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6/20/2023, 12:41 PM Lucille
2/4/2021, 4:18 PM FrancescaBennett

Name Minnehaha
Gender Feminine
Usage Indigenous American, Iroquois, Literature, English (American, Archaic)
Pronounced Pron. min-nee-HA-ha(Iroquoian)
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Meaning & History

Meaning uncertain. According to one source, this name means "laughing woman" in Iroquois, derived from Iroquois minne meaning "woman" combined with Iroquois haha meaning "laugh" or "laughing".

An other source claims that the name actually means "laughing water", whilst yet another source states that the name literally means "waterfall" or "rapid water" in Dakota (a dialect of Sioux, which is unrelated to Iroquois).

In literature, this is the name of a fictional Native American woman from the 1855 epic poem The Song of Hiawatha written by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).
Added 2/4/2021 by FrancescaBennett