Quechua Names

Amaru m Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "snake" in Quechua. It was borne by Tupaq Amaru and Tupaq Amaru II, two Inca leaders after the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (in the 16th and 18th centuries).

Asiri f Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "smile" in Quechua.

Atahualpa m Indigenous American, Quechua (Anglicized)
From Quechua Atawallpa meaning "fortunate hen", from ataw meaning "fortunate, lucky" and wallpa meaning "hen". This was the name of the last sovereign Inca emperor. He was executed by the Spanish in 1533.

Inti m Indigenous American, Quechua, Inca Mythology
Means "sun" in Quechua. This was the name of the Inca god of the sun. He was a son of Viracocha.

Killa f Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "moon" in Quechua.

Miski f Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "honey" in Quechua.

Nina 2 f Indigenous American, Quechua, Aymara
Means "fire" in Quechua and Aymara.

Pachacútec m Indigenous American, Quechua (Hispanicized)
Spanish form of Pachakutiq.

Pachakutiq m Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "changer of the world" in Quechua, derived from pacha "world, time" and kutiy "to return, to change" combined with the agentive suffix -q "doer". This name was borne by a 15th-century (precontact) ruler of the Inca Empire.

Quispe m & f Indigenous American, Quechua (Hispanicized)
From Quechua qispi meaning "free" or q'ispi meaning "glass".

Tamya f Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "rain" in Quechua.

Túpac m Indigenous American, Quechua (Hispanicized)
Spanish form of Tupaq.

Tupaq m Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "royal, noble" in Quechua. This was the name of a 15th-century (precontact) Inca emperor, Tupaq Inka Yupanki. After the Spanish conquest it was borne by a 16th-century ruler of the Neo-Inca State at Vilcabamba, and in the 18th century it was borne by a descendant who led a rebellion against Spanish rule. Both of them were named Tupaq Amaru, and both were executed by the Spanish.

Tuta f Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "night" in Quechua.

Urpi f Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "pigeon, dove" in Quechua.

Waman m Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "eagle, falcon" in Quechua.

Wayna m Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "young boy" in Quechua.

Wayra m Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "wind, air" in Quechua.

Yuraq m & f Indigenous American, Quechua
Means "white" in Quechua.