Inuit Names

Inuit names are used by the Inuit people of the North American Arctic.
gender
usage
Amaruq ᐊᒪᕈᖅ m Inuit
Means "wolf" in Inuktitut.
Arnaq ᐊᕐᓇᖅ f Greenlandic, Inuit
Means "woman" in Greenlandic and Inuktitut.
Iqaluk ᐃᖃᓗᒃ m & f Inuit
Means "fish" in Inuktitut.
Kenojuak ᕿᓐᓄᐊᔪᐊᖅ f & m Inuit (Anglicized)
Variant of Qinnuajuaq.
Nanook ᓇᓄᖅ m Inuit (Anglicized)
Variant of Nanuq. This was the (fictional) name of the subject of Robert Flaherty's documentary film Nanook of the North (1922).
Nanuk ᓇᓄᖅ m Inuit
Variant of Nanuq.
Nanuq ᓇᓄᖅ m Inuit
Means "polar bear" in Inuktitut.
Nauja ᓇᐅᔭ f Greenlandic, Inuit
Means "seagull" in Greenlandic and Inuktitut.
Pitseolak ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ f & m Inuit (Anglicized)
Variant of Pittiulaaq.
Pitsiulaaq ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ f & m Inuit
Variant of Pittiulaaq.
Pittiulaaq ᐱᑦᑎᐅᓛᖅ f & m Inuit
Means "black guillemot" in Inuktitut (a guillemot is a type of sea bird; species Cepphus grylle).
Qinnuajuaq ᕿᓐᓄᐊᔪᐊᖅ f & m Inuit
Means "rough-legged hawk" in Inuktitut (species Buteo lagopus).
Siqiniq ᓯᕿᓂᖅ f Inuit
Means "sun" in Inuktitut.
Taqqiq ᑕᖅᑭᖅ m & f Inuit
Means "moon" in Inuktitut.
Tarqik ᑕᕐᕿᒃ m & f Inuit
Variant of Taqqiq.
Tiriaq ᑎᕆᐊᖅ f & m Inuit
Means "ermine, weasel" in Inuktitut.
Tulugaq ᑐᓗᒐᖅ m & f Greenlandic, Inuit
Means "raven" in Greenlandic and Inuktitut.
Ujaraq ᐅᔭᕋᖅ m Inuit
Means "stone" in Inuktitut.