Browse Submitted Names

This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is unisex; and the usage is Indigenous American; and the description contains the keywords star or sun or moon.
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Anang f & m Ojibwe
Means "star" in Ojibwe.
Anangokaa f & m Ojibwe
Meaning: Plenty of Stars; There are many stars; Many Stars; There is an abundance of Stars; Star Abundance
Antü m & f Mapuche
From Mapudungun antü (also antv and anty) meaning "sun, day."
Barin m & f Shipibo-Conibo
From the Shipibo bari meaning "sun" and the genitive suffix -n.
Guaraci m & f Brazilian, New World Mythology, Tupi
Derived from Old Tupi kûarasy "sun", itself derived from "this, these", ara "day" and sy “mother, origin” and thus meaning "the origin of this day". In Tupi mythology, Guaraci was the personification of the sun as well as the sun god... [more]
Guidaí f & m Charrúa (Rare, Archaic)
Moon or spirit of the moon
Hakidonmuya f & m Hopi
Means "when the moon is rising" in Hopi. Alternatively it possibly means "time of waiting moon; time of waiting".
Hushi f & m Chickasaw, Choctaw
The Chickasaw and Choctaw word for "Sun".
Irdlirvirisissong m & f Inuit Mythology, Inuit
Means "demon cousin of the moon"
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’.
Magserannguaq m & f Greenlandic
Derived from Greenlandic massippoq meaning "rising half up from a horizontal position" and the suffix -nnguaq "sweet, dear", with the implied meaning "flower which is raised up by the heat of the sun, whilst small pieces of ice are still above it" (according to the Greenlandic author Karl Siegstad).... [more]
Misae f & m Sioux
Means "white sun" in the Osage language. From the Osage mi 'sun' and ska 'white'.
Orianko f & m Asháninka
Etymology uncertain, the first element is likely from the Ashaninka oria meaning "sun".
Pisim m & f Cree
Means 'Sun or Moon' in Cree.
Quyllur m & f Quechua
Means "star" in Quechua.
Siqinnaatchiaq f & m Inuit
In Iñupiaq (also known as Inupiat), this name means "the return of the sun after the long darkness." In the TV series True Detective: Night Country, this is the cultural name bestowed on co-protagonist Evangeline Navarro by her deceased mother in a vision.
Tainã-Kan m & f New World Mythology, Tupi, Guarani
Means "great star" in Tupi-Guaraní.... [more]
Towa m & f Indigenous American
Towa is a sacred name meaning "Sun" and "Sacred" coming from the Tanoan people. It is both a personal name and tribe name.
Wi f & m Sioux
Means "sun" in Lakota.
Xochitonal m & f Nahuatl, Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Derived from Nahuatl xōchitl "flower" and tonalli "day, sun, heat; fate, soul". This was also the name of a giant cayman said to reside on the path to the afterlife.
Yuka f & m Inuit
Means "bright star" in Inuit.