying of skins" in Greenlandic.
K'asape m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name, cognate of the word qasagaa "feels he is not goot enough, unfit" and -pi, a Greenlandic suffix meaning "genuine", "genuinely".
Kasiki m Aymara
Means "governor" in Aymara.
K'ássimaĸ m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Kassoq f Greenlandic
Means "a bluish piece of ice" in Greenlandic.
Kastori m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Castor (the mythological person).
Kastur m Inuit
Inuktitut form of Castor (the mythological person).
Kas-tziden m Apache
Means "broken foot" in Apache.
K'átaussaĸ m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Kate f Shipibo-Conibo
Means "round up, surround, demarcate" in Shipibo.
Katonah m Lenape, History
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from a Munsee cognate of Unami kitahtëne meaning "big mountain". This was the name of a 17th-century Native American leader, the sachem (chief) of the Munsee-speaking Ramapo people in present-day western Connecticut... [more]
Katre f Greenlandic, Estonian, Latvian (Archaic)
Greenlandic form of Katrin, Latvian contracted form of Katrīne and Estonian variant of Katri.
Katrîna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Katrina.
Katsitsienhawi f Mohawk
Means "she carries the flowers" in Mohawk.
Katupyry m Guarani
Means "skillful" in Guarani.
Katuri m Aymara
Means "hunter" in Aymara.
Katwa m & f Miwok
One of the many words meaning "coyote" in Miwok; other words meaning "coyote" incudes aseli, situ, wayu,... [more]
Kauã m Tupi, Brazilian
Derived from Old Tupi kaûã "falcon" (see Cauã).
Kauan m Brazilian, Tupi
Variant of Kauã.
Kauê m Brazilian, Tupi
Variant of Cauê.
K'augdluatdlak f Greenlandic
Means "shining white" in Greenlandic.
Kaugúnaĸ m Greenlandic, Inuit Mythology
Means "one who was buried in-between rocks".
Kaugunnaq m Greenlandic
Younger form of Kaugúnaĸ.
Kautaĸ m & f Greenlandic
Means "hammer" in Greenlandic.
K'avak m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning 'man from the south' (term used to denote stupidity).
Kawahib m Tupi
A popular name in Argentina and in Eastern Paraguay among Guarani people, also the name of a dialect of the language.
Ka-wa-zauce m Ojibwe
Ojibwe word for "little child".
Kawennáhere f Mohawk
Notable bearer is award-winning Mohawk actress, Kawennahere Devery Jacobs.
Kawennitake f Mohawk
Notable bearer is actress Bobbi Kawennitake Deere.
Keasik f Cree
From Cree ka wâsekwahk "sky blue".
Kechewaishke m Ojibwe
Means "great renewer" in Ojibwe.
Kee-a-kee-ka-sa-coo-way m Indigenous American, Cree
Means "the man who gives the war whoop" in Cree.
Keerta f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Kêrta.
Kėhemé'éhne m Cheyenne
Means "Coyote Appearing" in Cheyenne.
Kele m Hopi
Means "sparrow" in Hopi.
Keme m Algonquin
Means "secret" in Algonquin, derived from the Algonquin kiim.
Kena f Shipibo-Conibo
Means "summon, call" in Shipibo.
Kerana f Guarani
Etymology unknown. This is the name of the Guarani goddess of sleep.
Kerstíne f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Kerstine.
Kêrta f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Gerda 2 or Gerta.
Kesegowaase m Algonquin
Means "fast; speedy; rapid" in Algonquin.
Kesin m & f Shipibo-Conibo
From the Shipibo name for fine, transparent fibres taken from the banana plant.
Keskarrah m Yellowknife
Chippewayan Chief Akaitcho's older brother.
Keskayiwew m Cree
Means "bobtail" in Cree.
Kestejoo m Algonquin
Means "slave" in Algonquin.
Kesten m & f Shipibo-Conibo
Means "with a loud voice" in Shipibo.
Kha'jaq'tii m Tlingit
Means "one slain in battle" in Tlingit.
Khallwa f Quechua
Means "swallow" in Quechua.
Khirkhi m & f Aymara
Means "armadillo" in Aymara.
Khiswara m Aymara
From the Aymara name for certain Andean medicinal trees.
Khunu m Aymara
Means "snowfall" in Aymara.
Khunu Ajayu f Aymara
From the Aymara khunu meaning "snowfall" and ajayu meaning "spirit".
Khunu Illa f Aymara
From the Aymara khunu meaning "snowfall" and illa meaning "amulet" in Aymara, also referring to any object to attract good luck and an Aymara spirit of the products and goods, the family, cattle and money.